
| South Carolina County Formation years | ||||||||||||||
| 1682 | 1685 | 1691 | 1706 | 1708 | 1712 | 1717 | 1721 | 1722 | 1731 | 1733 | 1734 | 1735 | 1737 | 1745 |
| 1747 | 1751 | 1754 | 1757 | 1761 | 1765 | 1767 | 1768 | 1769 | 1770 | 1775 | 1778 | 1785 | 1786 | 1788 |
| 1789 | 1791 | 1792 | 1797 | 1798 | 1799 | 1800 | 1801 | 1804 | 1805 | 1807 | 1816 | 1826 | 1832 | 1855 |
| 1857 | 1868 | 1871 | 1874 | 1878 | 1882 | 1888 | 1889 | 1893 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1901 | 1902 |
| 1904 | 1908 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1916 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1951 | 1953 | 1962 |
| 1967 | 1975 | 1977 | 1979 | 1987 | ||||||||||
| South Carolina Census Year with Modern Map overlayed: | ||||||||||||||
| 1790 | 1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 |
| South Carolina Map Abbreviations | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| unorg. = unorganized g. = gained w. = with fr. = from atmt. = attachment exch = exchanged nca.= non county area ch. = changed Ab - Abbeville Ai - Aiken |
Al - Allendale An - Anderson Bam - Bamberg Bar - Barnwell Bea - Beaufort Ber - Berkeley Cal - Calhoun Cdn - Clarendon Cfd - Chesterfield Cha - Charleston Co - Colleton |
Crk - Cherokee Ctr - Chester Da - Darlington Di - Dillon Do - Dorchester Ed - Edgefield Fa - Fairfield Fl - Florence Ge - Georgetown Gvl - Greenville Gwd - Greenwood |
Ha - Hampton Ho - Horry Ja - Jasper Ke - Kershaw Lan - Lancaster Lau - Laurens Lee - Lee Lex - Lexington McC - McCormick Ml - Marlboro Mrn - Marion |
New - Newberry Obg - Orangeburg Oc - Oconee Pks - Pickens Ri - Richland Sld - Saluda Sp - Spartanburg Su - Sumter Un - Union Wil - Williamsburg Yo - York |
These are scanned from the original copies so you can see the South Carolina and South Carolina counties as our ancestors saw them over a hundred years ago. Some South Carolina maps years (not all) have cities, railroads, P.O. locations, township outlines and other features useful to the avid genealogist in South Carolina.
Images are between 1 meg and 5 megs in size so allow a few moments to load if you are using a dial-up connection. Disclaimer: All South Carolina maps are free to use for your own genealogical purposes and may not be reproduced for resale or distribution.
Source: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
South Carolina Maps