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Charleston County

Charleston County is located in the U.S. state of along the Atlantic coast. As of the 2020 census, the population was 408,235, making it the third-most populous county in South Carolina.
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  • Type: county of South Carolina with 350,000 residents
  • Description: county in South Carolina, United States
  • Also known as: “Charleston”, “Charleston County, SC”, “Charleston County, South Carolina”, and “Charleston District”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nathaniel Russell House and Exchange and Provost.

Museum
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The is an architecturally distinguished, early 19th-century house at 51 Meeting Street in , , .

Museum
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The Old Exchange & Provost Dungeon, also known as the Custom House, and The Exchange, is a historic building at East Bay and Broad Streets in . is situated 2 miles northeast of Charleston County.

Church
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The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston, located in . Designed by Brooklyn architect Patrick Keely, the construction of the cathedral started in 1890 to replace a cathedral that burned down in 1861.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Charleston and James Island.

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is the largest and oldest city in the state of in the United States of America. Its historic downtown is on a peninsula formed by two rivers, the Ashley and the Cooper, flowing into the Atlantic, and protected from the open ocean by surrounding islands.

Town
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is a town in Charleston County, , United States. It is located in the central and southern parts of . is included within the Charleston, South Carolina metropolitan area and the Charleston Urbanized Area.

Quarter
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The is a historic district and a section of downtown , , , that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. is situated 2 miles north of Charleston County.

Charleston County

Latitude
32.7492° or 32° 44′ 57″ north
Longitude
-79.942° or 79° 56′ 31″ west
Population
350,000
Elevation
7 feet (2 metres)
Open location code
8742P3X5+M5
Geo­Names ID
4574328
Wiki­data ID
Q181015
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Charleston County” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Charleston County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة تشارلستون”
  • Armenian: “Չառլստոն շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Charleston”
  • Basque: “Charleston konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Charleston County, South Carolina”
  • Bavarian: “Charleston County”
  • Belarusian: “Чарлстан”
  • Bishnupriya: “চার্লসটন কাউন্টি, সাউথ ক্যারোলাইনা”
  • Bishnupriya: “চার্লসটন কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Чарлстън”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Charleston”
  • Cebuano: “Charleston County”
  • Chechen: “Чарлстон (гуо, Къилба Каролина)”
  • Chechen: “Чарлстон”
  • Chinese: “Charleston Kūn”
  • Chinese: “查尔斯顿县”
  • Czech: “Charleston County”
  • Dutch: “Charleston County”
  • Esperanto: “Charleston County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Charleston”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Charleston”
  • Estonian: “Charlestoni maakond”
  • Finnish: “Charlestonin piirikunta”
  • French: “Charleston County”
  • French: “comté de Charleston”
  • French: “Comté de Charleston”
  • Galician: “condado de Charleston”
  • Georgian: “ჩარლსტონის ოლქი”
  • German: “Charleston County”
  • Gilaki: “چارلستون ٚ شأرستان (نسايي کارؤلينا)”
  • Gilaki: “چارلستون ٚ شأرستان”
  • Hungarian: “Charleston megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Charleston, Carolina Theas”
  • Irish: “Contae Charleston”
  • Italian: “Charleston County”
  • Italian: “contea di Charleston”
  • Italian: “Contea di Charleston”
  • Japanese: “チャールストン郡”
  • Korean: “찰스턴군”
  • Low German: “Charleston County”
  • Mazanderani: “چارلستون شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Charleston Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Charleston Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Charleston County”
  • Norwegian: “Charleston County”
  • Ossetian: “Чарлстон (зылд)”
  • Ossetian: “Чарлстон”
  • Persian: “شهرستان چارلستون، کارولینای جنوبی”
  • Persian: “شهرستان چارلستون”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Charleston”
  • Portuguese: “Charleston County”
  • Portuguese: “condado de Charleston”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Charleston”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Charleston, Carolina de Sud”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Charleston”
  • Russian: “Чарлстон”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Charleston”
  • Serbian: “Округ Чарлстон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Charleston County, South Carolina”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Charleston County”
  • Slovenian: “Charleston County”
  • Spanish: “Charleston County”
  • Spanish: “condado de Charleston”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Charleston”
  • Swedish: “Charleston County”
  • Tatar: “Чарлстон (округ, Көньяк Каролина)”
  • Tatar: “Чарлстон”
  • Turkish: “Charleston County, Güney Karolina”
  • Turkish: “Charleston County, S.C.”
  • Turkish: “Charleston County, SC”
  • Turkish: “Charleston County”
  • Turkish: “Charleston ilçesi, Güney Karolina”
  • Turkish: “Charleston ilçesi, S.C.”
  • Turkish: “Charleston ilçesi, SC”
  • Turkish: “Charleston ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Чарлстон”
  • Urdu: “چارلسٹن کاؤنٹی، جنوبی کیرولائنا”
  • Urdu: “چارلسٹن کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Charleston”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Charleston, South Carolina”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Charleston”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Charleston, South Carolina”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Charleston”
  • Welsh: “Charleston County, De Carolina”
  • Welsh: “Charleston County”
  • Western Panjabi: “چارلزٹن کاؤنٹی”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Lakeview of Lawton Bluff and Lawton Bluff.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Dills Bluff and Harbor View Shopping Center.

South Carolina: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Columbia, Charleston, Greenville, and Myrtle Beach.

Curious Places to Discover

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