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Cheraw was the first municipality to use the Civilian Conservation Corps in South Carolina to build a state park. [9] The plan, which was privately funded by the town's citizens, was to make Cheraw the "Gateway City" of South Carolina with the creation of Cheraw State Park. [9] The park is the largest of the CCC-originated state parks in South ...
Map of the United States with South Carolina highlighted. South Carolina is a state located in the Southern United States.According to the 2020 United States census, South Carolina is the 23rd-most populous state with 5,118,425 inhabitants, [1] but the 11th-smallest by land area spanning 30,060.70 sq mi (77,856.9 km 2) of land. [2]
Along with North Carolina, it makes up the Carolinas region of the East Coast. South Carolina is the 40th-largest and 23rd-most populous U.S. state with a recorded population of 5,118,425 according to the 2020 census. [5] In 2019, its GDP was $213.45 billion. South Carolina is composed of 46 counties.
While most states (39 of the 50) use the term "capitol" for their state's seat of government, Indiana and Ohio use the term "Statehouse" and eight states use "State House": Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Vermont. Delaware has a "Legislative Hall".
The South Carolina Department of Archives and History has maps that show the boundaries of counties, districts, and parishes starting in 1682. [4] Historically, county government in South Carolina has been fairly weak. [5] The 1895 Constitution made no provision for local government, effectively reducing counties to creatures of the state.
Capital of the British Province of South Carolina. 1776: Capitals of the State of South Carolina. Columbia: 1786 South Dakota Statehood in 1889: Saint-Louis San Luis St. Louis (MO) 1765: Capital of the Spanish (though predominantly Francophone) district of Alta Louisiana. 1800: Capital of the French district of la Haute-Louisiane. 1804
U.S. Census Bureau regions and divisions. Since 1950, the United States Census Bureau defines four statistical regions, with nine divisions. [1] [2] The Census Bureau region definition is "widely used... for data collection and analysis", [3] and is the most commonly used classification system.
In 2010, the population of the states that have shoreline on the East Coast was estimated at 112,642,503 (about 36% of the country's total population). New York City is both the largest city and the largest metropolitan area on the East Coast. The East Coast is the most populated coastal area in the United States. [9]