Ashwood Community
Highway 15
Bishopville, SC 29010
Website: Ashwood – SC Picture Project
Developed in the 1930s through President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal, Ashwood was built as a Resettlement Project to create workable farms. The Ashwood School Gymnasium, on the National Register of Historic Places, was built in 1938 to provide community residents with a place to gather and host various events and activities. The Ashwood Community is on Highway 15, between Bishopville and Sumter, about 8 miles south of I-20.