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Calhoun County
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county in South Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- South Carolina
- Named after
- John C. Calhoun
- Seat
- St. Matthews
- Largest community
- St. Matthews
- Total
- 392.48 sq mi (1,016.5 km )
- Land
- 381.15 sq mi (987.2 km )
- Water
- 11.33 sq mi (29.3 km ) 2.89%
- Estimate 2025
- 14,188
- Density
- 37.043/sq mi (14.302/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 6th
- Website
- calhouncounty .sc .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- John C. Calhoun
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- South Carolina
- Contains
- St. Matthews
- Capital
- St. Matthews
- Population
- 14119
- Area
- 1016
- Shares border with
- Lexington County
- Official website
- www.calhouncounty.sc.gov
- Image
- Calhoun County Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 6221
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- different from
- Calhoun County
- Commons category
- Calhoun County, South Carolina
- topic's main category
- Category:Calhoun County, South Carolina
- water as percent of area
- 2.9
- native label
- Calhoun County
- inception
- 1908-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Calhoun County, South Carolina
- per capita income
- 26492
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Encyclopedic overview
Calhoun County is a county in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 14,119, making it the fourth-least populous county in the state. Its county seat is St. Matthews. In terms of land area, it is also the smallest county in the state.
Located in a rural upland area long devoted to cotton plantations, part of the Black Belt of the South, the county was formed in 1908 from portions of Lexington and Orangeburg counties. It is named for John C. Calhoun, the former U.S. vice-president, Senator, Representative and cabinet member from South Carolina, although Calhoun was from nearby Abbeville, South Carolina.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Calhoun County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.