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The Charleston metropolitan area is an urban area centered around Charleston, South Carolina.The U.S. Office of Management and Budget designates the area as the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area, a metropolitan statistical area used for statistical purposes only by the United States Census Bureau and other federal agencies.
Charleston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, [9] and the principal city in the Charleston metropolitan area. [b] The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint of South Carolina's coastline on Charleston Harbor, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean formed by the confluence of ...
The U.S. state of South Carolina is made up of 46 counties, the maximum allowable by state law. [ 1 ][ 2 ] They range in size from 392 square miles (1,015 square kilometers) in the case of Calhoun County to 1,358 square miles (3,517 square kilometers) in the case of Charleston County. The least populous county is Allendale County, with only ...
Website. www.charlestoncounty.org. Charleston County is located in the U.S. state of South Carolina along the Atlantic coast. As of the 2020 census, the population was 408,235, [ 1 ] making it the third-most populous county in South Carolina (behind Greenville and Richland counties). Its county seat is Charleston. [ 2 ]
Website. www.berkeleycountysc.gov. Berkeley County is a county in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 229,861. [1] Its county seat is Moncks Corner, and the largest community is Goose Creek. [2] After two previous incarnations of Berkeley County, the current county was created in 1882. [3]
1225072 [3] Sales tax. 9.0% [6] Website. www.northcharleston.org. North Charleston is a city in Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester counties in the U.S. state of South Carolina. [1] As of the 2020 census, North Charleston had a population of 114,852, [4] making it the third-most populous city in the state, and the 248th-most populous city in ...
Technically, the Lowcountry is synonymous with the areas with a large population of Gullah Geechee peoples of the region. Gullah Geechee people have traditionally resided in the coastal areas and the sea islands of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida—from Pender County, North Carolina, to St. Johns County, Florida. [11] [12] [13]
The Charleston Historic District, alternatively known as Charleston Old and Historic District, is a National Historic Landmark District in Charleston, South Carolina. [2] [4] The district, which covers most of the historic peninsular heart of the city, contains an unparalleled collection of 18th and 19th-century architecture, including many distinctive Charleston "single houses".