Aiken County, South Carolina Genealogy
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The County Page highlight Continues…. This week the Aiken County, SC Genealogy resource page. Aiken County was created in 1871 from Edgefield, Orangeburg, Barnwell and Lexington Counties. It was named for the president of the South Carolina railroad, William Aiken. The town of Aiken was established as a depot on the South Carolina rail line between Hamburg (on the Savannah River) and Charleston, this would become the county seat. In the 1870s the area became a resort for the well to do from the north. The Savannah River Site was established in Aiken County in 1950 as a nuclear bomb plant.
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Aiken County is served by the Aiken-Barnwell Genealogical Society.
Aiken-Barnwell Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 415
Aiken, SC 29802
Aiken County Courthouse Aiken County
828 Richland Avenue, W.
County Courthouse
Aiken, SC 29801
The Aiken County SCGenweb Site may also be useful.
Cities and towns of Aiken County are as follows:
Aiken (County Seat)
Bath
Beech Island
Belvedere
Berlin
Bethcar
Breeze Hill
Burnettown
Clearwater
Dunbarton
Gloverville
Graniteville
H L Crossroads
Jackson
Johnstown
Kitchings Mill
Langley
Mixville
Monetta
Montmorenci
New Ellenton
New Holland
North Augusta
Perry
Rocky Springs
Salley
Savannah River Plant
Seivern
Stiefeltown
Vaucluse
Wagener
Warrenville
Windsor
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