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| Name | Orangeburg |
| Alt names | Orangeburg | source: Getty Vocabulary Program | | Orangeburg District | source: Resource:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990, 1790 census | | Orangeburgh District | source: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS45031554 |
| Type | County |
| Coordinates | 33.433°N 80.767°W |
| Located in | South Carolina, United States (1800 - ) |
| See also | Aiken, South Carolina, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Barnwell, South Carolina, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Calhoun, South Carolina, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Lexington, South Carolina, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Lewisburg, South Carolina, United States | | | Orange, South Carolina, United States | | | Winton, South Carolina, United States | |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Orangeburg County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 92,501. Its county seat is Orangeburg. The county was created in 1769.
Orangeburg County comprises the Orangeburg, SC Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Columbia-Orangeburg-Newberry, SC Combined Statistical Area. It is located in the Midlands region of South Carolina.
It is the home of South Carolina State University, the only public four-year HBCU in the state of South Carolina. It is also home to Claflin University, the oldest historically black college or university (HBCU) in the state.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1790 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1800 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1824 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1824 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1864 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1910 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1911 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1915 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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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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| 1790 | 18,513
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| 1800 | 15,766
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| 1810 | 13,229
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| 1820 | 15,653
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| 1830 | 18,453
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| 1840 | 18,519
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| 1850 | 23,582
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| 1860 | 24,896
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| 1870 | 16,865
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| 1880 | 41,395
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| 1890 | 49,393
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| 1900 | 59,663
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| 1910 | 55,893
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| 1920 | 64,907
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| 1930 | 63,864
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| 1940 | 63,707
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| 1950 | 68,726
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| 1960 | 68,559
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| 1970 | 69,789
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| 1980 | 82,276
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| 1990 | 84,803
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Research Tips
External links
- Outstanding guide to Orangeburg 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.
- www.orangeburgcounty.org
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