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South Carolina Counties
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South Carolina Counties
South Carolina is made up of 46 counties. They range in size from 392 square miles (1,016
square kilometers) in the case of Calhoun County to 1,358 square miles (3,517 square kilometers) in the case of
Charleston County. The least populous county is McCormick County, with only 9,958 residents, while the most
populous county is Greenville County, with a population of 395,357, despite the state's most populous city,
Columbia, being located in Richland County. |
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Bamberg County, South Carolina
Bamberg County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Bamberg
Year Organized: 1897
Square Miles: 393 |
Court House: P.O. Box 149
County Courthouse
Bamberg, SC 29003-0149
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Bamberg County and its county seat, Bamberg, were named for
local resident William Seaborn Bamberg (1820-1858) and other members of the
Bamberg family.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Bamberg County and its county seat,
Bamberg, were named for local resident William Seaborn Bamberg (1820-1858) and
other members of the Bamberg family. The area was a part of Barnwell County
until 1897 when the new county was established. Although the area has been
primarily agricultural, several towns developed along the route of the South
Carolina Railroad in the mid-nineteenth century. In February 1865 Confederate
soldiers fought an unsuccessful skirmish against General Sherman's troops at
Rivers Bridge, now the site of a state park. The plantation of author William
Gilmore Simms (1806-1870) was in what is now Bamberg County, and artist Jim
Harrison is also a native of the county.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 395 square miles (1,024 kmē), of which, 393
square miles (1,019 kmē) of it is land and 2 square miles (6 kmē) of it (0.56%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- Orangeburg County, South Carolina - north
- Dorchester County, South Carolina - east
- Colleton County, South Carolina - southeast
- Hampton County, South Carolina - south
- Allendale County, South Carolina - southwest
- Barnwell County, South Carolina - west
Cities and Towns:
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- Bamberg
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- Denmark |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Ehrhardt |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Govan |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Olar |
town |
Incorporated Area |
County Resources:
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County Resource Guide
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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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