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Dorchester County is located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 161,540. [1] Its county seat is St. George. [2] The county was created on February 25, 1897 by an act of the South Carolina General Assembly. [3] Dorchester County is included in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metropolitan ...
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This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Dorchester County, South Carolina, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.
Dorchester was a town in the Province of South Carolina. Situated on the Ashley River about 18 miles (29 km) from Charleston , it was founded in February 1696 by followers of Reverend Joseph Lord from Dorchester , Massachusetts .
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.
Colonial Dorchester State Historic Site sits along the Ashley River, near the town of Summerville in Dorchester County, South Carolina. In 1969, the site was donated to the South Carolina State Park Service and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 2, 1969. [ 1 ]
Summerville is a town in the U.S. state of South Carolina situated mostly in Dorchester County, with small portions in Berkeley and Charleston counties. Summerville is seventh biggest city in the state. The town lies approximately five miles from the Ashley River. It is part of the Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC Metropolitan ...
Dorchester County is the name of two counties in the United States: Dorchester County, Maryland; Dorchester County, South Carolina This page was last edited on 28 ...