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Area Codes 803 And 839
Area codes 803 and 839 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the central part of the U.S. State of South Carolina. The numbering plan area (NPA) is anchored by the city of Columbia, the state capital. It also includes most of the South Carolina portions of the Charlotte, North Carolina and Augusta, Georgia metropolitan areas. 839, an all-service overlay, was approved by the South Carolina Public Service Commission in 2019. Area code 803 is one of the original 86 area codes assigned in 1947, when it was assigned to serve the entire state. In 1995, the Upstate was split off into a separate numbering plan area with area code 864. Until then, South Carolina had been one of the most populated states with just one area code. While this was intended as a long-term solution, the rapid growth of telecommunication service in Columbia and the coastal region, forced additional mitigation action for 803 within two years. As a result, in 1998 the coastal reg ...
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Rock Hill, South Carolina
Rock Hill is the largest city in York County, South Carolina and the fifth-largest city in the state. It is also the fourth-largest city of the Charlotte metropolitan area, behind Charlotte, Concord, and Gastonia (all located in North Carolina, unlike Rock Hill). As of the 2020 census, the population was 74,372. The city is located approximately south of Charlotte and approximately north of Columbia. Rock Hill offers scenic riverfront views along the Catawba River and is home to numerous nature trails, restaurants, and thirty-one parks which are used for both national and local events. Its historic downtown consist of twelve contiguous buildings built as early as 1840 offering dining and retail options. The city is also home to three colleges, including Winthrop University, a public liberal arts university founded in 1886 which enrolls nearly 6,000 students annually. History Founding Although some European settlers had already arrived in the Rock Hill area in the 1830s a ...
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York County, SC
York County is a county in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 282,090, making it the seventh most populous county in the state. Its county seat is the city of York, and its largest city is Rock Hill. The county is served by one interstate highway, I-77. York County is part of the Charlotte-Concord- Gastonia Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Pre-colonial and early colonial history With a population of nearly 6,000 at the time of first European contact, the native inhabitants, the Catawba were primarily agriculturalists. Hernando de Soto passed through the area in the 1540s in his search for gold. Several decades later Juan Pardo recorded his observation of a predominant Native American tribe, later confirmed to be the Catawba, in the vicinity of present-day Fort Mill, east of the Catawba River. The Province of South Carolina was founded in 1670. Twelve years later it was divided into three counties. One of these, Craven County ...
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Lancaster County, SC
Lancaster County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 96,016, Its county seat is Lancaster, which has an urban population of 23,979. The county was created in 1785. Lancaster County is included in the Charlotte-Concord- Gastonia, NC-SC Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is located in the Piedmont region. History For hundreds of years, the Catawba Indians occupied what became organized as Lancaster County as part of their historic tribal lands. The Siouan-speaking Catawba were once considered one of the most powerful Southeastern tribes. The Catawba and other Siouan peoples are believed to have emerged and coalesced as individual tribes in the Southeast. Primarily sedentary, cultivating their own crops, the Catawba were friendly toward the early European colonists. When the first Anglo-Europeans reached this area in the early 1750s, they settled between Rum Creek and Twelve Mile Creek. Waxhaw Creek within this are ...
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Aiken County, SC
Aiken County is a county in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 Census, its population was 168,808. Its county seat and largest city is Aiken. Aiken County is a part of the Augusta- Richmond County, GA-SC Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is mostly in the Sandhills region, with the northern parts reaching in the Piedmont and southern parts reaching into the Coastal Plain. History In the colonial era the area that is now Aiken County was part of Edgefield and Orangeburgh Districts. The majority of the population were immigrant farmers. Most of whom were from the rural parts of Lincolnshire, England; however, very few were from the town of Lincoln. Virtually all of the farmers from Lincolnshire came to the colony as indentured servants in the 1730s and 1740s. However, by the 1750s, almost all of the Lincolnshire settlers in what is now Aiken County were living on their own private land, almost exclusively engaging in subsistence agriculture on smallholding farms. ...
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Lexington County, SC
Lexington County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 293,991, and the 2021 population estimate was 300,137. Its county seat and largest town is Lexington. The county was chartered in 1785 and was named in commemoration of Lexington, Massachusetts, the site of the Battle of Lexington in the American Revolutionary War. Lexington County is the sixth-largest county in South Carolina by population and is part of the Columbia, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is located in the Midlands region of South Carolina. History Lexington County was charted in 1785 and was named after the Battles of Lexington and Concord. The largest town and county seat is Lexington but the county is also part of the Columbia metropolitan area. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (7.8%) is water. The largest body of water is Lake Murray, while other waterways include the B ...
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Calhoun County, SC
Calhoun County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its population was 14,119, making it the third-least populous county in the state. Its county seat is St. Matthews, South Carolina, St. Matthews. Located in a rural upland area long devoted to cotton plantations, part of the Black Belt (geological formation), Black Belt of the South, the county was formed in 1908 from portions of Lexington County, South Carolina, Lexington and Orangeburg County, South Carolina, Orangeburg counties. It is named for John C. Calhoun, the former U.S. Vice-President, Senator, Representative and cabinet member from South Carolina, although Calhoun was from nearby Abbeville, South Carolina. Calhoun County is part of the Columbia, SC metropolitan statistical area, Columbia, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area. It has an overall score of 52 including factors health, crime, equity, education, and housing. It is one of Calh ...
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Orangeburg County, SC
Orangeburg County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 92,501. Its county seat is Orangeburg, South Carolina, Orangeburg. The county was created in 1769. Orangeburg County comprises the Orangeburg, SC Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Columbia, South Carolina, Columbia-Orangeburg-Newberry, South Carolina, Newberry, SC Columbia, South Carolina metropolitan area, Combined Statistical Area. It is located in the Midlands of South Carolina, Midlands region of South Carolina. It is the home of South Carolina State University, the only public four-year HBCU in the state of South Carolina. It is also home to Claflin University, the oldest historically black colleges and universities, historically black college or university (HBCU) in the state. History The district was occupied for thousands of years by succeeding cultures of indigenous peoples. By ...
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Clarendon County, SC
Clarendon County is a county located below the fall line in the Coastal Plain region of U.S. state of South Carolina. As of 2020 census, its population was 31,144. Its county seat is Manning. This area was developed for lumber and mills, including textile mills. Clarendon County boasts one of the largest man-made lakes in the United States, Lake Marion, completed in 1941 as a New Deal project. It was planned as part of a national rural electrification initiative. Since the late 20th century, the dam's generation of hydroelectric power has also stimulated economic development and industry in the region. The South Carolina state legislature established racial segregation of public facilities by state law in the late 19th century. During the Civil Rights Movement, Clarendon County was the site of the '' Briggs v. Elliott'' trial challenging segregation of public schools. This case was one of five combined with what came to be known as ''Brown v. Board of Education'', under whic ...
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Lee County, SC
Lee County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 16,531, making it the fifth-least populous county in South Carolina. Its county seat is Bishopville. History The county is named for Confederate General Robert E. Lee. A previous incarnation of Lee County was established in 1898 and was disestablished the next year. The current Lee County formed on December 15, 1902. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.3%) is water. State and local protected areas * Lee State Natural Area * Longleaf Pine Heritage Preserve/Wildlife Management Area (part) * Lynchburg Savanna Heritage Preserve/Wildlife Management Area * Mary McLeod Bethune Birthplace Major water bodies * Black River * Lynches River Adjacent counties * Darlington County - northeast * Florence County - east * Sumter County - south * Kershaw County - northwest Major highways * * * * ...
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Fairfield County, SC
Fairfield County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its population was 20,948. Its county seat is Winnsboro, South Carolina, Winnsboro. Fairfield County is part of the Columbia, South Carolina, Columbia, SC Columbia, South Carolina metropolitan area, Metropolitan Statistical Area. History 18th century It is alleged that the county name originated from a statement made by General Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, Cornwallis when he declared "How Fair These Fields" during the British occupation of the area in 1780–81. The house Cornwallis stayed in during the occupation is still standing. Several years before the Revolution, Richard Winn from Virginia moved to what is now called Fairfield County. His lands covered the present site of Winnsboro, and as early as 1777 the settlement was known as "Winnsborough". The village was laid out and chartered in 1785 upon petition of ...
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Kershaw County, SC
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 city 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, South Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Kershaw County was named for Col. Joseph Kershaw (1727–1791), an early settler considered as "the father of Camden". Originally part of Camden District, Kershaw County was formed in 1791 from parts of Claremont, Lancaster, Fairfield, and Richland counties. The county seat is Camden, the oldest inland city in South Carolina. This site was settled around 1732 by English traders and farmers who moved inland from Charleston. Welsh Baptists moved the area in large numbers in the 1740s and 1750s. At the time ...
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