Francis Marion University, located in Florence, South Carolina, is a liberal arts school named after Revolutionary War hero Gen. Francis Marion , who was nicknamed Swamp Fox. The university dates back to 1957, when the University of South Carolina set up a freshman center at the Florence County Library. A few years later, in 1961, USC-Florence was setup on land donated by the Wallace family. In 1966, many in the Florence area pushed to establish a four year university. Gov. Robert E. McNair eventually signed into law an act creating Francis Marion College, effective July 1, 1970. It achieved university status in 1992. Francis Marion University now enrolls nearly 4,000 students.
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