Alphabetical List
| County |
FIPS code |
County seat |
Established |
Origin |
Etymology |
Population |
Area |
Map |
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| Abbeville County | 001 | Abbeville | 1785 | Ninety-Six District | Abbeville, France | 700425417000000000025,417 | 7002511000000000000511 sq mi (70031323000000000001,323 km2) |
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| Aiken County | 003 | Aiken | 1871 | Barnwell, Edgefield, Lexington, and Orangeburg | William Aiken, founder of the South Carolina Canal and Railroad Company | 7005160099000000000160,099 | 70031080000000000001,080 sq mi (70032797000000000002,797 km2) |
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| Allendale County | 005 | Allendale | 1919 | Barnwell and Hampton | P.H. Allen, first postmaster of the new county | 700410419000000000010,419 | 7002413000000000000413 sq mi (70031070000000000001,070 km2) |
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| Anderson County | 007 | Anderson | 1826 | Pendleton District | Robert Anderson, American Revolutionary War general and Southern surveyor | 7005187126000000000187,126 | 7002757000000000000757 sq mi (70031961000000000001,961 km2) |
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| Bamberg County | 009 | Bamberg | 1897 | Barnwell | Francis Marion Bamberg, Confederate general in the American Civil War | 700415987000000000015,987 | 7002395000000000000395 sq mi (70031023000000000001,023 km2) |
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| Barnwell County | 011 | Barnwell | 1798 | Orangeburg | John Barnwell, South Carolina State Senator and prisoner of war during the American Revolution | 700422261000000000022,261 | 7002557000000000000557 sq mi (70031443000000000001,443 km2) |
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| Beaufort County | 013 | Beaufort | 1769 | 1769 Judicial District | Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort, colonial proprietary landowner | 7005162233000000000162,233 | 7002923000000000000923 sq mi (70032391000000000002,391 km2) |
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| Berkeley County | 015 | Moncks Corner | 1882 | Charleston | William Berkeley, colonial proprietary governor and landowner | 7005177843000000000177,843 | 70031228000000000001,228 sq mi (70033181000000000003,181 km2) |
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| Calhoun County | 017 | St. Matthews | 1908 | Lexington and Orangeburg | John C. Calhoun, U.S. Senator from South Carolina and states' rights advocate | 700415185000000000015,185 | 7002392000000000000392 sq mi (70031015000000000001,015 km2) |
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| Charleston County | 019 | Charleston | 1769 | 1769 Judicial District | King Charles II of England | 7005350209000000000350,209 | 70031358000000000001,358 sq mi (70033517000000000003,517 km2) |
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| Cherokee County | 021 | Gaffney | 1897 | Spartanburg, Union, and York | Cherokee Native Americans | 700455342000000000055,342 | 7002397000000000000397 sq mi (70031028000000000001,028 km2) |
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| Chester County | 023 | Chester | 1785 | Camden District | Chester, Pennsylvania | 700433140000000000033,140 | 7002586000000000000586 sq mi (70031518000000000001,518 km2) |
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| Chesterfield County | 025 | Chesterfield | 1798 | Cheraws District | Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, an Enlightenment-era scholar, government official, and member of the British House of Lords | 700446734000000000046,734 | 7002806000000000000806 sq mi (70032088000000000002,088 km2) |
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| Clarendon County | 027 | Manning | 1855 | Sumter | Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, colonial proprietary landowner | 700434971000000000034,971 | 7002696000000000000696 sq mi (70031803000000000001,803 km2) |
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| Colleton County | 029 | Walterboro | 1800 | Charleston | John Colleton, colonial proprietary landowner | 700438892000000000038,892 | 70031133000000000001,133 sq mi (70032934000000000002,934 km2) |
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| Darlington County | 031 | Darlington | 1785 | Cheraws District | Darlington, England | 700468681000000000068,681 | 7002567000000000000567 sq mi (70031469000000000001,469 km2) |
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| Dillon County | 033 | Dillon | 1910 | Marion | J.W. Dillon, founder of the Wilson Short Cut Railroad | 700432062000000000032,062 | 7002407000000000000407 sq mi (70031054000000000001,054 km2) |
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| Dorchester County | 035 | St. George | 1868 | Berkeley and Colleton | Dorchester, Massachusetts | 7005136555000000000136,555 | 7002577000000000000577 sq mi (70031494000000000001,494 km2) |
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| Edgefield County | 037 | Edgefield | 1785 | Ninety-Six District | Disputed; either its location on the edge of the state or Edgefield, Norfolk, England | 700426985000000000026,985 | 7002507000000000000507 sq mi (70031313000000000001,313 km2) |
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| Fairfield County | 039 | Winnsboro | 1785 | Camden District | The county's fair fields, as described by colonial governor Charles Cornwallis | 700423956000000000023,956 | 7002710000000000000710 sq mi (70031839000000000001,839 km2) |
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| Florence County | 041 | Florence | 1888 | Clarendon, Darlington, Marion, and Williamsburg | Florence Harllee, wife of Wilmington and Manchester Railroad founder W.W. Harllee | 7005136885000000000136,885 | 7002804000000000000804 sq mi (70032082000000000002,082 km2) |
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| Georgetown County | 043 | Georgetown | 1769 | 1769 Judicial District | King George II of Great Britain | 700460158000000000060,158 | 70031035000000000001,035 sq mi (70032681000000000002,681 km2) |
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| Greenville County | 045 | Greenville | 1798 | Washington District | Nathanael Greene, Revolutionary War general | 7005451225000000000451,225 | 7002795000000000000795 sq mi (70032059000000000002,059 km2) |
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| Greenwood County | 047 | Greenwood | 1897 | Abbeville and Edgefield | Greenwood Plantation, the home of John McGee, the county's largest landowner | 700469661000000000069,661 | 7002463000000000000463 sq mi (70031199000000000001,199 km2) |
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| Hampton County | 049 | Hampton | 1787 | Beaufort | Wade Hampton, Congressman from South Carolina and once the nation's wealthiest citizen | 700421090000000000021,090 | 7002563000000000000563 sq mi (70031458000000000001,458 km2) |
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| Horry County | 051 | Conway | 1801 | Georgetown | Peter Horry, Revolutionary War general | 7005269291000000000269,291 | 70031255000000000001,255 sq mi (70033250000000000003,250 km2) |
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| Jasper County | 053 | Ridgeland | 1912 | Beaufort and Hampton | William Jasper, Revolutionary War sergeant | 700424777000000000024,777 | 7002700000000000000700 sq mi (70031813000000000001,813 km2) |
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| Kershaw County | 055 | Camden | 1798 | Claremont, Fairfield, Lancaster, and Richland | Joseph Kershaw, one of the county's pioneering settlers | 700461697000000000061,697 | 7002740000000000000740 sq mi (70031917000000000001,917 km2) |
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| Lancaster County | 057 | Lancaster | 1798 | Camden District | Lancaster County, Pennsylvania | 700476652000000000076,652 | 7002555000000000000555 sq mi (70031437000000000001,437 km2) |
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| Laurens County | 059 | Laurens | 1785 | Ninety-Six District | Henry Laurens, president of the Second Continental Congress and prisoner of war during the American Revolution | 700466537000000000066,537 | 7002724000000000000724 sq mi (70031875000000000001,875 km2) |
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| Lee County | 061 | Bishopville | 1902 | Darlington, Kershaw, and Sumter | Robert E. Lee, Confederate general during the Civil War | 700419220000000000019,220 | 7002411000000000000411 sq mi (70031064000000000001,064 km2) |
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| Lexington County | 063 | Lexington | 1804 | Orangeburg | Battle of Lexington, opening skirmish of the Revolutionary War | 7005262391000000000262,391 | 7002758000000000000758 sq mi (70031963000000000001,963 km2) |
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| Marion County | 067 | Marion | 1800 | Georgetown | Francis Marion, Revolutionary War general | 700433062000000000033,062 | 7002494000000000000494 sq mi (70031279000000000001,279 km2) |
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| Marlboro County | 069 | Bennettsville | 1798 | Cheraws District | John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, English general, diplomat, and confidant of monarchs | 700428933000000000028,933 | 7002485000000000000485 sq mi (70031256000000000001,256 km2) |
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| McCormick County | 065 | McCormick | 1914 | Abbeville, Edgefield, and Greenwood | Cyrus McCormick, inventor of the mechanical reaper and founder of International Harvester | 700410233000000000010,233 | 7002394000000000000394 sq mi (70031020000000000001,020 km2) |
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| Newberry County | 071 | Newberry | 1785 | Ninety-Six District | Disputed; possibly Newbury, Berkshire, England, or from early settlers' notion that the landscape was as "pretty as a new berry" | 700437508000000000037,508 | 7002647000000000000647 sq mi (70031676000000000001,676 km2) |
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| Oconee County | 073 | Walhalla | 1868 | Pickens | Oconee Native Americans | 700474273000000000074,273 | 7002674000000000000674 sq mi (70031746000000000001,746 km2) |
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| Orangeburg County | 075 | Orangeburg | 1769 | 1769 Judicial District | King William V of Orange | 700492501000000000092,501 | 70031128000000000001,128 sq mi (70032922000000000002,922 km2) |
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| Pickens County | 077 | Pickens | 1826 | Pendleton District | Andrew Pickens, Governor of South Carolina | 7005119224000000000119,224 | 7002512000000000000512 sq mi (70031326000000000001,326 km2) |
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| Richland County | 079 | Columbia | 1799 | Camden District | The county's rich soil | 7005384504000000000384,504 | 7002772000000000000772 sq mi (70031999000000000001,999 km2) |
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| Saluda County | 081 | Saluda | 1896 | Edgefield | Saluda River | 700419875000000000019,875 | 7002462000000000000462 sq mi (70031197000000000001,197 km2) |
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| Spartanburg County | 083 | Spartanburg | 1785 | Ninety-Six District | "Spartan Regiment" of the state militia, which was the key force for victory in the Revolutionary War Battle of Cowpens | 7005284307000000000284,307 | 7002819000000000000819 sq mi (70032121000000000002,121 km2) |
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| Sumter County | 085 | Sumter | 1798 | Claremont, Clarendon, and Salem | Thomas Sumter, Revolutionary War general and U.S. Senator from South Carolina | 7005107456000000000107,456 | 7002682000000000000682 sq mi (70031766000000000001,766 km2) |
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| Union County | 087 | Union | 1798 | Ninety-Six District | Union Church, the first Christian place of worship in the area | 700428961000000000028,961 | 7002516000000000000516 sq mi (70031336000000000001,336 km2) |
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| Williamsburg County | 089 | Kingstree | 1802 | Georgetown District | King William III of England | 700434423000000000034,423 | 7002937000000000000937 sq mi (70032427000000000002,427 km2) |
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| York County | 091 | York | 1798 | Camden District | York County, Pennsylvania | 7005226073000000000226,073 | 7002696000000000000696 sq mi (70031803000000000001,803 km2) |
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