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Hampton County, South Carolina

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

 

County Seat: Hampton
Year Organized: 1787
Square Miles: 560		 Court House:

201 Jackson Street, W
County Courthouse
Hampton, SC 29924-3256
Etymology - Origin of County Name

Hampton is named for Governor of South Carolina Wade Hampton.

 

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

Hampton County and its county seat were named for Confederate General and South Carolina Governor Wade Hampton (1818-1902). The county was formed from Beaufort County in 1878, shortly after Wade Hampton took office as governor. Parts of Hampton County later went to form Jasper (1912) and Allendale (1919) counties. During the Civil War, while the coastal areas of Beaufort County were occupied by federal troops, many planters fled to the area that became Hampton County. General Sherman's troops passed through the county in 1865, fighting several skirmishes with Confederate troops. This section of the state has remained primarily agricultural. Athlete Lucile Ellerbe Godbold (1900-1981), who won two gold medals in track and field at the 1922 Olympics, grew up in Hampton County, and writer Vertamae Grosvenor was also born there.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 563 square miles (1,457 kmē), of which, 560 square miles (1,450 kmē) of it is land and 3 square miles (7 kmē) of it (0.51%) is water.
 

Neighboring Counties:
  • Bamberg County, South Carolina - north
  • Colleton County, South Carolina - east
  • Beaufort County, South Carolina - southeast
  • Jasper County, South Carolina - south
  • Effingham County, Georgia - southwest
  • Screven County, Georgia - west
  • Allendale County, South Carolina - northwest
Cities and Towns:
- Brunson town Incorporated Area
- Estill town Incorporated Area
- Furman town Incorporated Area
- Gifford town Incorporated Area
- Hampton (County Seat) town Incorporated Area
- Luray town Incorporated Area
- Scotia town Incorporated Area
- Varnville town Incorporated Area
- Yemassee 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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