Boykin is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Kershaw County, South Carolina, United States.

[4] On May 5, 1860, at least two dozen individuals drowned in the Boykin Mill Pond when a flatboat they were enjoying an excursion on sank after it struck a stump, began taking on water and those onboard panicked and moved toward one end of the boat.

It marked the last battle of the American Civil War fought in South Carolina and was the site of the last Union officer killed in action during the conflict.

[6] Boykin's Mill was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

Midfield Plantation was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.