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| | History of Sumter County, South Carolina |
 | | The region was organized as Sumter District when the legislature of South Carolina united three of the counties of Camden District, namely, Claremont, Clarendon, and Salem; and on the first day of January in the year 1800, the district began to function in the administration of justice through circuit courts. |
 | | The county seat of Sumter is complimented by the nearby Sumter County communities of Pinewood, Mayesville, Dalzell, Stateburg, Oswego, Wedgefield, Rembert, Horatio, and Rimini. |
 | | Located in the heart of South Carolina, Sumter is 44 miles southeast of Columbia, 110 miles northwest of Charleston, 90 miles west of Myrtle Beach, and 145 miles southeast of Greenville, South Carolina. |
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