Headnote

COLLETON DISTRICT, situated in the southeast of South Carolina, with St. Helena sound and Cambahee river on the southwest. Area, 2,100 square miles. Seat of justice, Waterborough. Pop. in 1820, 26,373; in 1830, 27,256; in 1840, 25,548 in 1850, 39,508. (Fanning's, 1853)

Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
South Carolina

Colleton District, South Carolina (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
COLLETON DISTRICT, situated in the southeast of South Carolina, with St. Helena sound and Cambahee river on the southwest. Area, 2,100 square miles. Seat of justice, Waterborough. Pop. in 1820, 26,373; in 1830, 27,256; in 1840, 25,548 in 1850, 39,508.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 87.
Name Type
St. Paul's Parish, SC City or Town
Walterboro, SC City or Town
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