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Berkeley County
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county in South Carolina, United States of America
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- South Carolina
- Named after
- Sir William Berkeley
- Seat
- Moncks Corner
- Largest community
- Goose Creek
- County supervisor
- Johnny Cribb
- Total
- 1,233.88 sq mi (3,195.7 km )
- Land
- 1,103.62 sq mi (2,858.4 km )
- Water
- 130.26 sq mi (337.4 km ) 10.56%
- Estimate 2025
- 274,666
- Density
- 208.279/sq mi (80.4170/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .berkeleycountysc .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Sir William Berkeley
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- South Carolina
- Contains
- Moncks Corner
- Capital
- Moncks Corner
- Population
- 229861
- Area
- 3181
- Shares border with
- Dorchester County
- Official website
- berkeleycountysc.gov
- Image
- Darby Building (Mt Pleasant, SC) 3.jpg
- Households
- 79597
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- topic has template
- Template:Berkeley County, South Carolina
- Commons category
- Berkeley County, South Carolina
- topic's main category
- Category:Berkeley County, South Carolina
- inception
- 1882-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Berkeley County, South Carolina
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Berkeley County, South Carolina
- different from
- Berkeley County
- water as percent of area
- 11
- native label
- Berkeley County
- social media followers
- 5622
- per capita income
- 30655
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Encyclopedic overview
Berkeley County is a county in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 229,861. Its county seat is Moncks Corner, and the largest community is Goose Creek.
After two previous incarnations of Berkeley County, the current county was created in 1882. Berkeley County is included in the Charleston, South Carolina metropolitan area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Berkeley County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.