Place:Johns Island, Charleston, South Carolina, United States

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NameJohns Island
TypeInhabited place
Coordinates32.783°N 80.1°W
Located inCharleston, South Carolina, United States
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Johns Island is an island in Charleston County, South Carolina, United States, and is the largest island in the state of South Carolina. Johns Island is bordered by the Wadmalaw, Seabrook, Kiawah, Edisto, Folly, and James islands; the Stono and Kiawah rivers separate Johns Island from its border islands. It is the fourth-largest island on the US east coast, surpassed only by Long Island, Mount Desert Island and Martha's Vineyard. Johns Island is in area, with a population of 21,500 people.

Johns Island was named after Saint John Parish in Barbados by the first English colonial settlers on the island, who had come from there.

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