Kershaw County

county in South Carolina, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: South Carolina
Named after: Joseph Brevard Kershaw
Seat: Camden
Largest community: Camden
Total: 740.26 sq mi (1,917.3 km )
Land: 726.61 sq mi (1,881.9 km )
Water: 13.65 sq mi (35.4 km ) 1.84%
Estimate 2025: 73,166
Density: 90.011/sq mi (34.753/km )
Time zone: UTC−5 ( Eastern )
Summer dst: UTC−4 ( EDT )
Congressional district

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Kershaw County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 65,403. The county seat and largest community is Camden. The county was created in 1791 from parts of Claremont, Lancaster, Fairfield, and Richland counties. It is named for Col. Joseph Kershaw (1727–1791), an early settler and American Revolutionary War patriot. Kershaw County is part of the Columbia, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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