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The South Carolina Department of Archives and History has maps that show the boundaries of counties, districts, and parishes starting in 1682. [4] Historically, county government in South Carolina has been fairly weak. [5] The 1895 Constitution made no provision for local government, effectively reducing counties to creatures of the state.
Lincolnville is a town in Charleston County, South Carolina, United States. A very small portion of the town extends into Dorchester County. The population was 1,139 at the 2010 census, [6] up from 904 in 2000. Lincolnville is part of the Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville metropolitan area.
The following is a list of the 3,143 counties and county-equivalents in the 50 states and District of Columbia sorted by U.S. state, plus an additional 100 county-equivalents in the U.S. territories sorted by territory.
South Carolina is a state located in the Southern United States. According to the 2020 United States census, South Carolina is the 23rd-most populous state with 5,118,425 inhabitants, [1] but the 11th-smallest by land area spanning 30,060.70 sq mi (77,856.9 km 2) of land. [2] South Carolina is divided into 46 counties and contains 271 ...
Cleveland is an unincorporated community in Greenville County, South Carolina, United States. Cleveland is located on U.S. Route 276 and South Carolina Highway 11, 8.7 miles (14.0 km) north-northwest of Travelers Rest. The population was 1,347 at the 2020 census. [2] Cleveland has a post office with ZIP code 29635, which opened on April 9, 1900 ...
In 1854, a church and convent were built by Father Peter La Cour near the town's present site. The town began forming in 1878 when Charles Lander Cleveland, a local judge, donated 63.6 acres (257,000 m 2) of land to the Houston East & West Texas Railway (now part of the Union Pacific Railroad) for use as a stop, requesting that the town be named for him.
Because of the state population growth in the 2010 census, South Carolina regained its 7th district, which had remained unused since the Civil War. On January 6, 2023, a three-judge panel from the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina ruled that the current 1st district lines were unconstitutional due to racial gerrymandering ...
James Hamilton Jr., governor of South Carolina (1830–1832) who gave financial aid to the Republic of Texas 8,619: 836 sq mi (2,165 km 2) Hansford County: 195: Spearman: 1876: Bexar County: John M. Hansford, a Texas state representative and judge 5,071: 920 sq mi (2,383 km 2) Hardeman County: 197: Quanah: 1858: Fannin County