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Barnwell County, South Carolina

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

 

County Seat: Barnwell
Year Organized: 1798
Square Miles: 548		 Court House:

57 Wall Street
County Courthouse
Barnwell, SC 29812-1584
Etymology - Origin of County Name

Barnwell County and its county seat of Barnwell were named for Revolutionary War leader John Barnwell (1748-1800).

 

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

Barnwell County and its county seat of Barnwell were named for Revolutionary War leader John Barnwell (1748-1800). The county was originally part of Orangeburg District, and in 1785 it was named Winton County. It was given its current name in 1800. Barnwell County has decreased in size over the years as new counties were created within its boundaries (Aiken in 1871, Bamberg in 1897 and Allendale in 1919). The South Carolina Railroad, which connected Charleston to Hamburg on the Savannah River, was built through this area, creating the towns of Blackville and Williston in the mid-nineteenth century. In more recent years the county was the home of several powerful state politicians, known collectively as the "Barnwell Ring." Included were state Senator Edgar A. Brown (1888-1975), Speaker of the House Solomon Blatt (1895-1986), and Governor Joseph E. Harley (1880-1942).

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 557 square miles (1,443 kmē), of which, 548 square miles (1,420 kmē) of it is land and 9 square miles (23 kmē) of it (1.59%) is water.

Neighboring Counties:
  • Aiken County, South Carolina - north
  • Bamberg County, South Carolina - east
  • Orangeburg County, South Carolina - east
  • Allendale County, South Carolina - southeast
  • Burke County, Georgia - southwest
     
Cities and Towns:
- Barnwell (County Seat) city Incorporated Area
- Blackville town Incorporated Area
- Elko town Incorporated Area
- Hilda town Incorporated Area
- Kline town Incorporated Area
- Snelling town Incorporated Area
- Williston 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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