Directions
For directions to Branchville, click here.
Contact Information
Arts & Crafts - Tom Jennings @ 803.274.8831 or 803.274.8876 (email)
Beauty Pageant - Audrey Cook @ 803.274.8643 & Gwen Harbeson @ 803.274.8353 (email)
Concessions - Tom Jennings @ 803.274.8831 or 803.274.8876 (email)
Parade - Brandi Boan @ 803.225.0503 (email or email) & Evan and Kayla Stroman
Program Book - Amy Easterling @ 803.274.8623 (email) or Carrie Johnson @ 803.829.3754 (email)
- General Information - Tom Jennings, President @ 803.274.8831 or 803.274.8876 (email)
Arts & Crafts and Concessions
Beauty Pageant
The pageant will be held August 18, 2012 at Branchville Lockett School.
Click here to download the application. Rehearsal will be Friday, August 17th. Please email us for more information.
Parade
- This year's parade will be held on Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 11:00 am.
- For information about the parade and applications for parade entries, contact: Brandi Boan at 803-225-0503 or email
- Important Parade Notice please read for parade changes.
Poker Run
- This year's poker run will be held on Saturday, April 20, 2013. Check in is at 9:00 am at Whetstone's Landing on Hwy 21.
- Poker Run Information
Bands (2012)
- Thursday Night - Shawn Gordon - in Branch Junction.
- Friday & Saturday Night - DJ C-Lo - near the Depot.
- Friday & Saturday Night - Chris Turner - in Branch Junction.
- Friday & Saturday Night - Straight Shooter - on Edward Street.
Attractions
Branchville offers many attractions and events. For information regarding Branchville, call Town Hall at 803.274.8820.
Branchville Railroad Shrine Museum and Depot, 7505 Freedom Road (U.S. Hwy 21), is a restored historic depot building filled with antiques and memorabilia open from Friday to Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Sunday from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. For information, call 803.274.8104 or 803.274.8934. A restaurant is also located there.
Old Sardis Church, off U.S. Hwy 21 a half mile north of downtown, just past the city limits, isa historic church organized in 1786 and built in 1811.
The Original Settlement, on Bridge Street a mile out of town, is shown by a marker indicating the site of the settlement and Indian trading crossroads.
Cattle Creek Campground, on Highway 210, five miles from Branchville toward Bowman, is home to religious revivals and camp meetings, with original wooden tent structures.
Branchville restaurants include:
- China Town, 7621 Freedom Road, 803.274.8722
- Eatery at the Depot, 7501 Freedom Road at the rear of the Depot
- Iris' Bar and Grill, Edward Street & Hwy 78
- Subway/TCBY, 7604 Freedom Road in the EZ Shop, 803.274.4248
- The Churn, 7609 Freedom Road, 803.274.8690
The nearest lodging is found 13 miles away in St. George, and includes:
- Southern Suites, Orangeburg, 803.531.4300
- Southern Lodge, Orangeburg, 803.531.7333
- Sleep Inn, Orangeburg, 803.531.7200
- Holiday Inn Express, Orangeburg, 803.539.2900
- Fairfield Inn, Orangeburg, 803.533.0014