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Clarendon County
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county in South Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- South Carolina
- Named after
- Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon
- Seat
- Manning
- Largest community
- Manning
- Total
- 695.67 sq mi (1,801.8 km )
- Land
- 607.21 sq mi (1,572.7 km )
- Water
- 88.46 sq mi (229.1 km ) 12.72%
- Estimate 2025
- 31,043
- Density
- 51.290/sq mi (19.803/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 6th
- Website
- www .clarendoncountysc .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Clarendon County is a county located below the fall line in the Coastal Plain region of U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Clarendon County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.