Bamberg County
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county in South Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- South Carolina
- Named after
- Francis Marion Bamberg
- Seat
- Bamberg
- Largest community
- Bamberg
- Total
- 395.57 sq mi (1,024.5 km )
- Land
- 393.37 sq mi (1,018.8 km )
- Water
- 2.20 sq mi (5.7 km ) 0.56%
- Estimate 2025
- 12,796
- Density
- 33.838/sq mi (13.065/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 6th
- Website
- www .bambergcountysc .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Bamberg County is a county located in the southwestern portion of U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,311, making the rural county the third-least populous of any in South Carolina. Its county seat is Bamberg. Voorhees University (formerly Voorhees College), a historically black university, was established here in the late nineteenth century. It is affiliated with the Episcopal Church.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bamberg County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.