Meggett is a town in Charleston County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 1,226 at the 2010 census. Meggett is part of the Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville metropolitan area.
History
The Towles Farmstead was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
Geography
Meggett is located in southwestern Charleston County. It is bordered to the north by the town of Hollywood. The traditional center of Meggett is along South Carolina Highway 165, south of the center of Hollywood and north of the highway's end at Yonges Island. The Meggett town limits have expanded east as far as the Stono River and west beyond Toogoodoo Creek as far as South Carolina Highway 174. To the south the town extends as far as Yonges Island next to the Wadmalaw River.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Meggett has a total area of , of which is land and , or 3.11%, is water.
2020 census
{| class="wikitable"
|+Meggett racial composition
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|White (non-Hispanic)
|1,200
|86.33%
|-
|Black or African American (non-Hispanic)
|112
|8.06%
|-
|Native American
|2
|0.14%
|-
|Asian
|10
|0.72%
|-
|Other/Mixed
|33
|2.37%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino
|33
|2.37%
|}
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,390 people, 498 households, and 325 families residing in the town.
2000 census
As of the census