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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
 
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:
- Batesburg-Leesville town Incorporated Area
- Cayce city Incorporated Area
- Chapin town Incorporated Area
- Columbia city Incorporated Area
- Gaston town Incorporated Area
- Gilbert town Incorporated Area
- Lexington (County Seat) town Incorporated Area
- Pelion town Incorporated Area
- Pine Ridge town Incorporated Area
- South Congaree town Incorporated Area
- Springdale town Incorporated Area
- Summit town Incorporated Area
- Swansea town Incorporated Area
- West Columbia city Incorporated Area
County Resources:

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County Resource Guide

Counties: US Map

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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