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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Allendale County is a county in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,039, making it the least populous county in South Carolina. Its county seat is Allendale.
History
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Allendale County was formed in 1919 from southwestern portions of Barnwell County, along the Savannah River. It is the location of the Topper Site, an archeological excavation providing possible evidence of a pre-Clovis culture dating back 50,000 years. The site is near a source of chert on private land in Martin owned by Clariant Corporation, a Swiss chemical company with a plant there. The site, named after John Topper, a local resident who discovered it, has been under excavation by archeologists from the University of South Carolina for about one month a year since 1999, after an initial exploratory dig in the mid-1980s.
Timeline
Date | Event | Source
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1919 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1919 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1919 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1919 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1919 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1919 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1920 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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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
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1920 | 16,098
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1930 | 13,294
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1940 | 13,040
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1950 | 11,773
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1960 | 11,362
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1970 | 9,692
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1980 | 10,700
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1990 | 11,722
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Research Tips
External links
- Outstanding guide to Allendale County family history and genealogy resources (FamilySearch Research Wiki). Birth, marriage, and death records, wills, deeds, county histories, cemeteries, churches, newspapers, libraries, and genealogical societies.
- www.allendalecounty.com/
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