Sheldon, South Carolina


Sheldon is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 579.
A rural area in character, Sheldon was primarily a common gathering area for various plantation owners and slaves prior to the Civil War. It is renowned for the Old Sheldon Church Ruins.
The Pocosobo Town was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

Geography

Sheldon is located approximately halfway between Beaufort and Yemassee and just east of Interstate 95 in the heart of the Lowcountry region. U.S. Routes 17 and 21 run through the center of the community in a wrong-way concurrency.