Estill – Hampton County, South Carolina

The city of Estill can be found in the southern part of beautiful Hampton County where US 321 and SC 3 meet. In the early 20th century Estill was called Lawtonville.

The Civil War and poverty brought the town of Lawtonville to its knees. But everything changed when the Seaboard Air Lines Railroad constructed a rail line through the town. Lawtonville became Estill in the early 1900s in honor of Colonel James Estill, who was the editor of the Savannah Morning News.

Many thanks to Steven Faucette of Williamston for these pictures taken in 2012.