South Carolina Counties

There are 46 counties in South Carolina. Each page combines local history notes with modern research starting points— formation data, courthouse pointers, census, vital records, and cemeteries.

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Oconee Pickens Greenville Spartanburg Cherokee York

Anderson Laurens Union Chester Lancaster

Abbeville Greenwood Newberry Fairfield Kershaw Chesterfield

McCormick Saluda Lexington Richland Lee Darlington Marlboro

Edgefield Aiken Calhoun Sumter Florence Dillon

Barnwell Orangeburg Clarendon Williamsburg Marion Horry

Allendale Bamberg Dorchester Berkeley Georgetown

Hampton Colleton Charleston

Jasper Beaufort

A–Z county list

Abbeville 1785 · Abbeville Aiken 1871 · Aiken Allendale 1919 · Allendale Anderson 1826 · Anderson Bamberg 1897 · Bamberg Barnwell 1800 · Barnwell Beaufort 1769 · Beaufort Berkeley 1882 · Moncks Corner Calhoun 1908 · St. Matthews Charleston 1769 · Charleston Cherokee 1897 · Gaffney Chester 1785 · Chester Chesterfield 1785 · Chesterfield Clarendon 1855 · Manning Colleton 1800 · Walterboro Darlington 1785 · Darlington Dillon 1910 · Dillon Dorchester 1897 · St. George Edgefield 1785 · Edgefield Fairfield 1785 · Winnsboro Florence 1888 · Florence Georgetown 1769 · Georgetown Greenville 1786 · Greenville Greenwood 1897 · Greenwood Hampton 1878 · Hampton Horry 1801 · Conway Jasper 1912 · Ridgeland Kershaw 1791 · Camden Lancaster 1785 · Lancaster Laurens 1785 · Laurens Lee 1902 · Bishopville Lexington 1804 · Lexington Marion 1800 · Marion Marlboro 1785 · Bennettsville McCormick 1916 · McCormick Newberry 1785 · Newberry Oconee 1868 · Walhalla Orangeburg 1769 · Orangeburg Pickens 1826 · Pickens Richland 1785 · Columbia Saluda 1895 · Saluda Spartanburg 1785 · Spartanburg Sumter 1798 · Sumter Union 1785 · Union Williamsburg 1804 · Kingstree York 1785 · York