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Berkeley County is a county in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 229,861. [1] Its county seat is Moncks Corner, and the largest community is Goose Creek. [2] After two previous incarnations of Berkeley County, the current county was created in 1882. [3]
Other historians claim Berkeley County may have been named in honor of Sir William Berkeley (1610–1677) [citation needed], who was born near London, graduated from Oxford University in 1629 and was appointed Governor of Virginia in 1642. He served as Governor until 1652 and was reappointed Governor in 1660.
Location of Berkeley County in South Carolina. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Berkeley County, South Carolina.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States.
Mill Creek Historic District is a national historic district located at Bunker Hill, Berkeley County, West Virginia.It encompasses nine contributing buildings, eight contributing sites, and three contributing objects that relate to an early industrial-commercial center in the county.
Location of Berkeley County in West Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Berkeley County, West Virginia.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Berkeley County, West Virginia, United States.
Goose Creek is located in southern Berkeley County at (32.9955, -80.0289 It is bordered to the east by the Cooper River and the Back River, to the southeast by an outer portion of the city of Charleston , to the southwest by the city of Hanahan and (farther to the west) the city of North Charleston in Charleston County , and to the west by the ...
Richmond Plantation, also known as Girl Scout Plantation, is a national historic district located near Cordesville, Berkeley County, South Carolina.It was built about 1927, and includes a manor house and outbuildings constructed as a hunting lodge for George A. Ellis, a prominent New York financier and co-founder of E. F. Hutton & Co.
The parish system in South Carolina was created by an act of the Commons House of Assembly, commonly called the Church Act, on November 30, 1706. [1] [2] Ten parishes were named within three existing counties (Craven, Berkeley, and Colleton).