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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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Laurens County, South Carolina
Laurens County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Laurens
Year Organized: 1785
Square Miles: 713 |
Court House: P.O. Box 445
County Courthouse
Laurens, SC 29360-0445
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Laurens is named for president of the Continental Congress Henry Laurens.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Laurens County and its county seat were named for Revolutionary War leader Henry Laurens (1724-1792). The county was
established in 1785 as a part of Ninety Six District. This part of the state was settled primarily by Scotch-Irish and
English immigrants in the mid 1700s, and during the American Revolution quite a few of its residents remained loyal to
Great Britain. Several Revolutionary War battles were fought in the county, including the Battle of Musgrove's Mill
(August 18, 1780). President Andrew Johnson (1808-1875), a native of North Carolina, worked as a tailor in the town of
Laurens for a brief time in the 1820s. Laurens County was also home to Ann Pamela Cunningham (1816-1875), the leader of
the movement to preserve Mount Vernon, and educator Wil Lou Gray (1883-1984).
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 724 square miles (1,875 kmē), of which, 715
square miles (1,852 kmē) of it is land and 9 square miles (23 kmē) of it (1.23%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- Spartanburg County, South Carolina - north
- Union County, South Carolina - northeast
- Newberry County, South Carolina - southeast
- Greenwood County, South Carolina - south
- Abbeville County, South Carolina - southwest
- Anderson County, South Carolina - west
- Greenville County, South Carolina - northwest
Cities and Towns:
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- Clinton |
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- Cross Hill |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Gray Court |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Laurens
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Waterloo |
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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