It’s a moot point, since the Panhandle incorporation flat-lined in Tuesday’s referendum, but more than half the voters would’ve named the new town Indian Land.
Other conventional write-in names on the ballots included Belair, Carolina Lakes, Fort Mill Proper, Harrisburg, Pleasant Valley and Possum Hollow.
Then there were the smart alecks.
“Fort Thrill,” wrote one voter. “Anything but Indian Land,” said another. A query: “What were we thinking.”