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Sumter County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina.As of the 2020 census, the population was 105,556. [2] Its county seat is Sumter. [3]Sumter County comprises the Sumter, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Columbia-Sumter-Orangeburg, SC Combined Statistical Area. [4]
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.
Lucas filed suit asserting that the restrictions on the use of his lots was a taking of his property without just compensation. The lower court agreed and awarded Lucas $1,232,387.50 as just compensation for the regulatory taking. The government of South Carolina appealed, and the Supreme Court of South Carolina reversed. [2]
South Carolina's corps of natural resources enforcement officers is organized into four regions covering groups of the state's 46 counties and coastal marine shoreline and waters out to 200 miles. A 24-hour toll-free number is maintained for emergencies requiring immediate law enforcement assistance from a natural resources officer.
Thomas McElveen, South Carolina State Senator (2012–2024) Lou-Ann Preble, congresswoman from Tucson, Arizona (1993–2002). Ramon Schwartz Jr., member of South Carolina Legislature and some years as Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives. Martha Priscilla Shaw, mayor of Sumter (1952–1956), first female mayor in South Carolina.
The Fort Sumter Visitor Education Center is located at 340 Concord Street, Liberty Square, Charleston, South Carolina, on the banks of the Cooper River. [3] The center features museum exhibits about the disagreements between the North and South that led to the incidents at Fort Sumter, particularly in South Carolina and Charleston.
Title 63- South Carolina Children's Code Chapter 19 Articles 1-23 established the*South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice and outlined the means and methods by which minors in the state can be prosecuted and subsequently incarcerated if convicted. This chapter was a part of South Carolina House Bill H.4747, passed in 2008, that ...
There are 38 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 1 National Historic Landmark. Another 3 properties were once listed but have been removed. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Davidson County, Tennessee for additional properties in Goodlettsville, a city that spans the county line.