Pickens County
Also known as Pickens County, South Carolina, Pickens County, SC
county in South Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- South Carolina
- Named after
- Andrew Pickens
- Seat
- Pickens
- Largest community
- Easley
- Total
- 512.75 sq mi (1,328.0 km )
- Land
- 496.94 sq mi (1,287.1 km )
- Water
- 15.81 sq mi (40.9 km ) 3.67%
- Estimate 2025
- 139,198
- Density
- 264.43/sq mi (102.10/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
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Pickens County is a county located in the northwest part of the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 131,404. Its county seat is Pickens. The county was created in 1826. It is part of the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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