Spanish missions in the Carolinas facts for kids

A plaque showing the locations of a third of the missions between 1565 and 1763

The Spanish missions in the Carolinas were part of a series of religious outposts established by Spanish Catholics in order to spread the Christian doctrine among the local Native Americans. Spanish missions extended north almost to the site of present-day Charleston, and they remained until the arrival of the English (1670).

Missions

• Mission Santa Elena (1566–1587), on Parris Island