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Marlboro County, South Carolina

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

 

County Seat: Bennettsville
Year Organized: 1798
Square Miles: 480		 Court House:

P.O. Box 419
County Courthouse
Bennettsville, SC 29512-0419
Etymology - Origin of County Name

Marlboro is named after John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough.

 

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

Marlboro County was named for John Churchill, first Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722). The county name was originally spelled Marlborough, but it was later shortened. The county was created in 1785 as a part of Cheraws District. Welsh Baptists from Delaware settled in an area of the county known as Welsh Neck around 1737, and they were later joined by English and Scotch-Irish settlers. Cotton growing made this a wealthy part of the state prior to the Civil War. The town of Blenheim was also known for its mineral springs. General Sherman's troops passed through the county in 1865, briefly occupying the town of Bennettsville. Some famous Marlboro County natives are U.S. Congressman and diplomat Robert Blair Campbell (1791-1862), U.S. and Confederate Congressman John McQueen (1804-1867), and children's advocate Marian Wright Edelman.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 485 square miles (1,257 kmē), of which, 480 square miles (1,242 kmē) of it is land and 6 square miles (14 kmē) of it (1.15%) is water.
 

Neighboring Counties:
  • Richmond County, North Carolina - north
  • Scotland County, North Carolina - northeast
  • Robeson County, North Carolina - east
  • Dillon County, South Carolina - east
  • Florence County, South Carolina - south
  • Darlington County, South Carolina - southwest
  • Chesterfield County, South Carolina - west
  • Anson County, North Carolina - northwest
Cities and Towns:
- Bennettsville (County Seat) city Incorporated Area
- Blenheim town Incorporated Area
- Clio town Incorporated Area
- McColl town Incorporated Area
- Tatum 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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