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Charleston is a city in Charleston County in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It is the county seat and largest city of Charleston County. As of 2021, the city's population is about 151,612. Charleston was the capital of South Carolina until 1786 when Columbia became capital.
Charleston County is located in the U.S. state of South Carolina along the Atlantic coast. As of the 2020 census, the population was 408,235, [1] making it the third-most populous county in South Carolina (behind Greenville and Richland counties). Its county seat is Charleston. [2]
Charleston is the largest and oldest city in the state of South Carolina in the United States of America. Its historic downtown is on a peninsula formed by two rivers, the Ashley and the Cooper, flowing into the Atlantic, and protected from the open ocean by surrounding islands.
Charleston had a population of 150,227 at the 2020 census. The population of the Charleston metropolitan area, comprising Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester counties, was estimated to be 849,417 in 2023. It ranks as the third-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the state, and the 71st-most populous in the United States.
Magnolia Plantation. History In Bloom. Explore America’s oldest (and stunning) public gardens and the Drayton family’s circa 19th century plantation home. Visit The Site. Charleston Museum. Charleston’s Story Starts Here. Get to know the Holy City by exploring an array of permanent and timely exhibits and two historic museum homes. Visit The Site.
The history of Charleston, South Carolina, is one of the longest and most diverse of any community in the United States, spanning hundreds of years of physical settlement beginning in 1670. Charleston was one of leading cities in the South from the colonial era to the Civil War in the 1860s.
May 4, 2016 · 1882 –. Article Images. In its modern configuration, Charleston County is a long sliver of land—mainland and islands— bounded at the north and south by the South Santee and South Edisto Rivers. It has existed only since 1882. 4 minutes to read. (919 sq. miles; 2020 pop. 417,981).
