Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- South Carolina
- County
- Lancaster
- Total
- 1.86 sq mi (4.81 km )
- Land
- 1.86 sq mi (4.81 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 512 ft (156 m)
- Density
- 911.5/sq mi (351.94/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Area codes
- 803, 839
- Fips code
- 45-38095
- Website
- www .townofkershawsc .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Kershaw
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Lancaster County
- Population
- 1693
- Area
- 4.81
- Elevation
- 170
- Official website
- www.townofkershaw.net
- Households
- 764
- Dialing code
- 803
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- postal code
- 29067
- inception
- 1888-01-01
- different from
- Kershaw County
- per capita income
- 25106
- IPA transcription
- kərʃɔːr
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Encyclopedic overview
Kershaw is a town in Lancaster County, South Carolina, United States. It was incorporated in 1888. As of the 2020 census, Kershaw had a population of 1,693. The Haile Gold Mine, where gold was discovered in 1825, is 3 miles (5 km) from town and was at one time the largest single producer of gold in the Appalachian region.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kershaw” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.