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Anderson County

county in South Carolina, United States
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Summary

Anderson County is a county of South Carolina[1]. It draws 591 Wikipedia views per month (county of south carolina category, ranking #11 of 46).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: South Carolina[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Anderson[5]
  • Shares border with: Pickens County[6], Greenville County[7], Laurens County[8], Abbeville County[9], Elbert County[10], Hart County[11], Oconee County[12]
  • Named after: Robert Anderson[13]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Anderson[14], Easley[15]
  • Commons category: Anderson County, South Carolina[16]
  • Inception: December 20, 1826[17]
  • Coordinate location: 34.52, -82.64[18]
  • Official website: http://www.andersoncountysc.org[19], https://www.andersoncountysc.org/[20]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Anderson County, South Carolina[21]
  • Population: 187,126[22], 187,324[23], 188,532[24], 189,357[25], 190,641[26], 194,692[27], 203,718[28]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Anderson County, South Carolina[29]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Anderson County, South Carolina[30]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Anderson County, South Carolina[31]
  • Number of households: 78,636[32]
  • Native label: Anderson County[33]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C110007[34]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Anderson County, South Carolina[35]
  • Different from: Anderson County[36]
  • Area: 1962[37]
  • Water as percent of area: 5.5[38]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Anderson County, South Carolina[39]
  • Located in the statistical territorial entity: Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area[40]
  • Social media followers: 2774[41], 2689[42]

Why It Matters

Anderson County has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

Related Entities

South Carolina United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Anderson County, So
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  2. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Per capita income → {'amount': '+28931'}
    Number of households → {'amount': '+78636'}
    Umls cui → C3813130
    + 34 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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