Darlington County
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county in South Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- South Carolina
- Named after
- Unknown; possibly Darlington, England
- Seat
- Darlington
- Largest community
- Hartsville
- Total
- 566.25 sq mi (1,466.6 km )
- Land
- 560.59 sq mi (1,451.9 km )
- Water
- 5.66 sq mi (14.7 km ) 1.00%
- Estimate 2025
- 62,888
- Density
- 112.21/sq mi (43.325/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 7th
- Website
- www .darcosc .com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Darlington County is a county in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 62,905. Its county seat is Darlington. Hartsville is the largest community in the county. Darlington County is home to the Darlington Raceway, which hosts the annual NASCAR Southern 500. Darlington County is also home to Coker College in Hartsville. Darlington County was named by an act in March 1785. Darlington County is included in the Florence, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Darlington County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.