Coastal Research and Education Center
LOCATION
Website: Coastal Research and Education Center
Total acreage: 325
Land acquired by Clemson: 1932-1944
Contact for information: Pat Wechter, Director (wwechte@clemson.edu)
Graves at this location
Estimated number of graves: 50+
Identified grave sites: 1
One cemetery is identified at the Coastal Research and Education Center. It is located on the far northeast corner of the property is in a grove of larger hardwoods and pines on the edge of Long Branch creek.
For more information on graves at the Coastal Research and Education Center, contact Pat Wechter by email at wwechte@clemson.edu.
For inquiries about this gravesite location or any of the other statewide gravesite locations on Clemson University property, please email cugravesites@clemson.edu.
ACCESS
Clemson University understands and appreciates the sacred nature of the cemeteries located on its Research and Education Centers. However, in the interest of visitor and employee safety, we request that all visitors contact the respective historical society or REC directors in advance to make an appointment. We are happy to accommodate visits on weekdays during normal working hours.
Coastal Gravesite Locations
“Old Mill”
(Possible name from oral history)
Estimated graves: 50+
Estimated age of graves: 150+
Headstones: 3
Description: The cemetery is in a grove of larger hardwoods and pines on the edge of Long Branch creek. There are three headstones present, but many visual depressions with no marker. Clearing work was completed of this site on April 31, 2022, but recent visual inspections after reveal that there are apparent depressions extending beyond the fence, so further discovery is necessary.
