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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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Cherokee County, South Carolina
Cherokee County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Gaffney
Year Organized: 1897
Square Miles: 393 |
Court House: 210 N. Limestone Street
County Administration Building
Gaffney, SC 29340-3136
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Cherokee is named after the Cherokee Native American people.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Cherokee County was named for the Cherokee Indians who once made it their home. It was formed in 1897 from parts of
Spartanburg, Union, and York counties, and the county seat is Gaffney. During the Revolutionary War at the battle of
Cowpens, an important victory for the revolutionary forces, took place there on January 17, 1781. Iron mining was an
important activity in this region up to the time of the Civil War, and it is sometimes called the Old Iron District. In
the mid-nineteenth century, the resort at Limestone Springs was a popular retreat for lowcountry planters. Writer Wilbur
Joseph Cash (1901-1941) was a native of Cherokee County, as is actress Andie MacDowell.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 397 square miles (1,029 kmē), of which, 393
square miles (1,017 kmē) of it is land and 5 square miles (12 kmē) of it (1.16%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- Cleveland County, North Carolina - north
- York County, South Carolina - east
- Union County, South Carolina - south
- Spartanburg County, South Carolina - west
- Rutherford County, North Carolina - northwest
Cities and Towns:
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- Blacksburg |
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- Gaffney
(County Seat) |
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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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