Abbeville, South Carolina

Abbeville, South Carolina
Abbeville Opera House
Official logo of Abbeville, South Carolina
Motto: 
"Pretty. Near. Perfect."
Abbeville is located in South Carolina
Abbeville
Abbeville
Location within the state of South Carolina
Abbeville is located in the United States
Abbeville
Abbeville
Abbeville (the United States)
Abbeville is located in North America
Abbeville
Abbeville
Abbeville (North America)
Coordinates: 34°10′42.7584″N 82°22′39.6732″W / 34.178544000°N 82.377687000°W / 34.178544000; -82.377687000
CountryUnited States
StateSouth Carolina
CountyAbbeville
Government
 • MayorTrey Edwards
Area
 • Total6.23 sq mi (16.13 km2)
 • Land6.21 sq mi (16.10 km2)
 • Water0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2)
Elevation594 ft (181 m)
Population
 • Total4,874
 • Density784.23/sq mi (302.77/km2)
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP code
29620
Area codes864, 821
FIPS code45-00100[4]
GNIS feature ID1244839[2]
Websitewww.abbevillecitysc.com

Abbeville is a city and county seat of Abbeville County, in the U.S. state of South Carolina.[5][6] It is located 86 miles (138 km) west of Columbia and 45 miles (72 km) south of Greenville.[7] Its population was 5,237 at the 2010 census.[4] Settled by French Huguenot settlers, it was named, along with the county, for the French town of the same name.[7][8]

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Abbeville, South Carolina
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b Anon 2014
  5. ^ Anon 2014a
  6. ^ Hoiberg 2010, p. 11
  7. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Colliers was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ Gannett 1905, p. 22