Directions
For directions to Branchville, click here.
Contact Information
Arts & Crafts - Tom Jennings @ 803.274.8831 (email)
Beauty Pageant - Gwen Harbeson @ 803.274.8353 or 843.560.2083 (email), Carrie Johnson @ 803.378.5504 (email)
Concessions - Tom Jennings @ 803.274.8831 or 803.274.8876 (email)
Parade - Sam Whisenhunt @ 803.707-8972 (email)
Program Book - Carrie Johnson @ 803.829.3754 (email)
General Information - Tom Jennings, President @ 803.274.8831 or 803.274.8876 (email)
Ads Information - Click Here
Arts & Crafts and Concessions
- For a contract for Arts and Crafts or Concessions, contact Tom Jennings at 803-274-8831 or 803-274-8876.
- Vendor Letter
Beauty Pageant
The pageant will be held April 1, 2017 at Branch Junction at 11:00 AM.
Click here for the application. Rehearsal is optional and will be March 30th at 6:00pm at Branch Junction. Please email us for more information.
Fun Day
- This years Fun Day will be on Saturday, April 1st in Branch Junction.
- The pageant will be at 11:00am.
Parade
- This year's parade will be held on Saturday, September 23, 2017 at 11:00 am.
- For information about the parade and applications for parade entries, contact: Sam Whisenhunt @ 803.707-8972 (email)
- Click here to download the parade information and click here to download the application.
Poker Run
- Poker Run on Edisto River is May 13th, last boat in at 10am, drawing at 2pm at Paula Walters River Camp.
- For information, call 803-682-0124.
Bands (2017)
- Friday & Saturday Night - DJ - near the Depot
- Friday & Saturday Night - Steel Rail Express
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, is a 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, 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 or in Orangeburg:
- 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
- Comfort Inn, St George, 843.563.4180
- Country Hearth Inn, St George, 843.636.9393