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Darlington County, South Carolina

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

 

County Seat: Darlington
Year Organized: 1785
Square Miles: 562
 		 Court House:

1 Public Square, Room 210
County Courthouse
Darlington, SC 29532-3213
Etymology - Origin of County Name

Darlington is probably given in homage to the English city of the same name, Darlington, England.

 

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

The origin of the name of this county is uncertain, but it may have been named for Darlington, England. The county was formed in 1785, with the county seat at Darlington, and until 1800 it was a part of the Cheraw District. Parts of Darlington County were removed to form Florence County in 1888 and Lee County in 1902. This area was settled in the mid-eighteenth century by Welsh, Scotch-Irish, and English farmers, who grew cotton primarily. In more recent years the county has been best known for the stock car races which take place at the Darlington Raceway. David Rogerson Williams (1776-1830), South Carolina Governor and scientific experimenter, was a native of Darlington; he is remembered for introducing the mule to Southern agriculture. Other prominent Darlington residents were industrialists James Lide Coker (1837-1918) and David R. Coker (1870-1938) and novelists Annie Greene Nelson (1902-1993) and Elizabeth Boatwright Coker (1909-1993).

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 567 square miles (1,468 kmē), of which, 561 square miles (1,453 kmē) of it is land and 6 square miles (15 kmē) of it (0.99%) is water.
 

Neighboring Counties:
  • Marlboro County, South Carolina - northeast
  • Florence County, South Carolina - southeast
  • Lee County, South Carolina - southwest
  • Kershaw County, South Carolina - west
  • Chesterfield County, South Carolina - northwest
Cities and Towns:
- Darlington (County Seat) city Incorporated Area
- Hartsville city Incorporated Area
- Lamar town Incorporated Area
- Society Hill 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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