Ninety Six National Historic Site
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| Location | Greenwood County, SC, United States |
| Nearest city | Greenwood, South Carolina |
| Coordinates | 34°8′49″N 82°1′28″W / 34.14694°N 82.02444°WCoordinates: 34°8′49″N 82°1′28″W / 34.14694°N 82.02444°W |
| Area | 1,022 acres (414 ha) |
| Established | August 19, 1976 |
| Visitors | 28,734 (in 2005) |
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Ninety Six and Star Fort
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| Nearest city | Ninety Six, South Carolina |
| Architect | Henry Haldane |
| Architectural style | Other |
| Website | Ninety Six National Historic Site |
| NRHP Reference # | 69000169 |
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| Added to NRHP | December 3, 1969 |
| Designated NHL | November 7, 1973 |
Ninety Six National Historic Site, also known as Old Ninety Six and Star Fort, is a United States National Historic Site located about 60 miles (96 kilometers) south of Greenville, South Carolina. The historic site was listed on the National Register in 1969, declared to be a National Historic Landmark in 1973, and established as a National Historic Site in 1976 to preserve the original site of Ninety Six, South Carolina, a small town established in the early 18th century. It encompasses 1,022 acres of property.
The most common proposed etymology of the toponym Ninety Six is a reference to the distance in miles between the location and the Cherokee town of Keowee. Supporters of such an etymology have to struggle with the fact that the distance between the two locales is 78 miles. David P. George, Jr., has advanced the alternate hypothesis that Ninety Six is a reinterpretation of “the nine and six,” a reference to two sets of southerly flowing streams—nine tributaries of Marion and Henley creeks and six tributaries of Thompsons Creek—in an area in which the Saluda River tends to be fed by north and easterly flowing streams.
Ninety Six had become a prosperous village of about 100 settlers by the time of the American Revolutionary War. The first land battle of the war fought in South Carolina took place at Ninety Six in 1775; then major Andrew Williamson tried to recapture ammunition and gunpowder taken by Loyalists; outnumbered, he finally reached a truce with them.
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