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Beaufort is a city in Beaufort County , South Carolina , United States , situated on the Beaufort River. 304 acres of the town have been designated a National Historic Landmark. The city-limit population was 12,950 in the 2000 census (46,227 total pop. of Beaufort Urban Cluster). It is the county seat of Beaufort County GR6 and part of the Hilton Head Island-Beaufort Micropolitan Statistical Area. The current Mayor, Bill Rauch, was at one time the advance press man for New York Mayor, Ed Koch . Beaufort (pronounced "byew-furt" [ IPA : /￈bjuﾷ.fZt/ ] unlike its counterpart in North Carolina ) is located on Port Royal Island, in the heart of the Sea Islands and Lowcountry . Beaufort and the surrounding area is rich in history. Parris Island was the location of France's first colony in the New World, founded by Jean Ribaut in 1562. The Spanish colonized St. Augustine, Florida in 1565. The first Scottish settlement in what is now the United States, known as Stuart Town, was founded on Port Royal Island in 1682, only to be destroyed by Spanish forces in 1684. Beaufort was chartered in 1711 and is known as the second-oldest city in South Carolina, after Charleston . It was part of the Carolina colony and was governed by Lords Proprietors. The Treaty of Beaufort fixing the boundary between South Carolina and Georgia was signed in the city in 1787. Today, Beaufort has a substantial Marine Corps presence, with MCRD Parris Island and MCAS Beaufort as well as the Naval Hospital - Beaufort. Beaufort has one local television station, WJWJ-TV (PBS). Beaufort has been the setting for several novels by native son Pat Conroy , and a popular filming location for major motion pictures, including The Big Chill , The Prince of Tides , The Great Santini , Forrest Gump , Something To Talk About and GI Jane . Beaufort is a romantic and popular tourist destination. Major festivals and arts events include the Water Festival which is a well-known, two week extravaganza in the middle of Jul. The Shrimp Festival, celebrating the local and traditional industry, is in the second weekend in October. Kaleidoscope: Film, Food, and Fine Arts in late February screens independent films, such as Brats. Chalk on the Walk at Beaufort Town Center is an interactive festival focusing on bringing street art to and by the people, and is produced the Arts Council of Beaufort County. The Arts Council of Beaufort County [1] , located on Boundary Street in uptown Beaufort, nurtures the arts by offering resources to artists and audiences: free roundtable discussions (for example, Artist-Gallery relationships); Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers; public art projects such as the Big Swim: 31 Mermaids; Quarterly Community Arts Grants, and the Ever Expanding Arts Calendar, which brings artists and audiences together; emerging artists initiatives, and more.

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