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There are 46 counties in South Carolina. Each hub follows the same Charleston-class template— formation facts, signature topics, record matrix, towns, newspapers, cemeteries, churches, history week, and free tools.

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Abbeville County · seat Abbeville Aiken County · seat Aiken Allendale County · seat Allendale Anderson County · seat Anderson Bamberg County · seat Bamberg Barnwell County · seat Barnwell Beaufort County · seat Beaufort Berkeley County · seat Moncks Corner Calhoun County · seat St. Matthews Charleston County · seat Charleston Cherokee County · seat Gaffney Chester County · seat Chester Chesterfield County · seat Chesterfield Clarendon County · seat Manning Colleton County · seat Walterboro Darlington County · seat Darlington Dillon County · seat Dillon Dorchester County · seat St. George Edgefield County · seat Edgefield Fairfield County · seat Winnsboro Florence County · seat Florence Georgetown County · seat Georgetown Greenville County · seat Greenville Greenwood County · seat Greenwood Hampton County · seat Hampton Horry County · seat Conway Jasper County · seat Ridgeland Kershaw County · seat Camden Lancaster County · seat Lancaster Laurens County · seat Laurens Lee County · seat Bishopville Lexington County · seat Lexington Marion County · seat Marion Marlboro County · seat Bennettsville McCormick County · seat McCormick Newberry County · seat Newberry Oconee County · seat Walhalla Orangeburg County · seat Orangeburg Pickens County · seat Pickens Richland County · seat Columbia Saluda County · seat Saluda Spartanburg County · seat Spartanburg Sumter County · seat Sumter Union County · seat Union Williamsburg County · seat Kingstree York County · seat York

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

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