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Abbeville County, South Carolina

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
16historic places
—earliest paper
1785formed
24,295pop. 2020
49cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 16 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1970; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Abbeville, Due West, Donalds.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for South Carolina is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Abbeville titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

9 of 16 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

16 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Abbeville County CourthouseAbbevilleBuilding1981
Abbeville County Training SchoolAbbevilleBuilding2022
Abbeville Historic DistrictAbbevilleDistrict1972
Abbeville Historic District (Boundary Decrease)AbbevilleDistrict1972
Abbeville Historic District (Boundary Increase)AbbevilleDistrict1984
Abbeville Opera HouseAbbevilleBuilding1970
Burt, Armistead, House NHLAbbevilleBuilding1970
Calhoun, Patrick, Family CemeteryAbbevilleStructure1975
Cedar Springs Historic DistrictAbbevilleDistrict1982
Donalds Grange No. 497DonaldsBuilding1995
Erskine College-Due West Historic DistrictDue WestDistrict1982
Harbison College President's HomeAbbevilleBuilding1983
Lindsay CemeteryDue WestSite2009
Trinity Episcopal Church and CemeteryAbbevilleBuilding1971
Upper Long Cane CemeteryAbbevilleSite2010
Young PlaceDue WestBuilding1974

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Abbeville was formed in 1785 (1785-03-12) from unknown / original county.

ABBEVILLE created in Ninety-Six District; Non-County Area 2 (former Cherokee and Creek lands) was attached to ABBEVILLE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Abbeville County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).

47k28k9,197179018001840188019101920196020002020
17901800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
9,19713,55323,16729,35132,38540,81533,40027,13922,93122,45621,41722,62726,16724,295

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

49 cemeteries and 17 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 49 of 49 listed
NameLatLon
Aiken Cemetery34.24928-82.32845
Ashley Cemetery34.31455-82.46596
Bells Chapel Cemetery34.25538-82.55568
Bethiah Cemetery34.06178-82.37568
Bethlehem Cemetery34.29539-82.37679
Big Adams Cemetery34.1615-82.25845
Calhoun Cemetery34.06416-82.44472
Daniels Cemetery34.22455-82.60235
Donalds Cemetery34.37983-82.35067
Due West Cemetery34.33455-82.38845
Due West Cemetery34.33427-82.38262
Duncan Cemetery34.36427-82.46568
Ebeneezer Cemetery34.18706-82.27929
Gilgal Cemetery34.2765-82.34957
Harpers Cemetery (historical)34.1626-82.71735
Hester Cemetery34.064-82.58735
Hobson Cemetery34.19205-82.3829
Kay Cemetery34.41455-82.3779
Keowee Cemetery34.38955-82.42345
Lebanon Cemetery34.11483-82.4179
Little Adams Cemetery34.14484-82.27234
Little Mountain Cemetery34.25927-82.49318
Little River Cemetery34.34622-82.45484
Long Cane Cemetery34.12317-82.32123
McClain Cemetery34.37094-82.3929
Melrose Cemetery34.18928-82.40151
Midway Cemetery34.2451-82.56374
Old Gilgal Cemetery34.28261-82.34623
Old McCalla Cemetery34.15011-82.68346
Old Rocky River Cemetery34.16094-82.57013
Old Zion Cemetery34.19677-82.42901
Powers Cemetery34.22038-82.56846
Providence Cemetery34.2101-82.64929
Ridge Cemetery34.17066-82.69819
Rocky River Cemetery34.29705-82.6029
Rocky River Cemetery34.15927-82.53763
Saint John Cemetery34.2165-82.26845
Saint Johns Cemetery34.19677-82.61402
Salem Cemetery34.12955-82.59207
Salem Cemetery34.19344-82.29318
Sharon Cemetery34.13094-82.44735
Shiloh Cemetery34.29455-82.5254
Smyrna Cemetery34.2254-82.66491
Tolbert Cemetery34.1765-82.27679
Trinity Cemetery34.17539-82.38179
Turkey Creek Cemetery34.39233-82.27623
Upper Long Cane Cemetery34.20428-82.39151
Warrenton Cemetery34.15177-82.47985
Winona Cemetery34.3665-82.3829
Historical populated places — 17 of 17
NameLatLon
Cana34.1404-82.27512
Chesnut Hill34.11539-82.50402
Crosby34.43067-82.38429
Dann34.3965-82.36401
Diamond Hill Spring34.21066-82.71236
Dover34.23567-82.48179
Dresden34.10956-82.53513
Duke34.21261-82.70291
Hammett34.36484-82.32707
Long Cane34.14845-82.33235
Millers Grove34.16679-82.27651
Millwood34.06456-82.62624
Monterey34.16761-82.54013
Murray34.41206-82.37429
Rocky River34.16928-82.62624
Smithville34.19345-82.27012
The Hook34.35289-82.41318

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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