List of South Carolina county name etymologies
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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.
