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Dorchester County
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county in South Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- South Carolina
- Founded
- February 25, 1897
- Named after
- Dorchester, Massachusetts
- Seat
- St. George
- Largest community
- North Charleston
- Total
- 571.18 sq mi (1,479.3 km )
- Land
- 568.59 sq mi (1,472.6 km )
- Water
- 2.59 sq mi (6.7 km ) 0.45%
- Estimate 2025
- 178,397
- Density
- 284.11/sq mi (109.69/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional districts
- 1st , 6th
- Website
- www .dorchestercountysc .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Dorchester
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- South Carolina
- Contains
- St. George
- Capital
- St. George
- Population
- 161540
- Area
- 1494
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Orangeburg County
- Official website
- www.dorchestercounty.net
- Image
- Dorchester-35.jpg
- Households
- 56939
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- Commons category
- Dorchester County, South Carolina
- topic's main category
- Category:Dorchester County, South Carolina
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Dorchester County, South Carolina
- inception
- 1897-00-00
- different from
- Dorchester County
- water as percent of area
- 0.4
- native label
- Dorchester County
- per capita income
- 29856
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Encyclopedic overview
Dorchester County is located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 161,540. Its county seat is St. George. The county was created on February 25, 1897 by an act of the South Carolina General Assembly. Dorchester County is included in the Charleston, South Carolina metropolitan area. It is in the Lowcountry region of South Carolina.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dorchester County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.