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| | Aiken County, South Carolina (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10) |
 | | Aiken County and its county seat, the town of Aiken, were named for William Aiken (1806-1831), president of the South Carolina Railroad. |
 | | Aiken County is the only county in the United States named "Aiken." Formed in 1871 by combining portions of Edgefield, Lexington, Orangeburg, and Barnwell counties, Aiken County was named for William Aiken, who was the first president of the South Carolina Railroad and Canal Company. |
 | | Aiken County, formed from Edgefield, Barnwell, Lexington, and Orangeburg counties in 1871, territory originally in old Edgefield and Barnwell districts, was named for William Aiken, father of Governor Aiken, first president of the South Carolina railroad, and is situated in the west central sand hills. |
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