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Dorchester County

county in South Carolina, United States
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Summary

Dorchester County is a county of South Carolina[1]. It draws 577 Wikipedia views per month (county of south carolina category, ranking #22 of 46).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: South Carolina[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: St. George[5]
  • Shares border with: Berkeley County[6], Bamberg County[7], Charleston County[8], Colleton County[9], Orangeburg County[10]
  • Named after: Dorchester[11]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: St. George[12]
  • Commons category: Dorchester County, South Carolina[13]
  • Inception: 1897[14]
  • Coordinate location: 33.08, -80.4[15]
  • Official website: http://www.dorchestercounty.net[16]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Dorchester County, South Carolina[17]
  • Population: 136,555[18], 137,651[19], 139,911[20], 142,490[21], 145,397[22], 152,478[23], 161,540[24]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Dorchester County, South Carolina[25]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Dorchester County, South Carolina[26]
  • Category for people who died here: Q111342890[27]
  • Number of households: 56,939[28]
  • Native label: Dorchester County[29]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C110021[30]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Dorchester County, South Carolina[31]
  • Different from: Dorchester County[32]
  • Area: 1494[33]
  • Water as percent of area: 0.4[34]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Dorchester County, South Carolina[35]
  • Category for the view of the item: Category:Views of Dorchester County, South Carolina[36]
  • Per capita income: 29,856[37]

Why It Matters

Dorchester County has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

Related Entities

South Carolina United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Dorchester County,
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Dorchester County, South Carolina.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States "
  2. 21w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Umls cui → C3811825
    Obo gazetteer id → 00006429
    Taxonomicon id → 1807527
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  3. 21w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → —
    Area → {'amount': '+1494'}
    Capital → —
    Country → United States
    + 31 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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