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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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Saluda County, South Carolina
Saluda County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Saluda
Year Organized: 1896
Square Miles: 451
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Court House: 108 S. Rudolph Street
County Courthouse
Saluda, SC 29138-0000
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Saluda is named for the Saluda River, which, in turn, was named for a Native American tribe.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Saluda County was named for the Saluda River, which forms one of its borders. The county was established in 1895 from
part of Edgefield County. The Cherokee Indians lived in this area for many years. In 1755 they signed a treaty with the
British at their settlement, known as Saluda Old Town. Scotch-Irish and English settlers subsequently began moving into
the area, while the Cherokees moved farther to the north. Two famous heroes of the Alamo, William Barrett Travis
(1809-1836) and James Butler Bonham (1807-1836) were natives of what is now Saluda County.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 462 square miles (1,196 kmē), of which, 452
square miles (1,172 kmē) of it is land and 9 square miles (24 kmē) of it (2.01%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- Newberry County, South Carolina - north
- Lexington County, South Carolina - east
- Aiken County, South Carolina - south
- Edgefield County, South Carolina - southwest
- Greenwood County, South Carolina - northwest
Cities and Towns:
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- Monetta |
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- Ridge Spring |
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- Saluda
(County Seat) |
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- Ward |
town |
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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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