Battle of Stono Ferry

Rantowles, South Carolina is an unincorporated community in what is now Hollywood, and Ravenel, South Carolina, near the Stono River and Stono Swamp. Rantowles Creek runs through the area. Google maps places it specifically at the intersection of SC 162 and United States Route 17. It is the near the Stono River Slave Rebellion Site, a U.S. National Historic Landmark and location of the start of the Stono Rebellion, the first large-scale slave revolt in the United States. There was a Rantowles Depot. There is a Rantowles Bridge. Rantowles Creek feeds into the Stono River. Coburg Dairy was established in the area.Benjamin Simmoms stated he lived at Rantowles on Russell Island (The Russell Creek Plantation is on Edisto Island). Rescue Rantowles Creek is a film promoting conservation of the tidal estuary.

The John F. Limehouse Memorial Bridge, located about 15 miles (24 km) west of downtown Charleston, South Carolina, was completed in 2003. It replaced an obsolete low-level swing bridge over the Stono River. The current bridge, which crosses a channel between Johns Island and St. Andrews Parish, an area generally called West Ashley, was completed under a partnership between the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) and the United States Coast Guard.

St. John's High School (SJHS) is a senior high school in Charleston, South Carolina, on Johns Island. It is a part of the Charleston County School District. St. John's is home to approximately 300 students and 30 faculty and staff. St. John's offers Advanced Placement and dual credit courses totaling over 30 hours of offered college credit, as well as three career academies in Hospitality and Tourism, Computer Science, and Culinary Arts. The school's athletic teams are known as the Mighty Islanders, and royal blue and maroon are the school colors. St. John's competes at the A level in football, volleyball, basketball (boys' and girls'), wrestling, soccer, track, baseball, and softball. The Islanders also offer marching band, agriculture and green house, weightlifting, competitive academic team, and student council. Great wrestling coach too.

Towles Farmstead, also known as Goshen Plantation and Plainsfield, is a historic farmstead and national historic district located near Meggett, Charleston County, South Carolina. The district encompasses 11 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, and 1 contributing structure. They include two early-20th century residences: a one-story, frame house constructed about 1903, with characteristic Neo-Classical and Bungalow features; and a two-story, rectangular frame house constructed in 1930, with characteristic Colonial Revival and Italian Renaissance features. Associated with the houses are a variety of contributing utility outbuildings.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

Angel Oak is a Southern live oak (Quercus virginiana) located in Angel Oak Park on Johns Island near Charleston, South Carolina. The tree is estimated to be 400–500 years old. It stands 66.5 ft (20 m) tall, measures 28 ft (8.5 m) in circumference, and produces shade that covers 17,200 square feet (1,600 m2). Its longest branch distance is 187 ft (57 m) in length. Angel Oak was the 210th tree registered with the Live Oak Society.

Battery Wilkes is a historic artillery battery located at West Ashley, Charleston, South Carolina. It was built in 1862, as a part of the western exterior defense line. It is a small earthen redoubt has a 10-foot-high parapet wall and a 15-foot-high powder magazine.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

Charleston Collegiate School (formerly Sea Island Academy) is a co-educational, nonsectarian, independent day school in Johns Island, South Carolina, United States near the city of Charleston. It was founded in 1970 under the name Sea Island Academy and in 2002 became Charleston Collegiate School. It is known for its outdoor education center and project based learning curriculum.

Bees Landing Recreation Center is a public park west of the Ashley in Charleston, South Carolina. Seventeen of the twenty-five acres are high ground surrounded by wetlands. The city had envisioned creating a park in West Ashley since the mid-1990s and had budgeted $2 million to acquire the property. The developer of the surrounding community, known as Grand Oaks Plantation, donated the property to the city for a park, and the city hired a consultant to develop plans.Following a public meeting on ideal parts for the park, the city unveiled a master plan in September 2005 showing a gymnasium, a skate park, a dog park, a playground, picnic areas, an athletic field for soccer and football, nature trails, a basketball court, a concession stand, a basketball court, two tennis courts, two baseball/softball fields, and 242 parking spaces.The park was opened in 2010. The tennis courts were named for former Mayor Arthur B. Shirmer who was not only a member of City Council and Mayor of Charleston, but an avid tennis player.

West Ashley, or more formally, west of the Ashley, is one of the six distinct areas of the city proper of Charleston, South Carolina. As of July 2022, its estimated population was 83,996. Its name is derived from the fact that the land is west of the Ashley River.

West Ashley High School is the only public high school located in the West Ashley area in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. It was created in 2000, when the Charleston County School District merged Middleton High School and Saint Andrews High School. It is a part of St. Andrews Constituent District #10.

John's Island Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church located on Johns Island, Charleston County, South Carolina. It was founded in 1719 by Rev Archibald Stobo, a Church of Scotland minister. It was remodeled in 1792 and extended in 1823. It is a T-shaped, frame meeting house-style church sheathed in clapboard.It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

Unnamed Battery is an historic artillery battery located at West Ashley, Charleston, South Carolina. It was built in 1862, to protect the exterior western lines running from the Stono River on the south to the Ashley River at Bee's Ferry. It has emplacements for two guns. It measures approximately 160 feet by 160 feet with a 10-foot parapet and a 15-foot powder magazine.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.