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Anderson County, South Carolina

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

 

County Seat: Anderson
Year Organized: 1826
Square Miles: 718		 Court House:

P.O. Box 8002
County Courthouse
Anderson, SC 29622-8002
Etymology - Origin of County Name

Anderson County and its county seat, Anderson, were named for Revolutionary War general Robert Anderson (1741-1812).

 

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

Anderson County and its county seat, Anderson, were named for Revolutionary War general Robert Anderson (1741-1812). This region was occupied by the Cherokee Indians until 1777, when it was ceded by treaty to the state. Part of the "Indian Land" became Pendleton District (also called Washington District at one time.) The area was given its present name in 1826, when Pendleton District was split into Anderson and Pickens. Most of the early settlers of this area were Scotch-Irish farmers who moved south from Pennsylvania and Virginia in the eighteenth century. The oldest town in the county is Pendleton, which was founded around 1790; it became a popular summer resort for lowcountry planters in the nineteenth century. Some famous residents of Anderson County were United States senator and governor Olin D. Johnston (1896-1965), business leader Charles E. Daniel (1895-1964), and composer Lily Strickland (1884-1958).

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 757 square miles (1,962 kmē), of which, 718 square miles (1,860 kmē) of it is land and 39 square miles (102 kmē) of it (5.21%) is water.
 

Neighboring Counties:
  • Pickens County, South Carolina - north
  • Greenville County, South Carolina - northeast
  • Laurens County, South Carolina - east
  • Abbeville County, South Carolina - south
  • Elbert County, Georgia - southwest
  • Pickens County, South Carolina - west
  • Hart County, Georgia - west
  • Oconee County, South Carolina - northwest
Cities and Towns:
- Anderson (County Seat) city Incorporated Area
- Belton city Incorporated Area
- Honea Path town Incorporated Area
- Iva town Incorporated Area
- Pelzer town Incorporated Area
- Pendleton town Incorporated Area
- Starr town Incorporated Area
- West Pelzer town Incorporated Area
- Williamston town Incorporated Area
County Resources:

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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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