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Pickens County, South Carolina

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

 

County Seat: Pickens
Year Organized: 1826
Square Miles: 497		 Court House:

222 McDaniel Avenue
County Courthouse
Pickens, SC 29671-2759
Etymology - Origin of County Name

Pickens is named for U.S. Representative Andrew Pickens.

 

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

Pickens County was named for Revolutionary War hero Andrew Pickens (1739-1817). This area in the northwestern corner of the state was Indian territory until 1777. It subsequently became part of Pendleton District (at one time called Washington District). In 1826 Pendleton was divided into two counties, Pickens and Anderson; the western portion of Pickens County was later split off to form Oconee County (1868). The earliest European settlers in this region were Indian traders. The British built Fort Prince George around 1753 as protection against the Indians, and the fort was the site of several battles in the Cherokee War of 1756. The Cherokee town of Old Seneca was later destroyed by American troops in 1776. John C. Calhoun (1782-1850), U.S. Vice President, Senator, and cabinet member, made his home at Fort Hill plantation in Pickens County. His son-in-law, Thomas Green Clemson (1807-1888), bequeathed the plantation to the state for use as an agricultural college, which led to the founding of Clemson University.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 512 square miles (1,326 kmē), of which, 497 square miles (1,287 kmē) of it is land and 15 square miles (39 kmē) of it (2.92%) is water.
 

Neighboring Counties:
  • Transylvania County, North Carolina - north
  • Greenville County, South Carolina - east
  • Anderson County, South Carolina - south
  • Oconee County, South Carolina - west
Cities and Towns:
- Central town Incorporated Area
- Clemson city Incorporated Area
- Easley city Incorporated Area
- Liberty city Incorporated Area
- Norris town Incorporated Area
- Pickens (County Seat) city Incorporated Area
- Six Mile 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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