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English: This is a locator map showing Kershaw County in South Carolina. For more information, see Commons:United States county locator maps. Date: 12 February 2006:
Kershaw County was named for Col. Joseph Kershaw (1727–1791), an early settler considered as "the father of Camden". Originally part of Camden District, Kershaw County was formed in 1791 from parts of Claremont, Lancaster, Fairfield, and Richland counties. The county seat is Camden, the oldest inland city in South Carolina.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Kershaw County, South Carolina, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map. [1]
Bethune is located in northeastern Kershaw County at (34.414881, -80.347414), [7] 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Camden, the county seat, and 35 miles (56 km) southwest of Cheraw along U.S. Route South Carolina Highway 341 (Main Street) crosses US 1 in the center of town; it leads northwest 17 miles (27 km) to Kershaw and south 16 miles (26 km ...
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.
Kershaw is a town in Lancaster County, South Carolina, United States. It was incorporated in 1888. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,803, [5] and as of 2019 the estimated population was 2,321. The Haile Gold Mine, where gold was discovered in 1825, is 3 miles (5 km) from town and was at one time the largest single producer of gold in ...
Elgin is located in southwestern Kershaw County at (34.169773, -80.791782), [6] along U.S. Route 1, which leads southwest to Columbia and northeast 12 miles (19 km) to Camden, the county According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 1.06 square miles (2.74 km 2 ), all land.
City of Camden Historic District is a national historic district located at Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina. The district encompasses 48 contributing buildings, 8 contributing sites, 2 contributing structures, and 3 contributing objects in Camden. The district is mostly residential but also include public buildings, a church, and a cemetery.