Bamberg County
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county in South Carolina, United States
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Vinony's link graph records 344 inbound references to Bamberg County, and connects out to South Carolina, African Americans and United States Census Bureau.
The entry is geolocated on the map in SC.
Vinony files it under 1897 establishments in South Carolina, Bamberg County, South Carolina and Black Belt (U.S. region).
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- South Carolina
- Named after
- Francis Marion Bamberg
- Seat
- Bamberg
- Largest community
- Bamberg
- Total
- 395.57 sq mi (1,024.5 km )
- Land
- 393.37 sq mi (1,018.8 km )
- Water
- 2.20 sq mi (5.7 km ) 0.56%
- Estimate 2025
- 12,796
- Density
- 33.838/sq mi (13.065/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 6th
- Website
- www .bambergcountysc .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- South Carolina
- Contains
- Bamberg
- Capital
- Bamberg
- Population
- 13311
- Area
- 1024
- Shares border with
- Barnwell County
- Official website
- www.bambergcountysc.gov
- Image
- Voorhees College Historic District.jpg
- Households
- 5070
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- topic has template
- Template:Bamberg County, South Carolina
- Commons category
- Bamberg County, South Carolina
- topic's main category
- Category:Bamberg County, South Carolina
- inception
- 1897-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Bamberg County, South Carolina
- water as percent of area
- 0.6
- native label
- Bamberg County
- per capita income
- 19814
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Encyclopedic overview
Bamberg County is a county located in the southwestern portion of U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,311, making the rural county the third-least populous of any in South Carolina. Its county seat is Bamberg. Voorhees University (formerly Voorhees College), a historically black university, was established here in the late nineteenth century. It is affiliated with the Episcopal Church.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bamberg County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.