Back مقاطعة أورانجبورغ (كارولاينا الجنوبية) Arabic Orangeburg County, South Carolina BAR Оринджбърг (окръг, Южна Каролина) Bulgarian ওরেঞ্জবার্গ কাউন্টি, সাউথ ক্যারোলাইনা BPY Orangeburg Gông (South Carolina) CDO Оринджберг (гуо, Къилба Каролина) CE Orangeburg County CEB Orangeburg County, De Carolina Welsh Orangeburg County German Condado de Orangeburg Spanish
Orangeburg County | |
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 Flag  Seal | |
| Motto: "Community & Character" | |
 Location within the U.S. state of South Carolina | |
 South Carolina's location within the U.S. | |
| Coordinates: 33°26′N 80°48′W / 33.44°N 80.80°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  South Carolina |
| Founded | March 12, 1785 |
| Named for | William of Orange |
| Seat | Orangeburg |
| Largest community | Orangeburg |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,127.89 sq mi (2,921.2 km2) |
| • Land | 1,106.38 sq mi (2,865.5 km2) |
| • Water | 21.51 sq mi (55.7 km2) 1.91% |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 84,223 |
| • Estimate (2023) | 82,820 |
| • Density | 76.12/sq mi (29.39/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Congressional districts | 2nd, 6th |
| Website | www |
Orangeburg County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 84,223.[1] Its county seat is Orangeburg.[2] The county was created in 1769.[3]
Orangeburg County comprises the Orangeburg, South Carolina Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Columbia-Sumter-Orangeburg, South Carolina Combined Statistical Area. It is located in the Midlands of South Carolina.
It is the home of South Carolina State University, the only public four-year historically Black university in South Carolina. It is also home to Claflin University, the oldest historically Black college or university (HBCU) in the state.
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2020CensusQuickFactswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 3, 2015. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ "South Carolina: Individual County Chronologies". South Carolina Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. The Newberry Library. 2009. Archived from the original on January 3, 2017. Retrieved March 21, 2015.