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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Lexington County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 293,991, and the 2021 population estimate was 300,137. Its county seat and largest town is Lexington. The county was chartered in 1785 and was named in commemoration of Lexington, Massachusetts, the site of the Battle of Lexington in the American Revolutionary War. Lexington County is the sixth-largest county in South Carolina by population and is part of the Columbia, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Timeline
Date | Event | Source
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1800 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1804 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1809 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1810 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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1839 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1911 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1915 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1920 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year | Population
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1810 | 6,641
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1820 | 8,083
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1830 | 9,065
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1840 | 12,111
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1850 | 12,930
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1860 | 15,579
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1870 | 12,988
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1880 | 18,564
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1890 | 22,181
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1900 | 27,264
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1910 | 32,040
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1920 | 35,676
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1930 | 36,494
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1940 | 35,994
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1950 | 44,279
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1960 | 60,726
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1970 | 89,012
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1980 | 140,353
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1990 | 167,611
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Research Tips
External links
- Outstanding guide to Lexington County family history and genealogy resources (FamilySearch Research Wiki). Birth, marriage, and death records, censuses, wills, deeds, county histories, cemeteries, churches, newspapers, libraries, and genealogical societies.
- www.lex-co.com/my_lex.html
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