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Chester County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census , its population was 32,294. [ 1 ] Its county seat is Chester .
Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.73% of the population. There were 892 households, out of which 33.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.1% were married couples living together, 20.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.2% were non-families. 30.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17 ...
Gayle Mill is an unincorporated suburban area on the west side of the city of Chester, the Chester County seat.The CDP is located at (34.704744, -81.236061 U.S. Route 321, which bypasses Chester, passes from north to southeast through the center of Gayle Mill, crossing South Carolina Highway 9, which leads east into the center of the city and west towards Spartanburg.
Chester is a small rural city in Chester County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 5,607 at the 2010 census, [5] down from 6,476 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Chester County. [6] The community was segregated. Many African Americans, including the principal and teachers at Finley School, lived in East Chester. [7]
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.
South Carolina's center of population is 2.4 mi (3.9 km) north of the State House in the city of Columbia. [3]According to the United States Census Bureau, as of 2020, South Carolina had an estimated population of 5,118,425, which is an increase of 493,041, or 10.7%, since the year 2010.
Lowrys is located near the northern border of Chester County at (34.805501, -81.240463 U.S. Route 321 passes through the western side of the town, leading north 15 miles (24 km) to York and south 8 miles (13 km) to Chester.
South Carolina Highway 9 passes through the northeast side of the town, leading west 13 miles (21 km) to Chester, the county seat, and east 16 miles (26 km) to Lancaster. According to the United States Census Bureau , Richburg has a total area of 0.89 square miles (2.3 km 2 ), all of it land.