Daniel Island, South Carolina is a 4,000-acre (16 km2) body of land located in the city of Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Named after its former inhabitant, the colonial governor of the Carolinas, Robert Daniell, the island is located in Berkeley County and situated between the Cooper and Wando Rivers. As of July 2012 it is being developed as a master-planned community complete with residential neighborhoods, parks, trails, recreational amenities and a downtown that is home to shops, restaurants, schools, churches and offices for businesses. Daniel Island is an island, bordered to the east by the Cooper River, the west by the Wando River, and the north by the connected Nowell and Beresford Creeks.