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Created by the act of the South Carolina Legislature on Febuary 25, 1897, Bamberg County was named in honor of General Francis Marion Bamberg. Bamberg was the grandson of a Prussian emigrant and served as a Private in Hart's Battery of light artillery during the Civil War and later served as Brigadier General on the staff of Governor Wade Hampton.
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Bamberg County is located in the southwestern coastal plains of South Carolina. Bamberg County is bordered by Allendale, Barnwell, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton and Orangeburg Counties.
The Edisto River is Bamberg County's boundary on the northeast, the Salkehatchie River on the southwest with the Little Salkehatchie River runs through the middle of the county.
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Statistics & Facts
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- The population of Bamberg County is approximately 16,902 as of the 1990 Census.
- Bamberg - 3,843
- Denmark - 3,762
- Ehrhardt - 442
- Govan - 84
- Olar - 391
- Terrain - gently sloping hills in the western two-fifths and generally level land in the south and east.
- Land area - 395 Square Miles.
- Mean Elevation - 188 feet above sea level .
- Mean Temperatures - 68.0 degrees
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Education
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Bamberg County has 5 public schools (Grades K-12) with approximately 219 teachers and 3,595 students.
Voorhees College, in Denmark, SC, offers four-year liberal arts degrees.
The enrollment at Voorhees is approximately 600 students.
Denmark Technical College is a two-year, residential, vocational training school offering transferable associate degree programs. Denmark Tech's enrollment is approximately 700 students.
Bamberg Job Corp Center and the Bamberg County Adult Development Center offer vocational traning for specially qualified individuals.
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Government and Local Information
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Bamberg
County
P.O. Box 179
Bamberg, SC 29003
843-245-3003
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