Hampton County
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- South Carolina
- Named after
- Wade Hampton III
- Seat
- Hampton
- Largest community
- Hampton
- Total
- 562.71 sq mi (1,457.4 km )
- Land
- 559.98 sq mi (1,450.3 km )
- Water
- 2.73 sq mi (7.1 km ) 0.49%
- Estimate 2025
- 18,174
- Density
- 33.146/sq mi (12.798/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 6th
- Website
- www .hamptoncountysc .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
Hampton County is a rural county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,561. Its county seat is Hampton. It was named for Confederate Civil War general Wade Hampton, who in the late 1870s, with the ending of Reconstruction, was elected as governor of South Carolina.
History