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York County
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county in South Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- South Carolina
- Named after
- James II of England
- Seat
- York
- Largest city
- Rock Hill
- Total
- 696.09 sq mi (1,802.9 km )
- Land
- 681.03 sq mi (1,763.9 km )
- Water
- 15.06 sq mi (39.0 km ) 2.16%
- Estimate 2025
- 306,887
- Density
- 414.21/sq mi (159.93/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 5th
- Website
- www .yorkcountygov .com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
York County is a county on the north central border in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 282,090, making it the seventh-most populous county in the state. Its county seat is the city of York, and its most populous community is Rock Hill. One Interstate Highway serves the county, Interstate 77. York County is part of the Charlotte metropolitan area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “York County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.