Dorchester County Genealogy
Dorchester County was formed in 1897 from Berkeley and Colleton Counties. The county was named for Dorchester Massachusetts. As early as 1696 a group of Congregationalists from there relocated to South Carolina and founded the town of Dorchester. That town was abandoned in 1788, but the parish name of St. George Dorchester persisted. The county seat is St. George. One notable location in Dorchester county is Middleton Place Gardens, laid out in 1741, the oldest landscaped gardens in the country. This was a rice plantation. The Middleton family included a member of the Continental Congress, signer of the Declaration of Independence and a Governor and Ambassador.
Dorchester County SCGenweb site
Dorchester County Courthouse
201 Johnson Street
County Courthouse
Saint George, SC 29477
Dorchester County Records
Census
1790 Federal Census of the areas that would become Dorchester County
Cemeteries
USGS listing of cemeteries of Dorchester County (St. George Parish and Beech Hill)
Dorchester County Query Forums
Dorchester County, SC Forum for Queries
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Dorchester County, SC at genforum
Cities and towns of Dorchester County:
Charleston
Dorchester
Grover
Harleyville
Lincolnville
North Charleston
Reevesville
Ridgeville
Saint George (County Seat)
Summerville
News related to Dorchester County, SC
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Chinese restaurants on alert after series of robberies – Live 5 News
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Chinese restaurants on alert after series of robberies
Live 5 News DORCHESTER COUNTY, SC (WCSC) – Chinese restaurants in the Tri-county area are on alert after reports of at least six … |
Red Cross helps Dorchester County family after fire – Live 5 News
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Red Cross helps Dorchester County family after fire
Live 5 News DORCHESTER COUNTY, SC (WCSC) – A fire destroyed a Dorchester County home Sunday night, leaving a family of three in need of help. … |
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Dorchester County down on rail plan; state leaders coming to Charleston in Sept.
Charleston Regional Business Those opposing the Macalloy plan, including Norfolk Southern, Dorchester County and the Department of Commerce's rail division, SC Public Railways, … |
SC Commerce News Release: Maverick Equipment Manufacturing – FITSNews
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SC Commerce News Release: Maverick Equipment Manufacturing
FITSNews Maverick Equipment Manufacturing Inc. Announces New Facility in Dorchester County COLUMBIA, SC â August 18, 2010 â The South Carolina Department of Commerce … Hydraulic hammers maker locates operations in Summerville |
Unemployment in Charleston area unchanged from previous month – Charleston Regional Business
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Unemployment in Charleston area unchanged from previous month
Charleston Regional Business 41, and Dorchester County (No. 43) improved by 0.2 percentage points, dropping from 9.0% to 8.8% since June. The entire Charleston metropolitan statistical … |
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Dorchester County leads state with highest rate of foreclosures for July
Charleston Regional Business Foreclosures were up more than 36% across South Carolina from June to July and up more than 56% compared to the same period last year, according to data … |
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