Back مقاطعة هامبتون (كارولينا الجنوبية) Arabic Hampton County, South Carolina BAR Хамптън (окръг) Bulgarian হাম্পটন কাউন্টি, সাউথ ক্যারোলাইনা BPY Hampton Gông (South Carolina) CDO Хамптон (гуо, Къилба Каролина) CE Hampton County CEB Hampton County Czech Hampton County, De Carolina Welsh Hampton County German
Hampton County | |
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 Location within the U.S. state of South Carolina | |
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| Coordinates: 32°47′N 81°08′W / 32.78°N 81.14°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  South Carolina |
| Founded | 1878 |
| Named for | Wade Hampton III |
| Seat | Hampton |
| Largest community | Hampton |
| Area | |
| • Total | 562.71 sq mi (1,457.4 km2) |
| • Land | 559.98 sq mi (1,450.3 km2) |
| • Water | 2.73 sq mi (7.1 km2) 0.49% |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 18,561 |
| • Estimate (2023) | 18,122 |
| • Density | 33.15/sq mi (12.80/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Congressional district | 6th |
| Website | www |
Hampton County is a rural county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,561.[1] Its county seat is Hampton.[2] It was named for Confederate Civil War general Wade Hampton, who in the late 1870s, with the ending of Reconstruction, was elected as governor of South Carolina.[3]
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2020CensusQuickFactswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 148.