Cheraw Attractions
Cheraw (pop. 5,500) is located in northeastern South Carolina at the head of the Pee Dee River. It was settled in 1750 and officially named in 1820 after a local American Indian tribe. Cheraw was an important trade center.
Cheraw Fish Hatchery and Aquarium
The Cheraw Fish Hatchery and Aquarium raises more than a million bass, bream, catfish and other warm-water fish. The aquarium has 10 tanks with close-up views of specimens in their natural habitats.
Cheraw Lyceum
The Lyceum depicts Cheraw history through exhibits from the steamboat era, the Confederate War, Dizzy Gillespie and the Cheraw Indians. The building was built in 1820 as a chancery court, but was used over the years as the Lyceum meeting room, library, and the 1st telegraph office.
