Dorchester County

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administrative division county

Dorchester County is a county in South Carolina known for its proximity to Charleston and its mix of historic communities and rapidly growing suburban areas.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Dorchester County, South Carolina 0

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division ⓘ
county ⓘ
areaCode 843 ⓘ
854 ⓘ
borderedBy Bamberg County, South Carolina ⓘ
Berkeley County, South Carolina ⓘ
Charleston County, South Carolina ⓘ
Colleton County, South Carolina ⓘ
Orangeburg County, South Carolina ⓘ
characterizedBy historic communities ⓘ
rapidly growing suburban areas ⓘ
contains Ashley River Historic District ⓘ
Colonial Dorchester State Historic Site ⓘ
Dorchester, South Carolina ⓘ
Givhans Ferry State Park ⓘ
Harleyville, South Carolina ⓘ
Middleton Place Gardens ⓘ
surface form: Middleton Place

Reevesville, South Carolina ⓘ
Ridgeville, South Carolina ⓘ
St. George, South Carolina ⓘ
Summerville, South Carolina ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
countySeat St. George, South Carolina ⓘ
crossedBy Ashley River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Edisto River ⓘ
FIPSCode 45035 ⓘ
GNISID 1221913 ⓘ
governmentType county council ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver unincorporated communities in Dorchester County, South Carolina ⓘ
hasSchoolDistrict Dorchester School District Four ⓘ
Dorchester School District Two ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.dorchestercountysc.gov/ ⓘ
largestCity Summerville, South Carolina ⓘ
locatedIn South Carolina ⓘ
namedAfter Dorchester ⓘ
surface form: Dorchester, Massachusetts
observesDaylightSavingTime yes ⓘ
partOf Lowcountry of South Carolina ⓘ
surface form: Lowcountry
partOfMetropolitanArea Charleston ⓘ
surface form: Charleston–North Charleston metropolitan area
postalAbbreviation SC ⓘ
proximityTo Charleston ⓘ
surface form: Charleston, South Carolina
region Southern United States ⓘ
surface form: Southeastern United States
representedIn South Carolina House of Representatives ⓘ
South Carolina Senate ⓘ
U.S. House of Representatives NERFINISHED ⓘ
seat St. George, South Carolina ⓘ
state South Carolina ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

subject surface form: North Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston → locatedIn → Dorchester County ⓘ