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Pickens County
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county in South Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- South Carolina
- Named after
- Andrew Pickens
- Seat
- Pickens
- Largest community
- Easley
- Total
- 512.75 sq mi (1,328.0 km )
- Land
- 496.94 sq mi (1,287.1 km )
- Water
- 15.81 sq mi (40.9 km ) 3.67%
- Estimate 2025
- 139,198
- Density
- 264.43/sq mi (102.10/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 3rd
- Website
- www .co .pickens .sc .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Andrew Pickens
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- South Carolina
- Contains
- Norris
- Capital
- Pickens
- Population
- 131404
- Area
- 1326
- Shares border with
- Oconee County
- Official website
- www.co.pickens.sc.us
- Image
- PickensSCCourthouse.jpg
- Households
- 48522
Show 10 more facts
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Pickens County, South Carolina
- water as percent of area
- 3.1
- Commons category
- Pickens County, South Carolina
- topic's main category
- Category:Pickens County, South Carolina
- native label
- Pickens County
- inception
- 1826-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Pickens County, South Carolina
- different from
- Pickens County
- per capita income
- 28382
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
Pickens County is a county located in the northwest part of the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 131,404. Its county seat is Pickens. The county was created in 1826. It is part of the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pickens County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.