Johns Island, South Carolina
Island in South Carolina, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Johns Island is an island in Charleston County, South Carolina, United States, and is the largest island in the state of South Carolina. Johns Island is bordered by the Wadmalaw, Seabrook, Kiawah, Edisto, Folly, and James islands; the Stono and Kiawah rivers separate Johns Island from its border islands. It is the fourth-largest island on the US east coast, surpassed only by Long Island, Mount Desert Island and Martha's Vineyard. Johns Island is 84 square miles (220 km2) in area, with a population of 21,500.
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State | South Carolina |
County | Charleston County |
Johns Island was named after Saint John Parish in Barbados by the first English colonial settlers on the island, who had come from there.[1]