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Lancaster County
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county in South Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- South Carolina
- Named after
- House of Lancaster
- Seat
- Lancaster
- Largest community
- Indian Land
- Total
- 555.05 sq mi (1,437.6 km )
- Land
- 549.07 sq mi (1,422.1 km )
- Water
- 5.98 sq mi (15.5 km ) 1.08%
- Estimate 2025
- 114,296
- Density
- 174.87/sq mi (67.518/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 5th
- Website
- www .lancastercountysc .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- South Carolina
- Contains
- Lancaster
- Capital
- Lancaster
- Population
- 96016
- Area
- 1438
- Shares border with
- Kershaw County
- Official website
- mylancastersc.org
- Image
- Lancaster - Court House.jpg
- Households
- 35228
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- Commons category
- Lancaster County, South Carolina
- topic's main category
- Category:Lancaster County, South Carolina
- inception
- 1798-00-00
- different from
- Lancaster County
- water as percent of area
- 1.1
- native label
- Lancaster County
- per capita income
- 33212
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Encyclopedic overview
Lancaster County /ˈlæŋkəstər/ is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 96,016, Its county seat is Lancaster, which has an urban population of 23,979. The county was created in 1785. Lancaster County is included in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is located in the Piedmont region.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lancaster County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.