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South
Carolina
entered
Statehood 23 May 1788 as the 8th State
South Carolina seceded from the U.S. on 20 Dec 1860.. It was the 1st of 11 states that joined the Confederate States of America. CSA, also known as the Confederacy, was the government formed by the southern states that seceded from the United States during the period of the American Civil War. |
South
Carolina Counties
by: Timeline | Alphabetical | State Facts
South Carolina Counties | Year | Formed From - |
1600's | ||
Berkeley * | 1682 | Proprietary County - Abolished 1769 |
Colleton * | 1682 | Proprietary County - Abolished 1769 |
Craven * | 1682 | Proprietary County - Abolished 1769 |
Carteret * | 1685 | Proprietary County - Name changed to Granville 1708 |
1700's | ||
Granville * | 1708 | Name changed to Carteret - Abolished 1769 |
Beaufort | 1769 | Original District - became a county 1868 |
Camden * | 1769 | Original District - Abolished 1798 |
Charleston | 1769 | Original District |
Cheraws * | 1769 | Original District - Abolished 1798 |
Georgetown | 1769 | Original District |
Ninety-six * | 1769 | Original District - Abolished 1798 |
Orangeburg | 1769 | Original District |
Abbeville | 1785 | County of Ninety-six District - County became District 1798 |
Bartholomews * | 1785 | County of Charleston District - Abolished 1798 |
Berkeley * | 1785 | County of Charleston District - Abolished 1798 |
Charleston * | 1785 | County of Charleston District - Abolished 1798 |
Chester | 1785 | County of Camden District - Part of Pinckney District in 1791 - became District 1798 |
Chesterfield | 1785 | County of Cheraws District - County became District 1798 |
Claremont * | 1785 | County of Camden District - Abolished 1798 |
Clarendon * | 1785 | County of Camden District - Abolished 1798 |
Colleton * | 1785 | County of Charleston District - Abolished 1798 |
Darlington | 1785 | County of Cheraws District - County became District 1798 |
Edgefield | 1785 | County of Ninety-six District - County became District 1798 |
Fairfield | 1785 | County of Camden District - County became District 1798 |
Granville * | 1785 | County of Beaufort District - Abolished 1798 |
Hilton * | 1785 | County of Beaufort District - Abolished 1798 |
Kingston * | 1785 | County of Georgetown District - Abolished 1798 |
Lancaster | 1785 | County of Camden District - County became District 1798 |
Laurens | 1785 | County of Ninety-six District - County became District 1798 |
Lewisburg * | 1785 | County of Orangeburg District - Abolished 1791 |
Lexington * | 1785 | County of Orangeburg District - Abolished 1791 |
Liberty * | 1785 | County of Georgetown District - Abolished 1798 |
Lincoln * | 1785 | County of Beaufort District - Abolished 1798 |
Marion * | 1785 | County of Charleston District - Abolished 1798 |
Marlboro | 1785 | County of Cheraws District - County became District 1798 |
Newberry | 1785 | County of Ninety-six District - County became District 1798 |
Orange * | 1785 | County of Orangeburg District - Abolished 1791 |
Richland | 1785 | County of Camden District - County became District 1798 |
Shrewsbury * | 1785 | County of Beaufort District - Abolished 1798 |
Spartanburg | 1785 | County of Ninety-six District - Became part of Pinckney District 1791. County became District 1798 |
Union | 1785 | County of Ninety-six District - Part of Pinckney District 1791 - became District 1798 |
Washington * | 1785 | County of Charleston District - Abolished 1798 |
Williamsburg | 1785 | County of Georgetown District - County became District 1804 |
Winton | 1785 | County of Orangeburg District - Abolished 1798 |
Winyaw * | 1785 | County of Georgetown District - Abolished 1798 |
York | 1785 | County of Camden District - Part of Pinckney District 1791 - became District 1798 |
Greenville | 1786 | County of Ninety-six District - Part of Washington District 1791 - became District 1798 |
Pendleton * | 1789 | County of Ninety-six District - Part of Washington District 1791 - became District 1798 - Divided into Anderson & Pickens in 1826 |
Kershaw | 1791 | County of Camden District - County became District 1798 |
Pinckney * | 1791 | Camden, Ninety-six District - Abolished 1798 |
Washington * | 1791 | Ninety-six District - Abolished 1798 |
Salem * | 1792 | County of Cheraws District - Abolished 1798 |
Barnwell | 1798 | Orangeburg District |
Colleton | 1798 | Charleston District |
Marion | 1798 | Georgetown District |
Sumter | 1798 | Camden District |
1800's | ||
Horry | 1801 | Georgetown District |
Lexington | 1804 | Orangeburg District |
Anderson | 1826 | Pendleton District - Named for General Robert Anderson |
Pickens | 1826 | Pendleton District |
Clarendon | 1855 | Sumter District |
Oconee | 1855 | Sumter District |
Aiken | 1871 | Edgefield, Orangeburg, Barnwell & Lexington |
Hampton | 1878 | Beaufort |
Berleley | 1882 | Charleston |
Florence | 1888 | Marion, Darlington, Claredon & Williamsburg |
Saluda | 1896 | Edgefield |
Bamberg | 1897 | Barnewell |
Cherokee | 1897 | Union, York & Spartanburg |
Dorchester | 1897 | Berkeley & Spartanburg |
Greenwood | 1897 | Abbeville & Edgefield |
1900's | ||
Lee | 1902 | Darlington, Sumter & Kershaw |
Calhoun | 1908 | Lexington & Orangeburg |
Dillon | 1910 | Marion |
Jasper | 1912 | Barnwell & Hampton |
Allendale | 1919 | Barnwell & Hampton |
South Carolina Counties - Alphabetical
South Carolina Counties | Year | Formed From - |
Abbeville | 1785 | County of Ninety-six District - County became District 1798 |
Aiken | 1871 | Edgefield, Orangeburg, Barnwell & Lexington |
Allendale | 1919 | Barnwell & Hampton |
Anderson | 1826 | Pendleton District |
Bamberg | 1897 | Barnwell |
Barnwell | 1798 | Orangeburg District |
Bartholomews * | 1785 | County of Charleston District - Abolished 1798 |
Beaufort | 1769 | Original District - became a county 1868 |
Berkeley * | 1682 | Proprietary County - Abolished 1769 |
Berkeley * | 1785 | County of Charleston District - Abolished 1798 |
Berkeley | 1882 | Charleston |
Calhoun | 1908 | Lexington & Orangeburg |
Camden * | 1769 | Original District - Abolished 1798 |
Carteret * | 1685 | Proprietary County - Name changed to Granville 1708 |
Charleston | 1769 | Original District |
Charleston * | 1785 | County of Charleston District - Abolished 1798 |
Cheraws * | 1769 | Original District - Abolished 1798 |
Cherokee | 1897 | Union, York & Spartanburg |
Chester | 1785 | County of Camden District - Became part of Pinckney District in 1791 - County became District 1798 |
Chesterfield | 1785 | County of Cheraws District - County became District 1798 |
Claremont * | 1785 | County of Camden District - Abolished 1798 |
Clarendon * | 1785 | County of Camden District - Abolished 1798 |
Clarendon | 1855 | Sumter District |
Colleton * | 1682 | Proprietary County - Abolished 1769 |
Colleton * | 1785 | County of Charleston District - Abolished 1798 |
Colleton | 1798 | Charleston District |
Craven * | 1682 | Proprietary County - Abolished 1769 |
Darlington | 1785 | County of Cheraws District - County became District 1798 |
Dillon | 1910 | Marion |
Dorchester | 1897 | Berkeley & Colleton |
Edgefield | 1785 | County of Ninety-six District - County became District 1798 |
Fairfield | 1785 | County of Camden District - County became District 1798 |
Florence | 1888 | Marion, Darlington, Clarendon & Williamsburg |
Georgetown | 1769 | Original District |
Granville * | 1708 | Name changed from Carteret - Abolished 1769 |
Granville * | 1785 | County of Beaufort District - Abolished 1798 |
Greenville | 1786 | County of Ninety-six District - Became part of Washington District 1791 - County became District 1798 |
Greenwood | 1897 | Abbeville & Edgefield |
Hampton | 1878 | Beaufort |
Hilton * | 1785 | County of Beaufort District - Abolished 1798 |
Horry | 1801 | Georgetown District |
Jasper | 1912 | Beaufort & Hampton |
Kershaw | 1791 | County of Camden District - County became District 1798 |
Kingston * | 1785 | County of Georgetown District - Abolished 1798 |
Lancaster | 1785 | County of Camden District - County became District 1798 |
Laurens | 1785 | County of Ninety-six District - County became District 1798 |
Lee | 1902 | Darlington, Sumter & Kershaw |
Lewisburg * | 1785 | County of Orangeburg District - Abolished 1791 |
Lexington * | 1785 | County of Orangeburg District - Abolished 1791 |
Lexington | 1804 | Orangeburg District |
Liberty * | 1785 | County of Georgetown District - Abolished 1798 |
Lincoln * | 1785 | County of Beaufort District - Abolished 1798 |
Marion * | 1785 | County of Charleston District - Abolished 1798 |
Marion | 1798 | Georgetown District |
Marlboro | 1785 | County of Cheraws District - County became District 1798 |
McCormick | 1916 | Greenwood & Abbeville |
Newberry | 1785 | County of Ninety-six District - County became District 1798 |
Ninety-six * | 1769 | Original District - Abolished 1798 |
Oconee | 1868 | Pickens |
Orange * | 1785 | County of Orangeburg District - Abolished 1791 |
Orangeburg | 1769 | Original District |
Pendleton * | 1789 | County of Ninety-six District - Became part of Washington District 1791 - County became District 1798 - Divided into Anderson, Pickens in 1826 |
Pickens | 1826 | Pendleton District |
Pinckney * | 1791 | Camden, Ninety-six District - Abolished 1798 |
Richland | 1785 | County of Camden District - County became District 1798 |
Salem * | 1792 | County of Cheraws District - Abolished 1798 |
Saluda | 1896 | Edgefield |
Shrewsbury * | 1785 | County of Beaufort District - Abolished 1798 |
Spartanburg | 1785 | County of Ninety-six District - Became part of Pinckney District 1791. County became District 1798 |
Sumter | 1798 | Camden District |
Union | 1785 | County of Ninety-six District - Became part of Pinckney District 1791. County became District 1798 |
Washington * | 1785 | County of Charleston District - Abolished 1798 |
Washington * | 1791 | Ninety-six District - Abolished 1798 |
Williamsburg | 1785 | County of Georgetown District - County became District 1804 |
Winton | 1785 | County of Orangeburg District - Abolished 1798 |
Winyaw * | 1785 | County of Georgetown District - Abolished 1798 |
York | 1785 | County of Camden District - Became part of Pinckney District in 1791. County became District 1798 |
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