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.
dorchestercounty.net
Wikipedia
Photo: Bplusdminus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: County with 137,000 residents
  • Description: county in South Carolina, United States
  • Also known as: “Dorchester County”, “Dorchester County i Sør-Carolina”, “Dorchester County, S.C.”, “Dorchester County, SC”, “Dorchester County, South Carolina”, “Dorchester ilçesi, Güney Karolina”, “Dorchester ilçesi, S.C.”, “Dorchester ilçesi, SC”, “Okrožje Dorchester”, and “Quận Dorchester, Nam Carolina”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ridgeville.

Village
is a town in Dorchester County, , United States.

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
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

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: “多切斯特县”
  • Chinese: “多徹斯特縣”
  • Chinese: “多徹斯特郡”
  • Dutch: “Dorchester County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Dorchester”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Dorchester”
  • Estonian: “Dorchesteri maakond”
  • Finnish: “Dorchesterin piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Dorchester”
  • French: “Comté de Dorchester”
  • 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”
  • 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”
  • 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”
  • 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”
  • Spanish: “condado de Dorchester”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Dorchester”
  • Swedish: “Dorchester County, South Carolina”
  • Swedish: “Dorchester County”
  • Tatar: “Дорчестер (округ, Көньяк Каролина)”
  • Tatar: “Дорчестер”
  • Turkish: “Dorchester County, Güney Karolina”
  • Turkish: “Dorchester ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Дорчестер”
  • Urdu: “ڈورچیسٹر کاؤنٹی، جنوبی کیرولائنا”
  • Venetian: “contea de Dorchester”
  • 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”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Dorchester”.

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Givhans and Summerset Acres.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Cummings Chapel Cemetery and Cummings Chapel.

South Carolina: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Columbia and Charleston.

Curious Places to Discover

Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.