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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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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
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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:
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- Barnwell
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- Blackville |
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Incorporated Area |
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- Elko |
town |
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- Hilda |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Kline |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Snelling |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Williston |
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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