Name: Charleston Southern University
Location: North Charleston, South Carolina
Wait. Yes, Charleston Southern University is located in North Charleston. It is, hilariously, located 17 miles northwest of the College of Charleston.
So why in tarnation is is Charleston Southern? Well, it wasn’t named as such until 1990, when the South Carolina Baptist Convention voted to change it from Baptist College at Charleston. It had been named that since 1965 when the doors opened and the first classes were operated out of the First Baptist Church of North Charleston.