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Dorchester

Dorchester County is located in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, the population was 161,540. Its county seat is . The county was created on February 25, 1897 by an act of the South Carolina General Assembly.
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  • Type: County with 137,000 residents
  • Description: county in South Carolina, United States
  • Also known as: “Dorchester County”, “Dorchester County, SC”, and “Dorchester County, South Carolina”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ridgeville.

Village
is a town in Dorchester County, , United States. The population was 1,672 at the 2020 census, down from 1,979 at the 2010 census and below the level of 2000.

Dorchester

Latitude
33.0756° or 33° 4′ 32″ north
Longitude
-80.3431° or 80° 20′ 35″ west
Population
137,000
Elevation
36 feet (11 metres)
Open location code
865X3MG4+7Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316990188
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4576822
Wiki­data ID
Q502431
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Dorchester” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Dorchester County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة دورشستر”
  • Armenian: “Դորչեստեր շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Dorchester”
  • Basque: “Dorchester konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Dorchester County, South Carolina”
  • Bavarian: “Dorchester County”
  • Bishnupriya: “ডোরচেস্টার কাউন্টি, সাউথ ক্যারোলাইনা”
  • Bishnupriya: “ডোরচেস্টার কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Дорсет”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Dorchester”
  • Catalan: “Comtat de Dorchester”
  • Cebuano: “Dorchester County”
  • Chechen: “Дорчестер (гуо, Къилба Каролина)”
  • Chechen: “Дорчестер”
  • Chinese: “Dorchester Kūn”
  • Chinese: “多切斯特县”
  • Chinese: “多徹斯特縣”
  • Chinese: “多徹斯特郡”
  • Dutch: “Dorchester County”
  • Esperanto: “Dorchester County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Dorchester”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Dorchester”
  • Estonian: “Dorchesteri maakond”
  • Finnish: “Dorchesterin piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Dorchester”
  • French: “Comté de Dorchester”
  • French: “Dorchester County”
  • Georgian: “დორჩესტერის ოლქი”
  • German: “Dorchester County”
  • Gilaki: “دورچستر ٚ شأرستان (نسايي کارؤلينا)”
  • Gilaki: “دورچستر ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Ντόρτσεστερ”
  • Hungarian: “Dorchester megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Dorchester, Carolina Theas”
  • Irish: “Contae Dorchester”
  • Italian: “contea di Dorchester”
  • Italian: “Contea di Dorchester”
  • Italian: “Dorchester County”
  • Japanese: “ドーチェスター郡”
  • Korean: “도체스터군”
  • Low German: “Dorchester County”
  • Mazanderani: “دورچستر شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Dorchester Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Dorchester Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dorchester County i Sør-Carolina”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dorchester County”
  • Norwegian: “Dorchester County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان دارچستر، کارولینای جنوبی”
  • Persian: “شهرستان دارچستر”
  • Persian: “شهرستان دورچستر”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Dorchester”
  • Portuguese: “condado de Dorchester”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Dorchester”
  • Portuguese: “Dorchester County”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Dorchester, Carolina de Sud”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Dorchester”
  • Russian: “Дорчестер”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Dorchester”
  • Serbian: “Округ Дорчестер”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Dorchester County, South Carolina”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Dorchester County”
  • Slovenian: “Dorchester County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Dorchester”
  • Spanish: “condado de Dorchester”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Dorchester”
  • Spanish: “Dorchester County”
  • Swedish: “Dorchester County, South Carolina”
  • Swedish: “Dorchester County”
  • Tatar: “Дорчестер (округ, Көньяк Каролина)”
  • Tatar: “Дорчестер”
  • Turkish: “Dorchester County, Güney Karolina”
  • Turkish: “Dorchester County, S.C.”
  • Turkish: “Dorchester County, SC”
  • Turkish: “Dorchester County”
  • Turkish: “Dorchester ilçesi, Güney Karolina”
  • Turkish: “Dorchester ilçesi, S.C.”
  • Turkish: “Dorchester ilçesi, SC”
  • Turkish: “Dorchester ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Дорчестер”
  • Urdu: “ڈورچیسٹر کاؤنٹی، جنوبی کیرولائنا”
  • Venetian: “contea de Dorchester”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Dorchester, Nam Carolina”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Dorchester, South Carolina”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Dorchester”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Dorchester, South Carolina”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Dorchester”
  • Welsh: “Dorchester County, De Carolina”
  • Welsh: “Dorchester County”
  • Western Panjabi: “ڈورچسٹر کاؤنٹی، ساؤتھ کیرولائنا”
  • Western Panjabi: “ڈورچسٹر کاؤنٹی”

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