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Beaufort
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city in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- South Carolina
- County
- Beaufort
- Named after
- Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort
- City
- 25.32 sq mi (65.58 km )
- Land
- 24.43 sq mi (63.28 km )
- Water
- 0.88 sq mi (2.29 km )
- Elevation
- 20 ft (6.1 m)
- Density
- 556.9/sq mi (215.01/km )
- Urban
- 52,515 ( US: 487th )
- Urban density
- 1,200/sq mi (463.3/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 (EDT)
- Zip codes
- 29901-29907
- Area codes
- 843, 854
- Fips code
- 45-04690
- Website
- www .cityofbeaufort .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Named after
- Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort
- Official name
- Beaufort
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Beaufort County
- Population
- 13607
- Area
- 71.484
- Elevation
- 3
- Capital of
- Beaufort County
- Official website
- www.cityofbeaufort.org
- Image
- Downtown Beaufort.JPG
- Households
- 4967
- Dialing code
- 843
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- postal code
- 29907
- Commons category
- Beaufort, South Carolina
- topic's main category
- Category:Beaufort, South Carolina
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Beaufort, South Carolina
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Beaufort, South Carolina
- inception
- 1711-00-00
- different from
- Beaufort
- water as percent of area
- 21.66
- P8168
- Pitchfork
- per capita income
- 34139
- P12749
- Paide
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Encyclopedic overview
Beaufort (/ˈbjuːfərt/ BEW-fərt) is a city in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States, and its county seat. Chartered in 1711, it is the second-oldest city in South Carolina, behind Charleston. The city's population was 13,607 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Hilton Head Island metropolitan area.
Beaufort is located on Port Royal Island, in the heart of the Sea Islands and South Carolina Lowcountry. The city is renowned for its scenic location and for maintaining a historic character by preservation of its antebellum architecture. The prominent role of Beaufort and the surrounding Sea Islands during the Reconstruction era after the U.S. Civil War is memorialized by the Reconstruction Era National Monument, established in 2017. The city is also known for its military establishments, being located in proximity to Parris Island, a U.S. naval hospital, and the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Beaufort” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.