Lancaster
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city in South Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- South Carolina
- County
- Lancaster
- City
- 6.89 sq mi (17.85 km )
- Land
- 6.81 sq mi (17.63 km )
- Water
- 0.081 sq mi (0.21 km )
- Elevation
- 449 ft (137 m)
- Density
- 1,242.66/sq mi (479.79/km )
- Urban
- 24,843
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Zip codes
- 29720-29722
- Area codes
- 803 and 839
- Fips code
- 45-39895
- Website
- www .lancastercitysc .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Named after
- House of Lancaster
- Official name
- Lancaster
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Lancaster County
- Population
- 8460
- Area
- 16.614
- Elevation
- 173
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Capital of
- Lancaster County
- Official website
- www.lancastercitysc.com
- Image
- Lancaster October 2018.jpg
- Households
- 3532
- Dialing code
- 803
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- water as percent of area
- 1.29
- postal code
- 29722
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Lancaster, South Carolina
- inception
- 1830-00-00
- per capita income
- 23740
- Commons category
- Lancaster, South Carolina
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Encyclopedic overview
Lancaster (/ˈleɪŋkəstər/) is a city in and the county seat of Lancaster County, South Carolina, United States, located in the Charlotte Metropolitan Area. As of the 2020 census, Lancaster had a population of 8,460. The city was named after the famous House of Lancaster.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lancaster” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.