Lancaster

Lancaster is a city in and the county seat of , , United States, located in the . As of the 2020 census, Lancaster had a population of 8,460. The city was named after the famous House of Lancaster.
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Wikipedia
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  • Type: Town with 8,580 residents
  • Description: city in South Carolina, United States
  • Also known as: “Barnetsville”, “Barnettsville”, “Lancaster, SC”, “Lancaster, South Carolina”, and “Lancasterville”
  • Postal codes: 29720-29722

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lancaster County Courthouse and Lancaster County Jail.

Courthouse
Photo: Calvin Beale, Public domain.
is a historic courthouse in Lancaster, South Carolina. Built in 1828, it has been in continuous use since then. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1973, as a possible work of Robert Mills, an important American architect of the first half of the 19th century.

Prison
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The is a historic former jail building at 208 West Gay Street. Built in 1823, it is a virtually unaltered work of the noted early American architect Robert Mills, and reflects innovative changes in jail design promoted by him.

University
The University of South Carolina Lancaster is a public college in Lancaster, South Carolina. It is one of the four regional campuses which make up Palmetto College in the University of South Carolina System. is situated 1½ miles northwest of Lancaster.

Lancaster

Latitude
34.72043° or 34° 43′ 14″ north
Longitude
-80.7709° or 80° 46′ 15″ west
Population
8,580
Elevation
568 feet (173 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US LNW
Open location code
866XP6CH+5J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 154000968
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4584556
Wiki­data ID
Q2276252
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Lancaster” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “لانكستر”
  • Basque: “Lancaster”
  • Catalan: “Lancaster”
  • Cebuano: “Lancaster (kapital sa kondado sa Estados Unidos, South Carolina)”
  • Cebuano: “Lancaster”
  • Chechen: “Ланкастер”
  • Chinese: “Lancaster, South Carolina”
  • Chinese: “Lancaster”
  • Chinese: “兰开斯特”
  • Chinese: “蘭開斯特”
  • Danish: “Lancaster”
  • Dutch: “Lancaster”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “لانكستر”
  • Esperanto: “Lancaster”
  • Esperanto: “Lankastro”
  • French: “Lancaster”
  • German: “Lancaster”
  • Gilaki: “لنکستر”
  • Greek: “Λάνκαστερ”
  • Haitian: “Lancaster, Kawolin disid”
  • Hungarian: “Lancaster”
  • Irish: “Lancaster”
  • Italian: “Lancaster”
  • Japanese: “ランカスター”
  • Ladin: “Lancaster”
  • Malagasy: “Lancaster, South Carolina”
  • Malagasy: “Lancaster”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lancaster”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lancaster”
  • Norwegian: “Lancaster”
  • Persian: “لنکستر، کارولینای جنوبی”
  • Persian: “لنکستر”
  • Polish: “Lancaster”
  • Portuguese: “Lancaster”
  • Russian: “Ланкастер (Южная Каролина)”
  • Russian: “Ланкастер”
  • Serbian: “Ланкастер”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lancaster, South Carolina”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lancaster”
  • South Azerbaijani: “لنکستر، گونئی کارولینا”
  • Spanish: “Lancaster (Carolina del Sur)”
  • Spanish: “Lancaster”
  • Swedish: “Lancaster, South Carolina”
  • Swedish: “Lancaster”
  • Tatar: “Ланкастер (Көньяк Каролина)”
  • Tatar: “Ланкастер”
  • Turkish: “Lancaster, Güney Karolina”
  • Turkish: “Lancaster”
  • Ukrainian: “Ланкастер”
  • Urdu: “لانکیسٹر”
  • Urdu: “لنکاسٹر، جنوبی کیرولائنا”
  • Urdu: “لنکاسٹر، جنوبی کیرولینا”
  • Uzbek: “Lancaster”
  • Volapük: “Lancaster, South Carolina”
  • Volapük: “Lancaster”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Lancaster, South Carolina”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Lancaster”
  • Welsh: “Lancaster, De Carolina”
  • Welsh: “Lancaster”
  • “Lancaster”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Lancaster Historic Courthouse and Lancaster County Admin Building.

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