Summerton is a town in Clarendon County, South Carolina, United States.

Summerton is located in the heart of Santee Cooper Country, 8 miles (13 km) from the shores of Lake Marion.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Summerton has a total area of 1.3 square miles (3.3 km2), all land.

Plantation owners made their move inward to Summerton to escape from the mosquitos along the Santee River.

The town was officially chartered by the South Carolina legislative delegation on Christmas Eve, 1889.

Briggs was the first filed of the four court cases combined into Brown v. Board of Education, the famous case in which the U.S. Supreme Court in 1954 officially overturned racial segregation in U.S. public schools.

[12][13] Today, Summerton is still noted for being a summer retreat and vacation spot for visitors interested in nature and outdoor recreation activities, e.g. golf, fishing, hunting, boating, camping.