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Counties in South Carolina that I have Visited

There are 46 counties in South Carolina
The Palmetto State

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South Carolina County Outline Map

South Carolina, courtesy of: Mob Rule

I have visited 25 Counties = 54.3% of Counties in South Carolina

South Carolina Map

Quick facts about South Carolina

  • Location: See map on the right side of the page.
  • Size(1): 30,109 square miles. South Carolina is the 40th largest state. The next larger state is Maine and the next smaller state is West Virginia.
  • Population(2): 4,255,083 people. South Carolina is the 25th most populous state. The next more populous state is Louisiana and the next less populous state is Kentucky.
  • Population Density: 141.32 people per square mile. South Carolina is the 21st most densely populated state. The next more densely populated state is Tennessee and the next less densely populated state is Kentucky.
  • Bordering States: South Carolina shares a border with 2 states: North Carolina and Georgia.
  • Admission to the Union: May 23, 1788. South Carolina was the 8th state admitted to the Union, after Maryland and before New Hampshire.
  • Capital: Columbia.
  • Highest Point: 3,590 feet at Sassafras Mountain. See SummitPost's Sassafras Mountain page.
  • Lowest Point: Sea Level at the Atlantic Ocean.
  • Government website: SC.GOV.
  • Official Tourism website: South Carolina tourism.
  • Still not enough? See Wikipedia's South Carolina page.

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Interesting South Carolina county trivia

Counties in South Carolina

Below are the 46 counties in South Carolina. Although infrequent, counties sometimes do change so please let me know if any of this information is out of date and I will update it. Those counties that I have visited are in bold. If I have a photograph or other item associated with a county somewhere else on my website, there will also be a link.
  1. Abbeville
  2. Aiken
  3. Allendale
  4. Anderson
  5. Bamberg
  6. Barnwell
  7. Beaufort
  8. Berkeley
  9. Calhoun
  10. Charleston: Charleston Harbor Lighthouses; Fort Moultrie; Fort Sumter; USS Yorktown at Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum
  11. Cherokee
  12. Chester
  13. Chesterfield
  14. Clarendon
  15. Colleton
  16. Darlington
  17. Dillon: South of the Border
  18. Dorchester
  19. Edgefield
  20. Fairfield
  21. Florence
  22. Georgetown
  23. Greenville: Largest county population in South Carolina (379,616 people in 2000 Census).
  24. Greenwood
  25. Hampton
  26. Horry: Largest county in South Carolina (1,134 square miles).
  27. Jasper
  28. Kershaw
  29. Lancaster
  30. Laurens
  31. Lee
  32. Lexington
  33. Marion
  34. Marlboro
  35. McCormick: Smallest county in South Carolina (360 square miles) and smallest county population in South Carolina (9,958 people in 2000 Census).
  36. Newberry
  37. Oconee
  38. Orangeburg
  39. Pickens
  40. Richland
  41. Saluda
  42. Spartanburg
  43. Sumter
  44. Union
  45. Williamsburg
  46. York


Sources:

(1) U.S. Census Bureau American FactFinder: 2005 Population Estimates; Table GCT-T1.
(2) U.S. Census Bureau FedStats - MapStats: 2000 Land Area; United States.


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