List of South Carolina county name etymologies

This is a list of South Carolina county name etymologies.

* Abbeville County: Abbeville is named after Abbeville, France.
* Aiken County: Aiken is named for Governor of South Carolina William Aiken.
* Allendale County: Allendale is named after an Allen family.
* Anderson County: Anderson is named after Robert Anderson, a soldier of the American Revolutionary War.
* Bamberg County: Bamberg is named for William Seaborn Bamberg, cofounder of a town called "Lowery's Turnout".
* Barnwell County: Barnwell is named a Barnwell family.
* Beaufort County: Beaufort is named for Henry, Duke of Beaufort, one of the Lords Proprietors of the Province of Carolina.
* Berkeley County: Berkeley is named after John Berkeley and William Berkeley, two of the Lords Proprietors of the Province of Carolina.
* Calhoun County: Calhoun is named for U.S. stateman John C. Calhoun.
* Charleston County: Charleston is named after Charles II of England.
* Cherokee County: Cherokee is named after the Cherokee Native American people.
* Chester County: Chester is named after Chester, Pennsylvania.
* Chesterfield County: Chesterfield is named after Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield.
* Clarendon County: Claredon is named for Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, one of the Lords Proprietors of the Province of Carolina.
* Colleton County: Colleton is named after John Colleton, one of the Lords Proprietors of the Province of Carolina.
* Darlington County: Darlington is probably given in homage to the English city of the same name, Darlington, England.
* Dillon County: Dillon is named for local booster J.W. Dillon.
* Dorchester County: Dorchester is named for Dorchester, Massachusetts.
* Edgefield County: Edgefield may be so named because it was located on the edge of the state, between the Savannah River and unsettled lands.
* Fairfield County: Fairfields was possible named for its fair fields.
* Florence County: Florence is named for Florence Harllee, a daughter of W. W. Harllee, a president of the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad.
* Georgetown County: Georgetown is named for George II of Great Britain.
* Greenville County: Greenville's name is of unknown origin.
* Greenwood County: Greenwood is named for Greenwood, a plantation belonging to Judge John McGehee.
* Hampton County: Hampton is named for Governor of South Carolina Wade Hampton.
* Horry County: Horry is named for Peter Horry, a soldier of the American Revolutionary War.
* Jasper County: Jasper is named for William Jasper, a soldier of the American Revolutionary War.
* Kershaw County: Kershaw is named for South Carolina state legislator Joseph Kershaw.
* Lancaster County: Lancaster is named for Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
* Laurens County: Laurens is named for president of the Continental Congress Henry Laurens.
* Lee County: Lee is named for Robert E. Lee, commanding general of the Confederate forces during the American Civil War.
* Lexington County: Lexington is name for the Battle of Lexington from the American Revolutionary War.
* Marion County: Marion is named for Francis Marion, an American Revolutionary War general known as the "Swamp Fox."
* Marlboro County: Marlboro is named after John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough.
* McCormick County: McCormick is named for Cyrus McCormick, inventor of the mechanical reaper.
* Newberry County: The origin of Newberry's name is unknown.
* Oconee County: "Oconee" is a Native American word of unknown origin.
* Orangeburg County: Orangeburg is named for William V of Orange, son-in-law of George II of Great Britain.
* Pickens County: Pickens is named for U.S. Representative Andrew Pickens.
* Richland County: Richland is possibly named for its rich soil.
* Saluda County: Saluda is named for the Saluda River, which, in turn, was named for a Native American tribe.
* Spartanburg County: Spartanburg was named for the Spartan Regiment of the American Revolutionary War.
* Sumter County: Sumter is named for Thomas Sumter, a Continental leader during the American Revolutionary War.
* Union County: Union is said to be named for Union Church.
* Williamsburg County: Williamsburg is named for Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, son of George II of Great Britain.
* York County: York is named for York County, Pennsylvania.

ource

* [http://www.cla.sc.edu/poli/civiced/Reference%20Materials/south_carolina_counties-origin.htm South Carolina Counties – Year Formed, Name, County Seat, and Area]

ee also

* South Carolina
* List of South Carolina counties
* County (United States)
* Lists of U.S. county name etymologies