Place:Clarendon, South Carolina, United States

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Name	Clarendon
Alt names	Clarendon County	source: 1785-1800 and 1868-present name ;
	Source:Getty Vocabulary Program
	Clarendon District	source: 1855-1868 name
Type	County
Coordinates	33.667°N 80.233°W
Located in	South Carolina, United States (1785 - )
Also located in	Camden (district), South Carolina, United States (1785 - 1800)
See also	Salem, South Carolina, United States	1792 Child
	Sumter, South Carolina, United States	1800 Child
	Florence, South Carolina, United States	Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)

Note: not to be confused with Clarendon County as it existed in the Province of Carolina from 1664 to 1667.

1785 - Clarendon County is formed as a subset of and subordinate to Camden District in South Carolina.

1792 - Clarendon County loses land to the newly formed Salem County.

1800 - Clarendon County is abolished when Claremont, Clarendon and Salem counties are combined to form Sumter District (later County).

1855 - Clarendon is re-established as Clarendon District with the same original boundaries as in 1785.

1868 - Clarendon District is renamed to Clarendon County again.

1 Timeline
2 Population History
3 Modern Clarendon County
4 Research Tips
5 Resources

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Timeline

Date	Event	Source
1790	First census	Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1855	County formed	Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1856	Court records recorded	Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1856	Land records recorded	Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1856	Probate records recorded	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
1930	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	2,392
1860	13,095
1870	14,038
1880	19,190
1890	23,233
1900	28,184
1910	32,188
1920	34,878
1930	30,036
1940	31,500
1950	32,215
1960	29,490
1970	25,604
1980	27,464
1990	28,450

Note: Reported as part of Sumter District from 1810 through 1850.

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Modern Clarendon County

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

Clarendon County is a county located below the fall line in the Coastal Plain region of U.S. state of South Carolina. As of 2020 census, its population was 31,144. Its county seat is Manning.

This area was developed for lumber and mills, including textile mills. Clarendon County boasts one of the largest man-made lakes in the United States, Lake Marion, completed in 1941 as a New Deal project. It was planned as part of a national rural electrification initiative. Since the late 20th century, the dam's generation of hydroelectric power has also stimulated economic development and industry in the region.

The South Carolina state legislature established racial segregation of public facilities by state law in the late 19th century. During the Civil Rights Movement, Clarendon County was the site of the Briggs v. Elliott trial challenging segregation of public schools. This case was one of five combined with what came to be known as Brown v. Board of Education, under which the United States Supreme Court ruled in 1954 that racial segregation of public schools was unconstitutional.

This page uses content from the English Wikipedia. The original content was at Clarendon 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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Research Tips

Outstanding guide to Clarendon 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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