Edgefield County
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county in South Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- South Carolina
- Founded
- 1785 ; 241 years ago ( 1785 )
- Named after
- County's location at the Edge of the State
- Seat
- Edgefield
- Largest community
- Edgefield
- Total
- 507.00 sq mi (1,313.1 km )
- Land
- 500.71 sq mi (1,296.8 km )
- Water
- 6.29 sq mi (16.3 km ) 1.24%
- Estimate 2025
- 29,808
- Density
- 51.241/sq mi (19.784/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 3rd
- Website
- edgefieldcounty .sc .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- South Carolina
- Contains
- Edgefield
- Capital
- Edgefield
- Population
- 25657
- Area
- 1312
- Elevation
- 130
- Shares border with
- Greenwood County
- Official website
- edgefieldcounty.sc.gov
- Image
- Edgefield County Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 9171
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- Commons category
- Edgefield County, South Carolina
- topic's main category
- Category:Edgefield County, South Carolina
- inception
- 1785-03-12
- water as percent of area
- 1.2
- native label
- Edgefield County
- per capita income
- 27213
- topic has template
- Template:Edgefield County, South Carolina
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Encyclopedic overview
Edgefield County is a county located on the western border of the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 25,657. Its county seat and largest community is Edgefield. The county was established on March 12, 1785. The Savannah River makes up part of the western border of Edgefield County; across the river lies the city of Augusta, Georgia. Edgefield is part of the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Edgefield County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.