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Florence County, South Carolina

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

 

County Seat: Florence
Year Organized: 1888
Square Miles: 799		 Court House:

180 North Irby Street
County Courthouse
Florence, SC 29501-3456
Etymology - Origin of County Name

Florence is named for Florence Harllee, a daughter of W. W. Harllee, a president of the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad.

 

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

Florence County took its name from its county seat, the City of Florence. The county was formed in 1888 from parts of Marion, Darlington, Williamsburg, and Clarendon counties. The City of Florence was founded in the 1850s as a stop on the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad; it was named for Florence Harllee, daughter of William Wallace Harllee (1812-1897), the president of the railroad. Florence soon became an important transportation center for the Pee Dee region. During the Civil War it was the site of a Confederate prison camp. In later years tobacco growing became a major activity in the county. Some famous Florence County natives are artist William H. Johnson (1901-1970), astronaut Ronald E. McNair (1950-1986), and stock car racer Cale Yarborough.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 904 square miles (2,082 kmē), of which, 800 square miles (2,072 kmē) of it is land and 4 square miles (10 kmē) of it (0.49%) is water.
 

Neighboring Counties:
  • Marlboro County, South Carolina - north
  • Dillon County, South Carolina - northeast
  • Marion County, South Carolina - east
  • Williamsburg County, South Carolina - south
  • Sumter County, South Carolina - southwest
  • Clarendon County, South Carolina - southwest
  • Lee County, South Carolina - west
  • Darlington County, South Carolina - northwest
Cities and Towns:
- Coward town Incorporated Area
- Florence (County Seat) city Incorporated Area
- Johnsonville city Incorporated Area
- Lake City city Incorporated Area
- Olanta town Incorporated Area
- Pamplico town Incorporated Area
- Quinby town Incorporated Area
- Scranton town Incorporated Area
- Timmonsville 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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