Beaufort County
county in South Carolina, United States
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Summary
Beaufort County is a county of South Carolina[1]. It draws 847 Wikipedia views per month (county of south carolina category, ranking #6 of 46).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: GovAI Coalition[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: South Carolina[4]
- Country: United States[5]
- Capital: Beaufort[6]
- Shares border with: Colleton County[7], Jasper County[8], Hampton County[9]
- Named after: Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort[10]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Beaufort[11]
- Commons category: Beaufort County, South Carolina[12]
- Inception: 1764[13]
- Official website: http://www.bcgov.net[14], https://www.beaufortcountysc.gov/[15]
- Topic's main category: Category:Beaufort County, South Carolina[16]
- Population: 162,233[17], 162,963[18], 164,217[19], 168,016[20], 171,838[21], 179,589[22], 187,117[23]
- List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Beaufort County, South Carolina[24]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Beaufort County, South Carolina[25]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Beaufort County, South Carolina[26]
- Number of households: 76,373[27], 74,231[28]
- Native label: Beaufort County[29]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C110010[30]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Beaufort County, South Carolina[31]
- Different from: Beaufort County[32]
- Area: 2390 km²[33]
- Water as percent of area: 38 percent[34]
- Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Beaufort County, South Carolina[35]
- Located in the statistical territorial entity: Hilton Head Island–Bluffton–Port Royal metropolitan area[36]
- Social media followers: 4054[37], 3613[38]
Why It Matters
Beaufort County has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]