Place:Edgefield, South Carolina, United States

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Name	Edgefield
Alt names	Edgefield District	source: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS45031539
Type	County
Coordinates	33.783°N 81.967°W
Located in	South Carolina, United States (1785 - )
Also located in	Ninety-Six, South Carolina, United States (1785 - 1800)
See also	Aiken, South Carolina, United States	Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
	Greenwood, South Carolina, United States	Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
	McCormick, South Carolina, United States	Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
	Saluda, South Carolina, United States	Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)

Contained Places

Cemetery: Edgefield Village Cemetery
Census-designated place: Murphys Estates
Inhabited place: Antioch; Bouknight; Brunson Crossroads; Cleora; Colliers; Crafton; Edgefield; Harmony; Highview; Huets Crossroads; Johnson Crossroads; Johnston; Lenoir; Lime Stone; Mathais Crossroads; Mayson Crossroads; Meeting Street; Millers Crossroads; Morgana; New Richmond; Parkhill; Pine House Crossroads; Pleasant Lane; Poverty Hill; Ropers Crossroads; Rotalata; Sullivan Crossroads; Swearingen; Tompkins Cross Roads; Trenton; West Store Crossroads; Wise
Township: Blocker

Edgefield is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina.

1 History
2 Research Tips
3 Timeline
4 Population History
5 Wikipedia
6 Additional sources

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History

per familysearch.org:

Edgefield County is said to have been given it's name because it lies on the edge of the Savannah River and also on the edge of Indian Lands (at the time) and South Carolina. During the eighteenth century, a group of German Palatines settled what was then known as Londonborough Township, which is now a part of Edgefield County. Learn more about the history of Edgefield County from the South Carolina State Library or from Carolana.com.

1785 - Thirty-three counties were created within existing South Carolina Districts. Edgefield County was created within Ninety-Six District.
1800 - Edgefield re-christened a district and Ninety-Six District was abolished.
1868 - Edgefield and all other districts became counties.
10 Mar 1871: Aiken created from Barnwell, Edgefield, Lexington, and Orangeburg counties.
1896 - Saluda was created from Edgefield County.
1897 - Greenwood was created from Abbeville and Edgefield Counties.
1898 - Greenwood gained from Abbeville and Edgefield Counties.
1916 - McCormick was created from Abbeville, Greenwood, and Edgefield Counties.
1921 - McCormick exchanged with Edgefield County.

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Research Tips

Outstanding guide to Edgefield County family history and genealogy resources (FamilySearch Research Wiki). Birth, marriage, and death records, censuses, wills, deeds, county histories, cemeteries, churches, newspapers, libraries, and genealogical societies.

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Timeline

Date	Event	Source
1785	Court records recorded	Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1785	Probate records recorded	Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1786	Land records recorded	Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1790	First census	Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1800	County formed	Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1911	Marriage records recorded	Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1915	Birth records recorded	Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1920	No significant boundary changes after this year	Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990

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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990

Census Year	Population
1790	13,289
1800	18,130
1810	23,160
1820	25,119
1830	30,509
1840	32,852
1850	39,262
1860	39,887
1870	42,486
1880	45,844
1890	49,259
1900	25,478
1910	28,281
1920	23,928
1930	19,326
1940	17,894
1950	16,591
1960	15,735
1970	15,692
1980	17,528
1990	18,375

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Wikipedia

the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

Edgefield County is a county located on the western border of the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 25,657. Its county seat and largest municipality is Edgefield. The county was established on March 12, 1785.

The Savannah River makes up part of the western border of Edgefield County; across the river lies the city of Augusta, Georgia. Edgefield is part of the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metropolitan Statistical Area.

This page uses content from the English Wikipedia. The original content was at Edgefield County, South Carolina. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with WeRelate, the content of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

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