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Goose Creek
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city in South Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- South Carolina
- County
- Berkeley
- Named after
- A creek resembling a goose
- Total
- 42.84 sq mi (110.95 km )
- Land
- 42.34 sq mi (109.67 km )
- Water
- 0.49 sq mi (1.28 km ) 1.14%
- Elevation
- 13 ft (4.0 m)
- Density
- 1,085.0/sq mi (418.93/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 (EDT)
- Area codes
- 843, 854
- Fips code
- 45-29815
- Website
- www .goosecreeksc .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Goose Creek
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Berkeley County
- Population
- 45946
- Area
- 103.822
- Elevation
- 14
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Official website
- www.cityofgoosecreek.com
- Image
- St. James Goose Creek Parish Church, Goose Creek, South Carolina.jpg
- Households
- 14460
- Dialing code
- 843
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- postal code
- 29445
- topic's main category
- Category:Goose Creek, South Carolina
- inception
- 1961-01-01
- water as percent of area
- 1.92
- per capita income
- 31747
- Commons category
- Goose Creek, South Carolina
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Encyclopedic overview
Goose Creek is the most populous city in Berkeley County in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The population was 45,946 at the 2020 census, making it the 7th-most populous city in the state. Most of Naval Support Activity Charleston is in Goose Creek. As defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, and used only by the U.S. Census Bureau and other federal agencies for statistical purposes, Goose Creek is included within the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Goose Creek” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.