South Carolina Counties

The state of South Carolina is made up of 46 counties. Learn more about each county by selecting a county below to explore people, places and events.

The state of South Carolina is made up of 46 counties. Learn more about each county by selecting a county below to explore people, places and events.

To view the state by tourism regions, visit ETV Shorts.

To view the state by landform regions, visit Web of Water or for the artistic sides of the state, visit A Natural State.

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<div>Abbeville</div>
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<div>Aiken</div>
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<div>Allendale</div>
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<div>Anderson</div>
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<div>Bamberg</div>
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<div>Barnwell</div>
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<div>Beaufort</div>
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<div>Berkeley</div>
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<div>Calhoun</div>
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<div>Charleston</div>
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<div>Cherokee</div>
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<div>Chester</div>
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<div>Chesterfield</div>
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<div>Clarendon</div>
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<div>Colleton</div>
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<div>Darlington</div>
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<div>Dillon</div>
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<div>Dorchester</div>
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<div>Edgefield</div>
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<div>Fairfield</div>
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<div>Florence</div>
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<div>Georgetown</div>
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<div>Greenville</div>
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<div>Greenwood</div>
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<div>Hampton</div>
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<div>Horry</div>
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<div>Jasper</div>
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<div>Kershaw</div>
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<div>Lancaster</div>
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<div>Laurens</div>
Laurens

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<div>Lee</div>
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<div>Lexington</div>
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<div>Marion</div>
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<div>Marlboro</div>
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<div>McCormick</div>
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<div>Newberry</div>
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<div>Oconee</div>
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<div>Orangeburg</div>
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<div>Pickens</div>
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<div>Richland</div>
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<div>Saluda</div>
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<div>Spartanburg</div>
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<div>Sumter</div>
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<div>Union</div>
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<div>Williamsburg</div>
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<div>York</div>
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Santee National Wildlife Refuge (S.C.) Stop 4
Episode 5

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Dingle Pond is one of the thousands of “mysterious Carolina bays” found throughout the Carolinas. The pond is home to many species of ducks, and a woodpecker can be heard out in the distance. Little...
Sandy Point (S.C.) Stop 1
Episode 1

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In this episode of NatureScene, Rudy and Jim comb the beaches of Sandy Point, just northeast of Charleston, S.C. Sandy Point is part of the Cape Romaine National Wildlife Refuge. The most common shell...
Sandy Point (S.C.) Stop 2
Episode 3

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The Florida horse conch is the largest gastropod one would find around the beaches of Sandy Point. The Atlantic murex is a gastropod which features blunt, but large spines on its shell. The Atlantic...
Sandy Point (S.C.) Stop 1
Episode 2

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Mixed in with the sea shells found on the beach, Rudy and Jim come across part of a Loggerhead sea turtle’s shell, a Skate egg case, known as a “Devil’s Purse,” a Vase sea sponge, a Hard-shelled clam...
Sandy Point (S.C.) Stop 2
Episode 5

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This area close by, once an oyster bed, has been covered in sand and is now a beach. A shrimping boat is seen out in the opening of the Atlantic Ocean. The area has around 280 registered species of...
Sandy Point (S.C.) Stop 3
Episode 6

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Clench’s Helmet is a univalve which feeds on echinoderms, like sand dollars. We see two shells which look very similar to each other, but actually come from different animals: a Knobbed whelk, and a...
Sandy Point (S.C.) Stop 2
Episode 4

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The Horseshoe crab which Rudy and Jim find is not dead, but is actually a shed exoskeleton! They also find whelk egg cases, and one of them still has young snails inside. Oyster shells are found...
James Brown | Digital Traditions
James Brown | Digital Traditions

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James Brown was born in 1933 in Barnwell, SC, where he spent his early childhood. He developed his interest in music at an early age, performing gospel songs and first playing piano and later bass and...