Beech Island is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Aiken County, South Carolina, United States.

Beech Island's most famous resident was James Brown, who lived there for the last few decades of his life on a 60-acre (240,000 m2) estate.

Brown is buried in the Thomas Family Home Crypt on Beech Island.

The Cedars, Fort Moore-Savano Town Site, Redcliffe Plantation State Historic Site, Oakland Plantation, and Zubly Cemetery are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

[7][8] Beech Island is also home to most of the television transmitters that serve the Augusta, GA MSA.