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| | Member Counties of NESA North Eastern Strategic Alliance South Carolina Economic Development Partnership (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) |
 | | The ten county NESA area makes up approximately 25% of South Carolina's land mass, had over 14 billion dollars in gross sales in 2000, has a labor force of about 318,000, and is home to over 1,000 companies. |
 | | The county seat is the town of Chesterfield, but the oldest town in the county is Cheraw, which was settled around 1748. |
 | | Marion County and its county seat, the town of Marion, were named for Revolutionary War general Francis Marion (1732-1795), known as the "Swamp Fox." In 1785 Liberty County was created as a part of Georgetown District; renamed Marion, it became a separate district in 1800. |
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