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Also known as Pickens, South Carolina, Pickens, SC

city in South Carolina, United States

Key facts

Country
United States
State
South Carolina
County
Pickens
Total
3.06 sq mi (7.93 km )
Land
3.04 sq mi (7.87 km )
Water
0.023 sq mi (0.06 km )
Elevation
1,053 ft (321 m)
Density
1,114.8/sq mi (430.43/km )
Time zone
UTC−5 ( Eastern (EST) )
Summer dst
UTC−4 (EDT)
Area codes
864, 821
Fips code
45-56140
Website
www.cityofpickens.com

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

Pickens, formerly called Pickens Courthouse, is a city in and the county seat of Pickens County, South Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Pickens had a population of 3,388. Pickens changed its classification from a town to a city in 1998, but it was not reported to the Census Bureau until 2001. It was named after Andrew Pickens, an American revolutionary soldier and US Congressman for South Carolina.

Pickens is part of the Greenville-Mauldin-Easley metropolitan area.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pickens” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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