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Situated along the Savannah River, Aiken County shares its name with its county seat. An equestrian-enthusiast’s paradise, Aiken County is home to a polo club and a prominent horse racing scene with its own Triple Crown.

Situated along the Savannah River, Aiken County shares its name with its county seat. An equestrian-enthusiast’s paradise, Aiken County is home to a polo club and a prominent horse racing scene with its own Triple Crown. The area is also known for agriculture, especially the cultivation of soybeans, hay, peaches, and corn. As of 2010, about 160,000 people resided in Aiken County.

In 1871, lands previously belonging to Edgefield, Lexington, Barnwell, and Orangeburg counties were merged to create Aiken County. The area began to serve as a vacation destination frequented by visitors from the Northern United States in the late 19th century. William Aiken, the county and county seat’s namesake, was the president of the South Carolina Railroad.

Aiken County: About Aiken County. Accessed June 01, 2016. 

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The Town Of Ellenton | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The Town Of Ellenton | History Of SC Slide Collection
Episode 9
Ellenton, one of several towns that was moved in order to make room for the Savannah River Plant (see South Carolina Enters The Nuclear Age). Here Herbert Harden, Railway Express Agent, moves bundles...
The Highland Park Hotel | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The Highland Park Hotel | History Of SC Slide Collection
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The Highland Park Hotel was an important part of the "Winter Colony" of Aiken, photographed here in February of 1894. Built in 1866, the hotel provided luxury accommodations for wealthy visitors from...
The Graniteville Mill | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The Graniteville Mill | History Of SC Slide Collection
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The Graniteville Mill, built by William Gregg (see William Gregg) in 1846, was one of the first cotton textile mills in the South, and laid the basis for the expansion of South Carolina's textile...
Asparagus | South Carolina Public Radio

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Asparagus | South Carolina Public Radio
"A" is for Asparagus. Asparagus was an important cash crop in South Carolina from the 1910s until the mid-1930s. With cotton prices low and the boll weevil creeping closer, farmers in the "Ridge"...
Long, William Williams | South Carolina Public Radio

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Long, William Williams | South Carolina Public Radio
“L” is for Long, William Williams [1861-1934]. Agriculturalist. A native North Carolinian, Long worked his family farm before joining the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Plant Industry. He...
Pebble Lodge in Aiken | History of SC Slide Collection

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Pebble Lodge in Aiken | History of SC Slide Collection
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Pebble Lodge in Aiken, home of Miss Elizabeth League, was photographed around 1900. The Queen Anne style of this house was popular around 1880-1910. Courtesy of the Aiken County Historical Museum.
Log Cabin in Aiken | History of SC Slide Collection

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Log Cabin in Aiken | History of SC Slide Collection
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This log cabin in Aiken, photographed in 1896, has an external stone chimney. Its wooden shingle roof and construction (quite possibly using notched logs) represent the most common folk housing of the...
Jane Bruce Guignard | History of SC Slide Collection

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Jane Bruce Guignard | History of SC Slide Collection
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Jane Bruce Guignard (1874-1960) was born in Aiken County, educated at the College for Women in Columbia (see Chicora College), and in 1900 entered the Women's Medical College in Philadelphia. She...
Governor James Byrnes | History of SC Slide Collection

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Governor James Byrnes | History of SC Slide Collection
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Born in Charleston in 1879, Governor James Byrnes (1879-1972) attended local schools. Because of his father's death, Byrnes had to begin working early in life to help support his mother. He worked as...
Idella Bodie | A Literary Tour of South Carolina

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Idella Bodie | A Literary Tour of South Carolina
Born in Ridge Spring and living most of her life in the Aiken area, Idella Bodie, who holds a degree in English from Columbia College, has been writing for young readers for more than thirty years...
The Aiken Arboretum | Making It Grow

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The Aiken Arboretum | Making It Grow
This segment on "Making It Grow" highlights The Aiken Arboretum which features hundreds of trees from all over the world in a 4 mile radius around downtown Aiken, SC. Clemson Extension Agent and Host...
Aiken County - Schofield School

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Aiken County - Schofield School
Martha Schofield was a young Quaker woman from Pennsylvania who wanted to do something to help newly freed African Americans after the Civil War. With her life savings of $468, she went to St. Helena...
Thoroughbred Country | A Natural State

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Thoroughbred Country | A Natural State
Thoroughbred Country includes Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg and Barnwell counties in Western South Carolina. Equestrian activities are very popular here.