If you come in the spring you'll be welcomed by sweet smelling honeysuckle, and a profusion of color from azaleas, jasmine, dogwood, wisteria and roses. The renewal of spring is at its best in our county. From tractors and cotton picking machinery in the field to iron fences dating back to before the turn of the last century. Lee County and Bishopville will give you a true touch of the Old South. In Lee County, Cotton is King and it has been for a long time.
Lee County is South Carolina's largest cotton producing county.
This makes it a fitting place for the South Carolina Cotton Museum which opened in 1994. This museum showcases the economic, social and political impact of cotton in the South. Cotton is a part of your life every day. Find out how and why at the South Carolina Cotton Museum open Monday through Friday from 10am-5pm. The Palmetto Cruisers from Florence, South Carolina put on a great classic car and motorcycle show at the Lee County Cotton Festival each October in Bishopville, South Carolina.