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Town of Bethel

SC-257. Bethel’s recorded history began in 1683 as a land grant called Manlove’s Grove. Kendal Lewis purchased portions of three land tracts, Manlove’s Grove, Mitchell’s Harbor and Jobs lot, from George Mitchell in 1795 and named it Lewis Warf. A small village developed around Lewis Wharf, later called Lewisville, and renamed Bethel in 1880. Bethel […]