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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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Chesterfield County, South Carolina
Chesterfield County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Chesterfield
Year Organized: 1798
Square Miles: 799 |
Court House: 200 West Main Street
County Courthouse
Chesterfield, SC 29709-1527
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Chesterfield is named after Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Chesterfield County was named for the English statesman Lord Chesterfield (1694-1773). The county seat is the town of
Chesterfield, but the oldest town in the county is Cheraw, which was settled around 1748. The county was formed in 1785,
but until 1800 it was part of the larger Cheraws District. Welsh settlers from Pennsylvania and Delaware moved into this
region in the mid-eighteenth century, and they were later joined by Scotch-Irish and English. Cheraw was a center for
transportation along the Great Pee Dee River, but most of the county is agricultural. General Sherman's troops passed
through this area during the Civil War, briefly occupying the towns of Cheraw and Chesterfield. Cheraw State Park,
founded in 1934, is the oldest of the state parks. Jazz musician Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1993) was a native of
Chesterfield County.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 806 square miles (2,087 kmē), of which, 799
square miles (2,068 kmē) of it is land and 7 square miles (19 kmē) of it (0.89%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- Anson County, North Carolina - north
- Richmond County, North Carolina - northeast
- Marlboro County, South Carolina - east
- Darlington County, South Carolina - southeast
- Kershaw County, South Carolina - southwest
- Lancaster County, South Carolina - west
- Union County, North Carolina - northwest
Cities and Towns:
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- Cheraw |
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- Chesterfield
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- Jefferson |
town |
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- McBee |
town |
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- Mount Croghan |
town |
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- Pageland |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Patrick |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Ruby |
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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