- Gumville, South Carolina
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official_name = Gumville, South Carolina
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image_caption = Gumville on the USGS Quad Map
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map_caption = Location of Gumville, South Carolina
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subdivision_name1 =South Carolina
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elevation_m = 12
elevation_ft = 40
latd = 33 |latm = 16 |lats = 52 |latNS = N
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postal_code = 29453
area_code = 843
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footnotes =Gumville is an unincorporated community in Berkeley County,
South Carolina ,United States . It is located approximately 2 miles west of Jamestown on US 17A. Gumville was made famous as the birthplace ofL. Mendel Rivers , the longtime Representative of the 1st congressional district. When queried about where he was born by reporters, Rivers would reply "I'm from Gumville. It's nearHell Hole Swamp . If you don't know where it is, look it up." [Rivers, p. 15]Gumville is part of the Charleston–North Charleston Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
Gumville is located at coor dms|33|16|52|N|79|43|40|W|city (33.281111, -79.727778)GR|1.
A road named Gumville Road runs from Gumville, at the intersection with US 17A , south for three miles to the junction with Calestown Road.
References
Further reading
*cite book | last = Ravenel | first = Marion Rivers | title = Rivers Delivers | publisher= Wyrick & Company | year=1995 | isbn=0-941711-24-2
*cite book | last = Rivers | first = Margaret Middleton | coauthors=Margaret M.R. Eastman, L. Mendel Rivers, Jr. | title = Mendel & Me: Life With Congressman L. Mendel Rivers | publisher= The History Press | year=2007 | isbn=978.1.59629.288.8External links
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