Colleton County
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county in South Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- South Carolina
- Named after
- Sir John Colleton, 1st Baronet
- Seat
- Walterboro
- Largest community
- Walterboro
- Total
- 1,133.28 sq mi (2,935.2 km )
- Land
- 1,056.50 sq mi (2,736.3 km )
- Water
- 76.78 sq mi (198.9 km ) 6.78%
- Estimate 2025
- 39,382
- Density
- 36.540/sq mi (14.108/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional districts
- 1st , 6th
- Website
- www .colletoncounty .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- South Carolina
- Contains
- Edisto Beach
- Capital
- Walterboro
- Population
- 38604
- Area
- 2935
- Shares border with
- Hampton County
- Official website
- www.colletoncounty.org
- Image
- Walterboro - Colleton County Courthouse and Confederate Memorial.jpg
- Households
- 15281
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- Commons category
- Colleton County, South Carolina
- topic's main category
- Category:Colleton County, South Carolina
- inception
- 1800-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 6.8
- native label
- Colleton County
- per capita income
- 22218
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Encyclopedic overview
Colleton County is a county in the Lowcountry region of the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 38,604. Its county seat is Walterboro. The county is named after Sir John Colleton, 1st Baronet, one of the eight Lords Proprietor of the Province of Carolina. After two previous incarnations, the current Colleton County was created in 1800.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Colleton County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.