Editing Estill, South Carolina (section)

==History==

The town of Estill is located in the southern half of Hampton County.<ref>{{cite web|title=Town of Estill History|url=http://www.townofestill.sc.gov/history/Pages/index.aspx|access-date=April 7, 2012}}</ref> The town is named for Colonel John Holbrook Estill.  Estill was formed in 1900 when the railroad, later [[Seaboard Air Line Railroad]], needed a rail line between [[Augusta, Georgia]] and [[Savannah, Georgia]]. Upon construction of the rail line, the new town of Estill was incorporated in 1905.

The [[John Lawton House]] and [[Lawtonville Baptist Church]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref><ref name="nps">{{cite web|url=http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/listings/20121019.htm|title=National Register of Historic Places Listings|date=October 19, 2012|work=Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 10/09/12 through 10/12/12|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=June 1, 2014|archive-date=June 5, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605054501/http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/listings/20121019.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Federal Correctional Institution, Estill]] is located near the town.

=== 2020 Tornado ===
{{main|2020 Easter tornado outbreak}}
{{see also|List of F4 and EF4 tornadoes (2020–present)}}
In the early morning hours of April 13, 2020, a large, violent [[Enhanced Fujita scale|EF4]] [[Tornado]] struck areas just south of Estill. The tornado (which packed winds of 175 [[Miles per hour|MPH]]) killed 5 and injured around 60 people. The nearby community of [[Nixville, South Carolina]] suffered a direct hit from the tornado, and sustained the brunt of the twister's impacts.<ref>{{Cite web|last=US Department of Commerce|first=NOAA|title=Southeast SC/GA Tornadoes - April 13, 2020|url=https://www.weather.gov/chs/Tornadoes-April2020|access-date=July 16, 2020|website=www.weather.gov|language=EN-US}}</ref>  The [[Federal Correctional Institution, Estill]] also sustained damage, resulting in many of the prison's inmates being temporarily transferred to the [[United States Penitentiary, Lewisburg]] in [[Lewisburg, Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=PennLive|first=John Beauge {{!}} Special to|date=April 16, 2020|title=First inmates from tornado-damaged prison arrive at Lewisburg penitentiary|url=https://www.pennlive.com/coronavirus/2020/04/first-inmates-from-tornado-damaged-prison-arrive-at-lewisburg-penitentiary.html|access-date=July 16, 2020|website=pennlive|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=BOP: FCI Estill Struck by Tornado|url=https://www.bop.gov/resources/news/20200415_tornado_strikes_fci_estill.jsp|access-date=July 16, 2020|website=www.bop.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Pavlo|first=Walter|title=COVID-19 And Natural Disaster Combine For Tragedy At Bureau Of Prisons Facility In Estill, SC|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/walterpavlo/2020/04/28/covid-19-and-natural-disaster-combine-for-tragedy-at-bureau-of-prisons-facility-in-estill-sc/|access-date=July 16, 2020|website=Forbes|language=en}}</ref> The tornado was the first violent tornado in [[South Carolina]] since 1995.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Tripp|first=Drew|date=April 24, 2020|title=Deadly Hampton Co. tornado upgraded to EF-4, first in SC in 25 years|url=https://abcnews4.com/news/local/deadly-hampton-co-tornado-upgraded-to-ef-4-first-in-sc-in-25-years|access-date=July 16, 2020|website=WCIV}}</ref>[[Image:EstillWaterTower.jpg|thumb|right|Photo of water tower in downtown Estill, SC]]