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Dataw Island, South Carolina is a casual and elegant island golf retirement community.

Dataw Island SC History

Tribes of wandering Indians first visited Dataw Island around 2500 B.C. They returned frequently for the bountiful supplies of game and shellfish. Spanish explorers came to the island in the early 1500’s. Captain Pedro de Salaza discovered the area in 1514. Over the course of the next 200 years, Englishmen gradually replaced the early Spanish settlers. In 1685, Caleb Westbrook, an entrepreneurial Scotsman, established a trading post on Dataw Island, trading with the Indians for deerskins, a valued commodity in England. Slow, but steady settlement of the area continued through the pre-Revolutionary War years.

In the late 1700’s, William Sams selected Dataw Island as the site for his indigo fields. The remains of his family's magnificent plantation home are a carefully preserved treasure today. The Civil War heralded the end of a gracious and privileged lifestyle and for over 100 years, Dataw Island was a quiet hunting preserve.

Dataw Island South Carolina – Gracious Island Senior Living

Alcoa Properties, Inc. acquired Dataw Island in 1983. Today, the community of Dataw Island, South Carolina offers superlative golf, a wide range of watersports, excellent club facilities and gracious homes, all in the casual lifestyle and natural beauty found only in the Lowcountry of South Carolina. The Island is among the top choices in the nation for retirement living.