Bluffton is a town in southern Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States. The population as of the 2020 census was 27,716, an increase of over 120% since the 2010 census, making it the 17th-most populous municipality and one of the fastest growing municipalities in South Carolina. It is primarily located around U.S. Route 278, between Hilton Head Island and Interstate 95. The Lowcountry town's original one square mile area, now known as Old Town, is situated on a bluff along the May River. Bluffton is a primary town within the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Church of the Cross
This 350- to 400-year-old live oak tree at Stock Farm in Bluffton, known as the "Secession Oak", is where in 1844 US Representative Robert Barnwell Rhett of South Carolina called for the South to withdraw from the Union.
Child labor at Varn & Platt Canning Company in Bluffton, 1913. Photo by Lewis Hine
Palmetto Bluff at Montage Resort in Bluffton
Beaufort County, South Carolina
Beaufort County is a county in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 187,117. Its county seat is Beaufort and its largest community is Hilton Head Island.
The Arsenal in Beaufort Historic District
