- List of South Carolina county name etymologies
This is a list of
South Carolina county name etymologies.* Abbeville County: Abbeville is named after
Abbeville ,France .
* Aiken County: Aiken is named forGovernor of South Carolina William Aiken .
* Allendale County: Allendale is named after an Allen family.
* Anderson County: Anderson is named after Robert Anderson, a soldier of theAmerican Revolutionary War .
* Bamberg County: Bamberg is named forWilliam Seaborn Bamberg , cofounder of a town called "Lowery's Turnout".
* Barnwell County: Barnwell is named a Barnwell family.
* Beaufort County: Beaufort is named for Henry,Duke of Beaufort , one of the Lords Proprietors of theProvince of Carolina .
* Berkeley County: Berkeley is named afterJohn Berkeley andWilliam Berkeley , two of the Lords Proprietors of theProvince of Carolina .
* Calhoun County: Calhoun is named for U.S. statemanJohn C. Calhoun .
* Charleston County: Charleston is named afterCharles II of England .
* Cherokee County: Cherokee is named after theCherokee Native American people.
* Chester County: Chester is named afterChester, Pennsylvania .
* Chesterfield County: Chesterfield is named afterPhilip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield .
* Clarendon County: Claredon is named forEdward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon , one of the Lords Proprietors of theProvince of Carolina .
* Colleton County: Colleton is named afterJohn Colleton , one of the Lords Proprietors of theProvince of Carolina .
* Darlington County: Darlington is probably given in homage to the English city of the same name,Darlington ,England .
* Dillon County: Dillon is named for localbooster J.W. Dillon .
* Dorchester County: Dorchester is named forDorchester, Massachusetts .
* Edgefield County: Edgefield may be so named because it was located on the edge of the state, between theSavannah River and unsettled lands.
* Fairfield County: Fairfields was possible named for its fair fields.
* Florence County: Florence is named forFlorence Harllee , a daughter ofW. W. Harllee , a president of theWilmington and Manchester Railroad .
* Georgetown County: Georgetown is named forGeorge II of Great Britain .
* Greenville County: Greenville's name is of unknown origin.
* Greenwood County: Greenwood is named for Greenwood, aplantation belonging to JudgeJohn McGehee .
* Hampton County: Hampton is named forGovernor of South Carolina Wade Hampton.
* Horry County: Horry is named forPeter Horry , a soldier of theAmerican Revolutionary War .
* Jasper County: Jasper is named forWilliam Jasper , a soldier of theAmerican Revolutionary War .
* Kershaw County: Kershaw is named forSouth Carolina state legislatorJoseph Kershaw .
* Lancaster County: Lancaster is named forLancaster County, Pennsylvania .
* Laurens County: Laurens is named for president of theContinental Congress Henry Laurens .
* Lee County: Lee is named forRobert E. Lee , commanding general of the Confederate forces during theAmerican Civil War .
* Lexington County: Lexington is name for theBattle of Lexington from theAmerican Revolutionary War .
* Marion County: Marion is named forFrancis Marion , anAmerican Revolutionary War general known as the "Swamp Fox."
* Marlboro County: Marlboro is named afterJohn Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough .
* McCormick County: McCormick is named forCyrus McCormick , inventor of the mechanical reaper.
* Newberry County: The origin of Newberry's name is unknown.
* Oconee County: "Oconee" is a Native American word of unknown origin.
* Orangeburg County: Orangeburg is named forWilliam V of Orange , son-in-law ofGeorge II of Great Britain .
* Pickens County: Pickens is named forU.S. Representative Andrew Pickens.
* Richland County: Richland is possibly named for its rich soil.
* Saluda County: Saluda is named for theSaluda River , which, in turn, was named for a Native American tribe.
* Spartanburg County: Spartanburg was named for theSpartan Regiment of theAmerican Revolutionary War .
* Sumter County: Sumter is named forThomas Sumter , a Continental leader during theAmerican Revolutionary War .
* Union County: Union is said to be named forUnion Church .
* Williamsburg County: Williamsburg is named forPrince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland , son ofGeorge II of Great Britain .
* York County: York is named forYork County, Pennsylvania .ource
* [http://www.cla.sc.edu/poli/civiced/Reference%20Materials/south_carolina_counties-origin.htm South Carolina Counties – Year Formed, Name, County Seat, and Area]
ee also
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South Carolina
*List of South Carolina counties
*County (United States)
*Lists of U.S. county name etymologies
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