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Lancaster County, South Carolina

Created in 1785 between the Catawba and Lynches rivers, Lancaster County includes the Waxhaws, settled in the 1750s largely by Scots-Irish families who came south on the Great Wagon Road; Andrew Jackson was born in the area in 1767. Textile manufacturing took hold after Leroy Springs opened the Lancaster Cotton Mill in 1896, and the county's northern Panhandle, including Indian Land, lies within the Charlotte metropolitan area.

Businesses listed
3,166
Population (2020)
96,016
County seat
Lancaster
Formed
1785

Landmarks & institutions

  • Andrew Jackson State Park
  • Lancaster County Courthouse (National Historic Landmark)
  • Forty Acre Rock Heritage Preserve
  • University of South Carolina Lancaster
  • Haile Gold Mine (near Kershaw)

Named for lancaster, Pennsylvania, the origin of many early settlers.

Towns

Lancaster 1,737Indian Land 260Kershaw 241Heath Springs 105

Sources:en.wikipedia.org scencyclopedia.org data.census.gov

3,166 businesses · showing 409–432