Abbeville County
Also known as Abbeville County, SC, Abbeville County, South Carolina
county in South Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- South Carolina
- Named after
- Abbeville, France
- Seat
- Abbeville
- Largest community
- Abbeville
- Total
- 511.74 sq mi (1,325.4 km )
- Land
- 491.19 sq mi (1,272.2 km )
- Water
- 20.55 sq mi (53.2 km ) 4.02%
- Estimate 2025
- 24,836
- Density
- 49.462/sq mi (19.097/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
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Abbeville County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 24,295. Its county seat is Abbeville. It is the first county (or county equivalent) in the United States alphabetically. Abbeville County is included in the Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC Combined Statistical Area, known colloquially as the Upstate or the Upcountry.
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