What is the history of New Ellenton, South Carolina?

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New Ellenton was formed from the citizens of Ellenton, a farming town chartered in 1880 situated on the Charleston and Western Carolina Railroad in Barnwell County, South CarolinaBarnwell County near the Aiken County, South CarolinaAiken County line. Upon the approval of Harry S. TrumanPresident Truman in 1950 of the Savannah River Site for the production of Nuclear weaponhydrogen bombs, the Federal government of the United StatesU.S. government forced 6,000 people in the surrounding area to move. The residents of Ellenton literally moved their homes and buildings 14 miles north to New Ellenton after being evicted in the 1950s. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Ellenton%2C_South_Carolina

New Ellenton was formed from the citizens of Ellenton, a farming town chartered in 1880 situated on the Charleston and Western Carolina Railroad in Barnwell County, South CarolinaBarnwell County near the Aiken County, South CarolinaAiken County line. Upon the approval of Harry S. TrumanPresident Truman in 1950 of the Savannah River Site for the production of Nuclear weaponhydrogen bombs, the Federal government of the United StatesU.S. government forced 6,000 people in the surrounding area to move. The residents of Ellenton literally moved their homes and buildings 14 miles north to New Ellenton after being evicted in the 1950s. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Ellenton%2C_South_Carolina

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