Moncks Corner is a town in and the county seat

County seat

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 of Berkeley County

Berkeley County, South Carolina

Berkeley County is a county in the U.S. state of South Carolina. In 2000, its population was 142,651. The 2005 Census Bureau estimate placed the population at 151,673. Its county seat is Moncks Corner....

, South Carolina

South Carolina

South Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence...

, United States

United States

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. The population was 5,952 at the 2000 census.

Moncks Corner was, during colonial time, a major settlement area of French

France

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 Protestant Huguenot

Huguenot

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s who came to South Carolina as a result of persecution in Europe. Many Berkeley and adjacent county surnames today evidence this French influence.

Revolutionary War

American Revolution

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 hero Francis Marion

Francis Marion

Francis Marion was a military officer who served in the American Revolutionary War. Acting with Continental Army and South Carolina militia commissions, he was a persistent adversary of the British in their occupation of South Carolina in 1780 and 1781, even after the Continental Army was driven...

 was born near Moncks Corner, and is now honored by the naming of Francis Marion National Forest nearby.