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 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 _________________________________________________________________________________ McCormick Namesake: Cyrus McCormick, Virginia inventor Founding: 1870s (platting); 1882 (post office); 1882 (incorporat...