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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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Lexington County, South Carolina
Lexington County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Lexington
Year Organized: 1804
Square Miles: 701 |
Court House: 212 S. Lake Drive
County Courthouse
Lexington, SC 29072-3437
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Lexington is name for the Battle of Lexington from the American Revolutionary War.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Lexington County and its county seat were named for the Battle of Lexington, Massachusetts, the first battle of the
American Revolution. This part of the state was designated as Lexington County from 1785 to 1791, then was merged back
into the larger Orangeburg District. Lexington was eventually made a separate district in 1804. Small parts of the
county later went to form Aiken (1871) and Calhoun (1908) counties. European settlement of this area began around 1718
when the British established a trading post on the Congaree River, which eventually became the town of Granby. Beginning
in the 1730s many German, Swiss, and Scotch-Irish immigrants moved into the area and established small farms. Granby was
the leading town and county seat for many years, but the growth of Columbia across the Congaree led to Granby's decline,
and the county seat was moved to the town of Lexington in 1818. General Sherman's troops shelled the city of Columbia
from the Lexington side of the Congaree during the Civil War. In 1930 Lake Murray was created on the Saluda River in
Lexington County, covering many of the old farms and creating new recreational opportunities.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 758 square miles (1,963 kmē), of which, 699
square miles (1,811 kmē) of it is land and 59 square miles (152 kmē) of it (7.74%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- Richland County, South Carolina - east
- Orangeburg County, South Carolina - southeast
- Calhoun County, South Carolina - southeast
- Aiken County, South Carolina - southwest
- Saluda County, South Carolina - west
- Newberry County, South Carolina - northwest
Cities and Towns:
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- Batesburg-Leesville |
town |
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- Cayce |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Chapin |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Columbia |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Gaston |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Gilbert |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Lexington
(County
Seat) |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Pelion |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Pine Ridge |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- South Congaree |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Springdale |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Summit |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Swansea |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- West Columbia |
city |
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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