Back مقاطعة كوليتون (كارولاينا الجنوبية) Arabic Colleton County, South Carolina BAR Колтън (окръг, Южна Каролина) Bulgarian কাল্লেটন কাউন্টি, সাউথ ক্যারোলাইনা BPY Colleton Gông (South Carolina) CDO Коллетон (гуо, Къилба Каролина) CE Colleton County CEB Colleton County, De Carolina Welsh Colleton County German Kantono Colleton (Suda Karolino) Esperanto
Colleton County | |
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 Location within the U.S. state of South Carolina | |
 South Carolina's location within the U.S. | |
| Coordinates: 32°50′N 80°40′W / 32.84°N 80.66°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  South Carolina |
| Founded | 1800 |
| Named for | Sir John Colleton, 1st Baronet |
| Seat | Walterboro |
| Largest community | Walterboro |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,133.28 sq mi (2,935.2 km2) |
| • Land | 1,056.50 sq mi (2,736.3 km2) |
| • Water | 76.78 sq mi (198.9 km2) 6.78% |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 38,604 |
• Estimate (2023) | 38,874 |
| • Density | 36.54/sq mi (14.11/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Congressional districts | 1st, 6th |
| Website | www |
Colleton County is a county in the Lowcountry region of the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 38,604.[1] Its county seat is Walterboro.[2] The county is named after Sir John Colleton, 1st Baronet,[3] one of the eight Lords Proprietor of the Province of Carolina. After two previous incarnations, the current Colleton County was created in 1800.[4]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
2020CensusQuickFactswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. p. 87.
- ^ "South Carolina: Individual County Chronologies". South Carolina Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. The Newberry Library. 2009. Archived from the original on January 3, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2015.