The African American Community of Carrsville, South Carolina was established in 1930 after two floods of the Savannah River washed away most of the town of Hamburg. Hamburg had become a predominantly black community after the Civil War. It was also the site of the Hamburg Massacre in July 1876, which we memorialize every year. 

After the flooding in 1929, residents were forced to deconstruct the towns buildings, homes, and church to reconstruct them on the bluff above the old town. The structures and people of "New Hamburg" later became known as "Carrsville."

We were named a heritage district in 2021.