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Dillon County, South Carolina

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

 

County Seat: Dillon
Year Organized: 1910
Square Miles: 405
Court House:

P.O. Box 449
County Courthouse
Dillon, SC 29536-0449

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Dillon is named for local booster J.W. Dillon.

 

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

Dillon County was named for James W. Dillon (1826-1913), a prominent local resident. The county seat was also named for him. Dillon County was formed in 1910 from Marion County. Swamps and rivers kept this section of the Pee Dee isolated for many years, but the construction of a railroad in the nineteenth century brought increased development. The residents primarily engaged in cotton and tobacco farming and in timber harvesting. Composer Carlisle Floyd was born in the Dillon County town of Latta

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 407 square miles (1,053 kmē), of which, 405 square miles (1,049 kmē) of it is land and 2 square miles (4 kmē) of it (0.42%) is water.
 

Neighboring Counties:
  • Robeson County, North Carolina - east
  • Columbus County, North Carolina - southeast
  • Horry County, South Carolina - southeast
  • Marion County, South Carolina - south
  • Florence County, South Carolina - southwest
  • Marlboro County, South Carolina - west
Cities and Towns:
- Dillon (County Seat) city Incorporated Area
- Lake View town Incorporated Area
- Latta 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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