Norway, South Carolina

Norway is a town in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, United States.

[5] The Willow Consolidated High School was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.

[7] On July 4, 1903, the majority African-American population rose in protest, in reaction to the lynching on July 1 of resident Charles Evans, who was suspected of killing disabled Confederate veteran John T. Phillips.

Along with the lynching of Evans, two other black residents of Norway were beaten by a white mob, with one later dying of his injuries.

[8] Nearly 200 armed black residents took over the town before a militia was called by Governor Duncan Clinch Heyward to restore white control.

Photo of water tower in downtown Norway
Map of South Carolina highlighting Orangeburg County