Dacusville, South Carolina

Dacusville is a small unincorporated community in Pickens County, South Carolina, United States. It is best known for its tractor show in the month of September. The community also has an elementary and middle school.

Hester Store was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.[1]

History

Dacusville was named for Archibald Dacus who was born in Lunenburg County, Virginia, in 1869, to John and Mara Dacus. In the late seventeen hundreds, he moved with several of his family to Upper State South Carolina. He ran a trading post on the old Indian Road that ran from Virginia through North and South Carolina into Georgia territory, at what soon came to be called Dacusville, to trade with the Indians and passers by, as well as local people. It is said that this was first called "The Trap." This was also a stage coach stop. History relates there had been a post office in this vicinity since Revolutionary War days which had been operated from more than one location by various people. Archibald Dacus began to operate the post office from his trading post (store) and the place was called "Dacusville" after him.

References
  1. "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 2/04/13 through 2/08/13. National Park Service. 2013-02-15.


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