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General Information
American Memory Railroad Maps 1828-1900
Ancestory.com County Formation Maps & Records
Cyndi's List - Canals, Rivers & Waterways
Cyndi's List - Migration Routes, Roads & Trails
David Rumsey Map Collection - 11,000 on-line maps
SC Department of Archives & History:
| Proprietary Counties, 1682 |
In 1682, after the first hard years of settlement, the Proprietors ordered
three counties laid out. Berkeley County, centering around Charleston,
extended from the Stono River on the south to Seewee Creek (present-day
Awendaw Creek) where it emptied into Bulls Bay on the north. Craven County
lay north of Berkeley, and below Berkeley, Colleton extended to the Combahee
River. Later, a fourth county, Granville, was laid out between the Combahee
and the Savannah rivers. |
| Parishes of the Anglican Church |
Throughout the colonial period, the small population and its limited legal
needs kept most government, records keeping, and judicial activity confined
to the municipal limits of Charleston. Parishes of the established Anglican
Church served as election districts, and courts with jurisdiction over the
entire colony sat in Charleston. |
| Districts, 1769-1784 |
Georgetown extended from the North Carolina line to
the Santee. Charleston lay between the Santee and the Combahee. Beaufort sat
between the Combahee and the Savannah. Northwest of Georgetown was the
Cheraws District, bounded on the west by Lynches River; west of the Cheraws
was the large district of Camden, bounded on the west by the river system of
the Santee, Congaree, and Broad; south and west of Camden, two more large
districts extended to the Savannah River--Orangeburg to the south, and
Ninety-Six to the north. |
| Districts and Counties, 1785 |
The 1785 act gave the Cheraws District the counties of
Chesterfield, Marlboro, and Darlington; it divided Camden District into
York, Chester, Fairfield, Lancaster, Richland, Claremont, and Clarendon
counties. It gave Ninety-Six District the counties of Spartanburg, Union,
Laurens, Newberry, Abbeville, and Edgefield. And it divided Orangeburg
District into Orange, Lewisburg, Lexington, and Winton (an early version of
Barnwell) counties. |
| Districts and Counties, 1786-1790 |
In 1786, part of the unorganized Indian land, which
had been taken from the Cherokee Indians during the American Revolution and
lay northwest of Ninety-Six District, became Greenville County; in 1789, the
remainder of the Indian land became Pendleton County. A few counties
had been set out in the three Low Country districts of Georgetown,
Charleston, and Beaufort, but there, where the old parish system was well
established, the counties failed to take root.
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| Districts, 1791-1799 |
In 1791, the four Orangeburg counties were abolished,
and two new districts were created. Washington District was formed to
encompass the counties of Greenville and Pendleton. Pinckney District
took York and Chester counties from Camden District, and Spartanburg and
Union counties from Ninety-Six District.
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| Districts and Counties, 1791-1799 |
In 1791, Salem County was formed from portions of
Claremont and Clarendon counties; and Kershaw County was formed from
portions of Claremont, Lancaster, Fairfield, and Richland counties.
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| Districts, 1800-1814 |
In 1800, most of the counties were formed into
districts. Washington, Pinckney Ninety-Six, Camden, and the Cheraws
districts vanished, and the counties they had encompassed became districts.
Claremont, Clarendon, and Salem counties became Sumter District. Marion
District was formed from part of Georgetown, Colleton District from part of
Charleston, and Barnwell District from part of Orangeburg. Georgetown
yielded Horry District in 1801 and Williamsburg District in 1804. That same
year, Lexington District was formed from Orangeburg with roughly the same
territory as the old county of the same name.
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| Districts, 1815-1867 |
In 1826, Pendleton was divided into the two districts
of Pickens and Anderson. In 1855, Clarendon District was taken
from Sumter with the same boundaries as the old Clarendon County of 1785.
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| Counties, 1868-1870 |
The Constitution of 1868 stated that "the Judicial
Districts shall hereafter be designated as Counties" and formed Oconee
County from the western part of Pickens.
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| Counties, 1871-1877 |
In 1871, Aiken County originated from parts of
Orangeburg, Edgefield, Barnwell, and Lexington.
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| Counties, 1878-1907 |
In 1878, Hampton County emerged from part of Beaufort;
in 1882, part of Charleston became Berkeley County; and in 1888, parts of
Marion, Darlington, Williamsburg, and Clarendon merged to become Florence
County. In 1895, Saluda County was created from part of Edgefield. In 1897,
Bamberg emerged from Barnwell; Cherokee from parts of Spartanburg, Union,
and York; Dorchester from Berkeley and Colleton; and Greenwood from parts of
Abbeville and Edgefield. In 1902, Lee emerged from parts of Darlington,
Kershaw, and Sumter. |
| Counties, 1908-1915 |
Calhoun emerged in 1908, from parts of Orangeburg and
Lexington; Dillon, in 1910, from Marion; Jasper, in 1912, from Beaufort and
Hampton. |
| Counties, 1916-Present | McCormick emerged in 1916 from Edgefield, Abbeville, and Greenwood; and Allendale, South Carolina's last county, emerged in 1919, from Barnwell and Hampton. |
SC Current County Maps- SCIway.com
SC Current Maps - SC Department of Transportation Maps
SC Geographic Information System (GIS) County Mapping:
Aiken County GIS
Anderson City GIS
Anderson County Assessor
Beaufort County GIS
Berkeley County GIS
Calhoun County GIS
Charleston County GIS
Clarendon County Assessor
Colleton County Assessor
Darlington County GIS
Dorchester County GIS
Edgefield County Assessor
Fairfield County GIS
Florence County Assessor
Georgetown County GIS
Greenville County GIS
Greenwood County GIS
Horry County GIS
Lancaster County Assessor
Laurens County Assessor
Lexington County GIS
Newberry County GIS
Oconee County GIS
Orangeburg County GIS
Pickens County GIS
Richland County GIS
Rock Hill City Cemetery GIS
Spartanburg County GIS
Sumter County GIS
York County GIS
SC Historical Maps - Hopkins University
SC Historical Maps - Piedmont Historical Society
SC Historical Maps - University of GA
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US GenWeb Archives - United States Digital Map Library
Windows Live Local On-line Mapping (Beta)
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Anderson County
Anderson County Geographic Information System Director:
Geoff Cannada, GIS Director
E-mail: gcannada@andersoncountysc.org
Anderson County GIS Mapping
101 S. Main St., Room 20
Anderson, SC 29621
Phone: 864-260-1004
Fax: 864-260-4044
http://www.andersoncountysc.org/
1895 US Atlas Map
1877 Dark Corners, Anderson County, SC
1877 Savannah Township, Anderson County, SC
1877 Varennes Township, Anderson County, SC
1877 ($3) & 1897 ($5) County Maps For Sale at Anderson Library
Assessor Records & Maps
Historic Districts:
Town WebSites:
Townships:
Anderson
Belton
Broadway
Brushy Creek
Centerville
Garvin
Dark Corner
Fort
Hall
Honea Path
Hopewell
Martin
Pendleton
Rock Mills
Savannah
Williamston
Oconee County
Oconee County Geographic Information System Director:
Mark Washington, GIS Director
E-mail: mwashington@oconeesc.com
Oconee County Planning Department
415 S. Pine St.
Walhalla, SC 29691
Phone: 864-638-1036
Fax: 864-638-4185
Town WebSites:
1971 FIRE DISTRICTS (submitted by Marge Peak of Walhalla) :
1971 TOWNSHIPS (submitted by Marge Peak of Walhalla) :
Franklin County GA & SC:
Pendleton District
David Rumsey Map Collection - 1825 Pendleton
Pendleton Boundaries 1789-1816
Pickens County
Pickens County Geographic Information System Director:
Jimmy Threatt, GIS Director
E-mail: jimmyt@co.pickens.sc.us
Pickens County GIS Mapping
222 McDaniel Ave, B-8
Pickens, SC 29671
Phone: 864-898-5876
Fax: 864-898-5932
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