McCormick County, South Carolina

Founding: 1916
Parent counties: Abbeville, Edgefield, and Greenwood

Namesake: The town of McCormick
Seat: McCormick (1916–)

Land area: 359 square miles

Population (2020): 9,526

Population (historic): 16,444 (1920); 11,471 (1930); 10,367 (1940)

Periods of population growth: pre-1920; 1980–2010

Subdivisions: Three towns; four CDPs

National Register listings: 21

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 327 (5.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 15.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1940): 51.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1940): 30.7%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $449
Average outbuilding value (1930): $174
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.2 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,911
Average farm size (1920): 28.6 acres
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McCormick

Namesake: Cyrus McCormick, Virginia inventor

Founding: 1870s (platting); 1882 (post office); 1882 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 2,232

Population (historic): 237 (1900); 613 (1910); 1,284 (1920); 1,304 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1900–1960; 2000s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 172 (15.9%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Sylvania / John Hearst House (c. 1825). 501 Calabash Road. Federal.
2. *Calhoun Mill (c. 1860). Calhoun Mill Road and State Route 823.
3. *Eden Hall / John Hearst Farm (c. 1854). 3256 Greenwood Highway. Greek Revival.
4. *Andre Guillebeau Log House (c. 1764). Guillebeaux Cemetery Road, south of State Route 81. Relocated.
5. *Lower Long Cane Presbyterian Church (1856). 1591 Long Cane Road. Greek Revival.
6. *Calhoun–Gibert Farm (c. 1856/1908). 250 Moss Road. Classical Revival.
7. *John Gibert House (c. 1867). 2011 State Route 7. Greek Revival.