Richland County, South Carolina Genealogy
Guide to Richland County, South Carolina Genealogy ancestry, family history and genealogy court records, deeds, maps, immigration, maps, military records, newspapers, obituaries, plantations, probate records, slaves, local archives, libraries, museums, churches, cemeteries, and Civil War records.
| Richland County, South Carolina | |
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 Location in the state of South Carolina, United States Genealogy | |
 Location of South Carolina in the U.S. | |
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| Founded | 1799 |
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| County Seat | Columbia |
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Contents
County Information[edit | edit source]
Description[edit | edit source]
Richland County was probably named for its "rich land." The County is located in the central area of the state.[1]
Richland County, South Carolina Record Dates[edit | edit source]
| Birth* | Marriage | Death* | Court | Land | Probate | Census |
| 1915 | 1911 | 1915 | 1793 | 1865 | 1787 | 1790 |
Maps[edit | edit source]
- FamilySearch Places:Cities and Towns- How to Use FS Places
for more resources
County Courthouse[edit | edit source]
Richland County Courthouse
1701 Main Street
Columbia, South Carolina 29202
Clerk of Court
1701 Main St., Room 205
Columbia, SC 29202
Phone: 803-576-1950
Probate Court
1701 Main St. Suite 207
Columbia, SC 29201
Court Records
Register of Deeds
1701 Main St.
P.O. Box 192
Columbia, SC 29202
Phone: 803-576-1910
Land Records, Probate and Marriage Records
Hours:
8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday - Friday
Historical Facts[edit | edit source]
The county is named after its rich soil.[3]
Parent County[edit | edit source]
1799--Richland County was created in 1799 from Kershaw District.
County seat: Columbia [4]
County Pronunciation[edit | edit source]
Boundary Changes[edit | edit source]
For animated maps illustrating South Carolina county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation South Carolina County Boundary Maps" (1682-1987) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.
Record Loss[edit | edit source]
- A fire during the federal occupation of Columbia in February 1865 destroyed the courthouse and most of the records in it. Most of the equity and probate records, however, had been safely removed. Deed books suffered heavy record losses. Records of Columbia Equity Circuit District are housed in Richland County.
Places/Localities[edit | edit source]
Populated Places[edit | edit source]
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:[6]
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Neighboring Counties[edit | edit source]
Calhoun | Fairfield | Kershaw | Lexington | Newberry | Sumter
Resources[edit | edit source]
Cemeteries[edit | edit source]
| Tombstone Transcriptions Online | Tombstone Transcriptions in Print | List of Cemeteries in the county |
| Findagrave.com | Family History Library | Findagrave.com |
| SCGenWeb | WorldCat | Billion Graves |
| SCGenWeb Archives | FamilySearch Places | |
| Tombstone Project | ||
| Billion Graves | ||
| See South Carolina Cemeteries for more information. | ||
Census[edit | edit source]
| Historical populations | ||
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| Census | Pop. | %± |
| 1790 | 3,930 | — |
| 1800 | 6,097 | 55.1% |
| 1810 | 9,027 | 48.1% |
| 1820 | 12,321 | 36.5% |
| 1830 | 14,772 | 19.9% |
| 1840 | 16,397 | 11.0% |
| 1850 | 20,243 | 23.5% |
| 1860 | 18,307 | −9.6% |
| 1870 | 23,025 | 25.8% |
| 1880 | 28,573 | 24.1% |
| 1890 | 36,821 | 28.9% |
| 1900 | 45,589 | 23.8% |
| 1910 | 55,143 | 21.0% |
| 1920 | 78,122 | 41.7% |
| 1930 | 87,667 | 12.2% |
| 1940 | 104,843 | 19.6% |
| 1950 | 142,565 | 36.0% |
| 1960 | 200,102 | 40.4% |
| 1970 | 233,868 | 16.9% |
| 1980 | 269,735 | 15.3% |
| 1990 | 285,720 | 5.9% |
| 2000 | 320,677 | 12.2% |
| 2010 | 384,504 | 19.9% |
| Source: "Wikipedia.org". | ||
Church Records[edit | edit source]
List of Churches and Church Parishes
Websites[edit | edit source]
- Richland County, SC History, Records, Facts and Genealogy (Genealogy Inc)
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Richland, South Carolina," in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richland_County,_South_Carolina. accessed 15/07/2019
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Richland County, South Carolina. Page 611-615 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002; Alice Eichholz, ed. Ancestry’s Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources, Third ed. (Provo, Utah: Ancestry, 2004), 607-608.
- ↑ "List of counties in South Carolina," Wikipedia.
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
- ↑ Voice of Phillip Stalvey, resident of Myrtle Beach, S.C. (2011).
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Richland County, South Carolina," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richland_County,_South_Carolina, accessed 28 December 2019.
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