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Abbeville County, South Carolina

Abbeville County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

 

County Seat: Abbeville
Year Organized: 1785
Square Miles: 508		 Court House:

P.O. Box 579
County Courthouse
Abbeville, SC 29620-0579
Etymology - Origin of County Name

Both the county and its county seat, the town of Abbeville, were named for the French town of the same name.

 

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

Both the county and its county seat, the town of Abbeville, were named for the French town of the same name. Originally part of Ninety-Six District, the area was designated as Abbeville County in 1785. Parts of Abbeville later went to form Greenwood (1897) and McCormick (1916) counties. The county was settled primarily by Scotch-Irish and French Huguenot farmers in the mid-eighteenth century. A historic treaty with the Cherokee Indians was signed at Dewitt's Corner (now Due West) in 1777. Abbeville was known as a hotbed of secession, and at the end of the Civil War the last Confederate council of war was held there. Abbeville's most famous native son was John C. Calhoun (1782-1850), United States vice president, secretary of war and of state, and senator.

Geography

The county seat of Abbeville County is Abbeville, SC. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 511 square miles (1,324 kmē), of which, 508 square miles (1,316 kmē) of it is land and 3 square miles (8 kmē) of it (0.59%) is water.
 

Neighboring Counties:
  • Greenville County, South Carolina - north
  • Anderson County, South Carolina - north
  • Laurens County, South Carolina - northeast
  • Greenwood County, South Carolina - east
  • McCormick County, South Carolina - southeast
  • Elbert County, Georgia - west
Cities and Towns:
- Abbeville (County Seat) city Incorporated Area
- Calhoun Falls town Incorporated Area
- Donalds town Incorporated Area
- Due West town Incorporated Area
- Lowndesville town Incorporated Area
County Resources:

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County Resource Guide

Counties: US Map

The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic features of our country!"

But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.

Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally, act locally."
 

 

 

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