South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Public Programs Division2022-02-142022-02-141994https://dc.statelibrary.sc.gov/handle/10827/42530This guide describes the way each of South Carolina's forty-six counties was formed, supplies maps showing the changing face of the state as new counties were established, and lists the counties in alphabetical order, giving the date they were established, an explanation of their names, and the county seats.application/pdfDocumentCopyright status determined to be in the public domain on April 27, 2020 by United States Supreme Court ruling (Georgia et al., Petitioners v. Public.Resource.Org, Inc. : 590 U.S.__(2020)).Counties--South Carolina--HistorySouth Carolina--HistorySouth Carolina--Politics and governmentText