Category Archives: Orangeburg

Russell StreetOrangeburg, SCNovember 8, 2015   Orangeburg Historical Marker Wording Jewish Merchants Russell St., historic hub of Orangeburg’s commercial life, was home to Jewish merchants for over 100 years. German Jews began settling in Orangeburg in the 1850’s followed in the next century by Eastern European Jews. Deopold Louis was likely the first Jewish merchant […]

Midlands Merchants: The Jews of Orangeburg and Vicinity German Jews began settling in Orangeburgh (as it was originally spelled) in the early 1840s, once railroads connected the village of fewer than 400 to Charleston and Columbia. By 1853, the town’s population had more than doubled. Originally established as an Indian trading post called Edisto, the settlement was renamed in honor of […]