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Map of the counties of South Carolina

The U.S. state of 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.

[edit] Alphabetical List

County	FIPS Code ^[1]	County seat ^[2]	Established ^[2]	Origin	Etymology	Population	Area
Abbeville County	001	Abbeville	1785	Ninety-Six District	Abbeville France	&0000000000026167.00000026,167	&0000000000000511.000000511 sq mi (&0000000000001323.0000001,323 km²)
Aiken County	003	Aiken	1871	Barnwell, Edgefield, Lexington, and Orangeburg	William Aiken	&0000000000142552.000000142,552	&0000000000001080.0000001,080 sq mi (&0000000000002797.0000002,797 km²)
Allendale County	005	Allendale	1919	Barnwell and Hampton	Allendale family	&0000000000011211.00000011,211	&0000000000000413.000000413 sq mi (&0000000000001070.0000001,070 km²)
Anderson County	007	Anderson	1826	Pendleton District	Robert Anderson	&0000000000165740.000000165,740	&0000000000000757.000000757 sq mi (&0000000000001961.0000001,961 km²)
Bamberg County	009	Bamberg	1897	Barnwell	Francis Marion Bamberg	&0000000000016658.00000016,658	&0000000000000395.000000395 sq mi (&0000000000001023.0000001,023 km²)
Barnwell County	011	Barnwell	1798	Orangeburg	Barnwell family	&0000000000023478.00000023,478	&0000000000000557.000000557 sq mi (&0000000000001443.0000001,443 km²)
Beaufort County	013	Beaufort	1764	1769 Judicial District	Duke of Beaufort	&0000000000120937.000000120,937	&0000000000000923.000000923 sq mi (&0000000000002391.0000002,391 km²)
Berkeley County	015	Moncks Corner	1882	Charleston	William Berkeley	&0000000000142651.000000142,651	&0000000000001228.0000001,228 sq mi (&0000000000003181.0000003,181 km²)
Calhoun County	017	St. Matthews	1908	Lexington and Orangeburg	John C. Calhoun	&0000000000015185.00000015,185	&0000000000000392.000000392 sq mi (&0000000000001015.0000001,015 km²)
Charleston County	019	Charleston	1769	1769 Judicial District	Charles II of England	&0000000000309969.000000309,969	&0000000000001358.0000001,358 sq mi (&0000000000003517.0000003,517 km²)
Cherokee County	021	Gaffney	1897	Spartanburg, Union, and York	Cherokee Native Americans	&0000000000052327.00000052,327	&0000000000000397.000000397 sq mi (&0000000000001028.0000001,028 km²)
Chester County	023	Chester	1785	Camden District	Chester, Pennsylvania	&0000000000034068.00000034,068	&0000000000000586.000000586 sq mi (&0000000000001518.0000001,518 km²)
Chesterfield County	025	Chesterfield	1798	Cheraws District	Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield	&0000000000042768.00000042,768	&0000000000000806.000000806 sq mi (&0000000000002088.0000002,088 km²)
Clarendon County	027	Manning	1855	Sumter	Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon	&0000000000032502.00000032,502	&0000000000000696.000000696 sq mi (&0000000000001803.0000001,803 km²)
Colleton County	029	Walterboro	1800	Charleston	John Colleton	&0000000000038264.00000038,264	&0000000000001133.0000001,133 sq mi (&0000000000002934.0000002,934 km²)
Darlington County	031	Darlington	1785	Cheraws District	Darlington, England	&0000000000067394.00000067,394	&0000000000000567.000000567 sq mi (&0000000000001469.0000001,469 km²)
Dillon County	033	Dillon	1910	Marlboro	J.W. Dillon	&0000000000030722.00000030,722	&0000000000000407.000000407 sq mi (&0000000000001054.0000001,054 km²)
Dorchester County	035	St. George	1868	Berkeley and Colleton	Dorchester, Massachusetts	&0000000000096413.00000096,413	&0000000000000577.000000577 sq mi (&0000000000001494.0000001,494 km²)
Edgefield County	037	Edgefield	1785	Ninety-Six District	located on the edge of the state	&0000000000024595.00000024,595	&0000000000000507.000000507 sq mi (&0000000000001313.0000001,313 km²)
Fairfield County	039	Winnsboro	1785	Camden District	fair fields	&0000000000023454.00000023,454	&0000000000000710.000000710 sq mi (&0000000000001839.0000001,839 km²)
Florence County	041	Florence	1888	Clarendon, Darlington, Marion, and Williamsburg	Florence Harllee	&0000000000125761.000000125,761	&0000000000000804.000000804 sq mi (&0000000000002082.0000002,082 km²)
Georgetown County	043	Georgetown	1769	1769 Judicial District	George II of Great Britain	&0000000000055797.00000055,797	&0000000000001035.0000001,035 sq mi (&0000000000002681.0000002,681 km²)
Greenville County	045	Greenville	1798	Washington District	Nathanial Greene	&0000000000395357.000000395,357	&0000000000000795.000000795 sq mi (&0000000000002059.0000002,059 km²)
Greenwood County	047	Greenwood	1897	Abbeville and Edgefield	Greenwood Plantation	&0000000000066271.00000066,271	&0000000000000463.000000463 sq mi (&0000000000001199.0000001,199 km²)
Hampton County	049	Hampton	1787	Beaufort	Wade Hampton	&0000000000021386.00000021,386	&0000000000000563.000000563 sq mi (&0000000000001458.0000001,458 km²)
Horry County	051	Conway	1801	Georgetown	Revolutionary War general Peter Horry	&0000000000217608.000000217,608	&0000000000001255.0000001,255 sq mi (&0000000000003250.0000003,250 km²)
Jasper County	053	Ridgeland	1912	Beaufort and Hampton	William Jasper	&0000000000020678.00000020,678	&0000000000000700.000000700 sq mi (&0000000000001813.0000001,813 km²)
Kershaw County	055	Camden	1798	Claremont, Fairfield, Lancaster, and Richland	Joseph Kershaw	&0000000000052647.00000052,647	&0000000000000740.000000740 sq mi (&0000000000001917.0000001,917 km²)
Lancaster County	057	Lancaster	1798	Camden District	Lancaster County, Pennsylvania	&0000000000061351.00000061,351	&0000000000000555.000000555 sq mi (&0000000000001437.0000001,437 km²)
Laurens County	059	Laurens	1785	Ninety-Six District	Henry Laurens	&0000000000069567.00000069,567	&0000000000000724.000000724 sq mi (&0000000000001875.0000001,875 km²)
Lee County	061	Bishopville	1902	Darlington, Kershaw, and Sumter	Robert E. Lee	&0000000000020119.00000020,119	&0000000000000411.000000411 sq mi (&0000000000001064.0000001,064 km²)
Lexington County	063	Lexington	1804	Orangeburg	Battle of Lexington	&0000000000216014.000000216,014	&0000000000000758.000000758 sq mi (&0000000000001963.0000001,963 km²)
Marion County	065	Marion	1800	Georgetown	Francis Marion	&0000000000035466.00000035,466	&0000000000000494.000000494 sq mi (&0000000000001279.0000001,279 km²)
Marlboro County	067	Bennettsville	1798	Cheraws District	John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough	&0000000000028818.00000028,818	&0000000000000485.000000485 sq mi (&0000000000001256.0000001,256 km²)
McCormick County	069	McCormick	1914	Abbeville, Edgefield, and Greenwood	Cyrus McCormick	&0000000000009958.0000009,958	&0000000000000394.000000394 sq mi (&0000000000001020.0000001,020 km²)
Newberry County	071	Newberry	1785	Ninety-Six District	unknown	&0000000000036108.00000036,108	&0000000000000647.000000647 sq mi (&0000000000001676.0000001,676 km²)
Oconee County	073	Walhalla	1868	Pickens	Oconee Native Americans	&0000000000066215.00000066,215	&0000000000000674.000000674 sq mi (&0000000000001746.0000001,746 km²)
Orangeburg County	075	Orangeburg	1769	1769 Judicial District	William V of Orange	&0000000000091582.00000091,582	&0000000000001128.0000001,128 sq mi (&0000000000002922.0000002,922 km²)
Pickens County	077	Pickens	1826	Pendleton District	Andrew Pickens	&0000000000110757.000000110,757	&0000000000000512.000000512 sq mi (&0000000000001326.0000001,326 km²)
Richland County	079	Columbia	1799	Camden District	rich soil	&0000000000320677.000000320,677	&0000000000000772.000000772 sq mi (&0000000000001999.0000001,999 km²)
Saluda County	081	Saluda	1896	Edgefield	Saluda River	&0000000000019181.00000019,181	&0000000000000462.000000462 sq mi (&0000000000001197.0000001,197 km²)
Spartanburg County	083	Spartanburg	1785	Ninety-Six District	Spartan Regiment	&0000000000253791.000000253,791	&0000000000000819.000000819 sq mi (&0000000000002121.0000002,121 km²)
Sumter County	085	Sumter	1798	Claremont, Clarendon, and Salem	Thomas Sumter	&0000000000104646.000000104,646	&0000000000000682.000000682 sq mi (&0000000000001766.0000001,766 km²)
Union County	087	Union	1798	Ninety-Six District	Union Church	&0000000000029881.00000029,881	&0000000000000516.000000516 sq mi (&0000000000001336.0000001,336 km²)
Williamsburg County	089	Kingstree	1802	Georgetown District	Prince William, Duke of Cumberland	&0000000000037217.00000037,217	&0000000000000937.000000937 sq mi (&0000000000002427.0000002,427 km²)
York County	091	York	1798	Camden District	York County, Pennsylvania	&0000000000164614.000000164,614	&0000000000000696.000000696 sq mi (&0000000000001803.0000001,803 km²)

[edit] Defunct Counties and Districts

Craven County created in 1682 by the Lords Proprietors
Granville County created in 1686 by the Lords Proprietors
Cheraw District created in 1769
Camden District created in 1769
Ninety-Six District created in 1769
Pinckney District 1791-1798
Washington District 1785-1798
Orange County 1785-1791
Lewisburg County 1785-1791
Winton County present-day Barnwell County
Liberty County present-day Marion County
Winyah County former name of Georgetown County
Claremont County
Pendleton District created in 1789 from Cherokee lands
Salem County

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[edit] References

^ "EPA County FIPS Code Listing". EPA. http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/codes/sc.html. Retrieved 2007-04-09.
^ ^a ^b National Association of Counties. "NACo - Find a county". http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=Find_a_County&Template=/cffiles/counties/state.cfm&state.cfm&statecode=SC. Retrieved 2007-04-26.

[edit] External links

[FIPS-0] "EPA County FIPS Code Listing". EPA. http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/codes/sc.html. Retrieved 2007-04-09.

[NACO-1] National Association of Counties. "NACo - Find a county". http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=Find_a_County&Template=/cffiles/counties/state.cfm&state.cfm&statecode=SC. Retrieved 2007-04-26.

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Contents

[edit] Alphabetical List

[edit] Defunct Counties and Districts

[edit] References

[edit] External links