Kershaw County
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county in South Carolina, United States
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The entry is geolocated on the map in SC.
Vinony files it under 1791 establishments in South Carolina, Columbia metropolitan area, South Carolina and Kershaw County, South Carolina.
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- South Carolina
- Named after
- Joseph Brevard Kershaw
- Seat
- Camden
- Largest community
- Camden
- Total
- 740.26 sq mi (1,917.3 km )
- Land
- 726.61 sq mi (1,881.9 km )
- Water
- 13.65 sq mi (35.4 km ) 1.84%
- Estimate 2025
- 73,166
- Density
- 90.011/sq mi (34.753/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 5th
- Website
- www .kershaw .sc .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Joseph B. Kershaw
- Official name
- Kershaw County
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- South Carolina
- Contains
- Camden
- Capital
- Camden
- Population
- 65403
- Area
- 1916.602
- Shares border with
- Lee County
- Official website
- www.kershaw.sc.gov
- Image
- Kershaw courthouse 0077.jpg
- Households
- 25293
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- Commons category
- Kershaw County, South Carolina
- topic's main category
- Category:Kershaw County, South Carolina
- inception
- 1791-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Kershaw County, South Carolina
- water as percent of area
- 1.9
- native label
- Kershaw County
- different from
- Kershaw
- per capita income
- 26197
- topic has template
- Template:Kershaw County, South Carolina
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Encyclopedic overview
Kershaw County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 65,403. The county seat and largest community is Camden. The county was created in 1791 from parts of Claremont, Lancaster, Fairfield, and Richland counties. It is named for Col. Joseph Kershaw (1727–1791), an early settler and American Revolutionary War patriot. Kershaw County is part of the Columbia, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kershaw County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.