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==History== Settled by indigenous peoples for thousands of years, the area of Moncks Corner was occupied by the historic [[Edisto]]w people, a sub-tribe of the [[Cusabo]] tribes. Its various bands shared a language distinct from that of the major language families in the present-day state: Algonquian, Siouan, and Iroquoian, including Cherokee. Although now extinct as a tribe, Etiwan, Edisto, Cherokee, and [[Catawba people|Catawba]] descendants make up the eight families of the [[Wassamasaw Tribe of Varnertown Indians]], a community located between Moncks Corner and [[Summerville, South Carolina|Summerville]]. The 1,500-member tribe were recognized by the state as an Indian Tribe in 2009.<ref name="Bo">[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2482&dat=20050417&id=zWBJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IgoNAAAAIBAJ&pg=2674,687304 Bo Petersen, "Researchers explore local tribe's ties to legendary temple"], ''The Post and Courier,'' April 17, 2005, accessed December 14, 2011</ref><ref name="Bo1">[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2482&dat=20050417&id=zWBJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IgoNAAAAIBAJ&pg=2674,687304 Bo Petersen, "Local tribe reclaims its roots, heritage"], April 17, 2005, accessed December 14, 2011</ref> During the colonial era, Moncks Corner became a major settlement area of [[France|French]] [[Protestant]] [[Huguenot]]s, who came to South Carolina between 1684 and 1688 as refugees due to religious persecution in France.<ref>"Huguenots" in Walter Edgar, ed., ''The South Carolina Encyclopedia'' (Columbia: USC Press, 2006)</ref> Many family surnames in Berkeley and adjacent counties are of French origin. The Huguenots soon began to intermarry with the English colonists. The town of Moncks Corner dates back to 1728 and is named for landowner Thomas Monck, a slaveholder who branded his runaway slaves on their chest with his name "T Monck."<ref>{{cite book|last=Gannett|first=Henry|title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ|year=1905|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n211 212]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Windley|first=Lathan|title=A Profile of Runaway Slaves in Virginia and South Carolina from 1730 Through 1787|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UbjHBQAAQBAJ|year=2014|publisher=Routledge}}</ref> The town began as a [[trading post]] with a few taverns and stores. The [[Battle of Monck's Corner]] was fought here in 1780, associated with the [[Siege of Charleston]].<ref name="John">{{cite book|last1=Buchanan|first1=John|title=The Road to Guilford Courthouse|date=1997|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|location=New York|isbn=9780471327165|pages=60β63}}</ref> [[File:Street view Monck's Corner South Carolina 1904.jpg|thumb|left|210px|Street view of Moncks Corner, 1904]] The Northeastern Railroad, which ran between [[Charleston, South Carolina]], and [[Siler City, North Carolina]], laid its tracks in 1856, and the train depot became the center of the new town of Moncks Corner. The town of Moncks Corner was chartered on December 26, 1885, and incorporated December 15, 1909. Moncks Corner was granted the trademark "Capital of [[Santee Cooper]] Country" by the South Carolina Secretary of State September 9, 1999, and again October 21, 2004. The trademark is a symbol of its abundant outdoor activities, such as horseback riding, hiking, water sports, boating and freshwater fishing. Moncks Corner is also the home of [[Santee Cooper]]'s corporate office complex. The [[Biggin Church Ruins]], [[Cooper River Historic District]], [[Lewisfield Plantation]], [[Mulberry Plantation (Moncks Corner, South Carolina)|Mulberry Plantation]], [[Santee Canal]], and [[Strawberry Chapel and Childsbury Town Site]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>
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