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Pickens County

county in South Carolina, United States
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Summary

Pickens County is a county of South Carolina[1]. It draws 697 Wikipedia views per month (county of south carolina category, ranking #9 of 46).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: South Carolina[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Pickens[5]
  • Shares border with: Transylvania County[6], Anderson County[7], Greenville County[8], Oconee County[9]
  • Named after: Andrew Pickens[10]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Pickens[11], Easley[12], Norris[13]
  • Commons category: Pickens County, South Carolina[14]
  • Inception: 1826[15]
  • Coordinate location: 34.89, -82.72[16]
  • Official website: http://www.co.pickens.sc.us[17]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Pickens County, South Carolina[18]
  • Population: 119,224[19], 119,210[20], 119,448[21], 119,745[22], 119,829[23], 121,691[24], 131,404[25]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Pickens County, South Carolina[26]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Pickens County, South Carolina[27]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Pickens County, South Carolina[28]
  • Number of households: 48,522[29]
  • Native label: Pickens County[30]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C110042[31]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Pickens County, South Carolina[32]
  • Different from: Pickens County[33]
  • Area: 1326[34]
  • Water as percent of area: 3.1[35]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Pickens County, South Carolina[36]
  • Located in the statistical territorial entity: Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area[37]
  • Per capita income: 28,382[38]

Why It Matters

Pickens County has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

Related Entities

South Carolina United States

References

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Class ancestry

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  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1826-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Named after → —
    Located in → —
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → Pickens, Easley, Norris
    + 34 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Pickens County, South Carolina.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States pre"
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