Wide Awake, South Carolina
Unincorporated community
Wide Awake is located in South Carolina
Wide Awake
Wide Awake
Wide Awake is located in the United States
Wide Awake
Wide Awake
Coordinates: 33°2′51″N 80°6′25″W / 33.04750°N 80.10694°W / 33.04750; -80.10694
CountryUnited States
StateSouth Carolina
CountyBerkeley
Named forAn expression[1]
Elevation
69 ft (21 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
29483-29486
Area code843 and 854
GNIS feature ID1234674[2]

Wide Awake is an unincorporated community in Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States. The community is located northeast of Summerville, along U.S. Route 17 Alternate. The community name was established around the early 1900s; however, the origin of the name comes from two possible expressions: The first describing the area as being wide awake politically, the second being regardless of the time of day or night, someone is wide awake to what their neighbors are doing.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Neuffer, Claude Henry; Neuffer, Irene (1966). Claude and Irene Neuffer's Names in South Carolina Vols. XIII-XVIII, 1966-1971. South Carolina: The Reprint Company. p. 41. ISBN 9780871523914. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
  2. ^ "Wide Awake, South Carolina". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved April 19, 2021.


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