Edgefield District, South Carolina

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former county-level jurisdiction historic district

Edgefield District, South Carolina was a historic 19th-century district in western South Carolina known for producing several prominent political and military leaders of the American South.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Edgefield, South Carolina, United States 2
Edgefield County, South Carolina 1
Edgefield, South Carolina 1

Statements (25)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former county-level jurisdiction ⓘ
historic district ⓘ
associatedWith Southern Democratic political leadership ⓘ
planter elite of South Carolina ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
existedInCentury 19th century ⓘ
governmentType county-level district government ⓘ
hasCapital Edgefield District, South Carolina self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Edgefield, South Carolina
hasLanguage English ⓘ
historicalStatus defunct administrative district ⓘ
knownFor producing prominent military leaders of the American South ⓘ
producing prominent political leaders of the American South ⓘ
locatedIn South Carolina ⓘ
locatedInRegion western South Carolina ⓘ
locatedOnContinent North America ⓘ
namedAfter Edgefield County, South Carolina ⓘ
partOf Southern United States ⓘ
surface form: American South

South Carolina ⓘ
surface form: U.S. state of South Carolina
partOfHistoricalEra Antebellum period ⓘ
surface form: Antebellum South

Reconstruction-era South ⓘ
producedLeaderFrom Confederate States military leadership ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
governorship of South Carolina ⓘ
replacedBy Edgefield County, South Carolina ⓘ
usedAs administrative division of South Carolina ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Thomas Sumter → associatedWith → Edgefield District, South Carolina ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Carolina backcountry
Richmond County, Georgia → borders → Edgefield District, South Carolina ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edgefield County, South Carolina
Edgefield District, South Carolina → hasCapital → Edgefield District, South Carolina self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edgefield, South Carolina
James Longstreet → placeOfBirth → Edgefield District, South Carolina ⓘ
Strom Thurmond → placeOfBirth → Edgefield District, South Carolina ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edgefield, South Carolina, United States
Strom Thurmond → placeOfDeath → Edgefield District, South Carolina ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edgefield, South Carolina, United States