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Fairfield County
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county in South Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- South Carolina
- Named after
- Comment made by General Cornwallis stating ""How Fair These Fields"
- Seat
- Winnsboro
- Largest community
- Winnsboro
- Total
- 709.87 sq mi (1,838.6 km )
- Land
- 686.31 sq mi (1,777.5 km )
- Water
- 23.56 sq mi (61.0 km ) 3.32%
- Estimate 2025
- 20,340
- Density
- 30.523/sq mi (11.785/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 5th
- Website
- www .fairfieldsc .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- South Carolina
- Contains
- Winnsboro
- Capital
- Winnsboro
- Official language
- English language
- Population
- 20948
- Area
- 1839
- Time zone
- UTC−04:00
- Shares border with
- Union County
- Official website
- www.fairfieldsc.com
- Image
- Historic American Buildings Survey, C.O. Greene, Photographer, April, 1940 SOUTH ELEVATION. - Fairfield County Courthouse, Congress and Washington Streets, Winnsboro, Fairfield HABS SC,20-WINBO,2-1.tif
- Households
- 9315
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- Commons category
- Fairfield County, South Carolina
- topic's main category
- Category:Fairfield County, South Carolina
- water as percent of area
- 3.3
- native label
- Fairfield County
- inception
- 1785-01-01
- different from
- Fairfield County
- topic has template
- Template:Fairfield County, South Carolina
- per capita income
- 25698
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Fairfield County, South Carolina
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Encyclopedic overview
Fairfield County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 20,948. Its county seat is Winnsboro. Fairfield County is part of the Columbia, South Carolina metropolitan area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fairfield County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.