Pickens, South Carolina | |
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 Top, left to right: Downtown Pickens, Hagood Mill, Pickens City Hall, Old Pickens Jail, Pickens County Courthouse | |
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| Motto: "Where the Mountains Begin" | |
 Location of Pickens, South Carolina | |
| Coordinates: 34°52′54″N 82°42′27″W / 34.88167°N 82.70750°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | South Carolina |
| County | Pickens |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.06 sq mi (7.93 km2) |
| • Land | 3.04 sq mi (7.87 km2) |
| • Water | 0.02 sq mi (0.06 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,109 ft (338 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 3,388 |
| • Density | 1,114.84/sq mi (430.43/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 29671 |
| Area codes | 864, 821 |
| FIPS code | 45-56140[4] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1250078[2] |
| Website | www.cityofpickens.com |
Pickens, formerly called Pickens Courthouse, is a city in and the county seat[5] of Pickens County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 3,126 at the 2010 census. Pickens changed its classification from a town to a city in 1998, but it was not reported to the Census Bureau until 2001.[6] It was named after Andrew Pickens (1739–1817), an American revolutionary soldier and US Congressman for South Carolina.
Pickens is part of the Greenville–Mauldin–Easley Metropolitan Statistical Area.
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pickens, South Carolina
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- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ Population Estimates Boundary Changes Archived 2006-02-06 at the Wayback Machine, United States Census Bureau, 2007-07-01. Accessed 2008-11-06.