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SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY-ISSUED PLATES 1906-17 - REGISTRATION FIGURES
TO TO TOTAL 9/1/11- TOTAL 1/1/14- TOTAL
COUNTY 1909 7/15/10 9/1/11 9/1/11 12/18/12 12/18/12 1913 3/31/14 3/31/14
Abbeville 5 32 69 100 54 154 34 15 230
Aiken 10 58 40 128 40 168 82 58 313
Anderson 48 90 158 357 205 562 116 37 718
Bamberg 14 25 8 54 24 78 51 23 175
Barnwell 11 37 40 98 48 146 43 20 201+
Beaufort 0 6 12 27 21 48 10 11 69
Berkeley 1 1 1 4 2 6 0 0 8
Calhoun 11 28 15 55 29 84 23 9 122
Charleston 54 58 102 380 276 656 223 81 690+
Cherokee 14 14 16 86 37 123 60 20 207
Chester 10 22 48 118 57 175 94 27 299
Chesterfield 24 26 45 109 29 138 63 19 225
Clarendon 3 69 44 181 41 222 31 21 219+
Colleton 10 2 4 20 17 37 38 39 103+
Darlington 34 72 67 211 81 292 93 14 419
Dillon - 43 55 98 175 273 112 24 315+
Dorchester 4 5 7 19 14 33 17 7 53+
Edgefield 3 20 22 48 23 71 25 9 102+
Fairfield 6 8 16 30 43 73 16 19 82+
Florence 33 80 69 241 144 385 84 51 492+
Georgetown 20 8 6 41 18 59 12 5 75+
Greenville 60 109 146 419 238 657 234 146 1,038
Greenwood 25 104 68 236 94 330 68 20 419
Hampton 6 21 3 31 1 32 19 15 68
Horry 0 1 15 19 32 51 39 6 97
Jasper - - - - - - 1 1 4
Kershaw 20 32 15 77 30 107 39 13 152+
Lancaster 12 24 13 59 5 64 15 6 81+
Laurens 10 37 46 127 54 181 59 32 259+
Lee 6 36 40 88 99 187 44 16 247
Lexington 30 44 37 118 178 296 50 46 274+
Marion 45 28 41 142 30 172 31 21 205+
Marlboro 45 112 172 379 173 552 228 53 824+
McCormick - - - - - - - - -
Newberry 24 21 34 94 51 145 81 22 243+
Oconee 20 18 31 75 54 129 31 9 166+
Orangeburg 33 82 75 219 87 306 61 34 450
Pickens 16 24 23 83 71 154 37 26 206+
Richland 59 50 72 332 264 596 292 80 1,037
Saluda 3 7 16 26 15 41 11 6 58
Spartanburg 36 91 104 308 173 481 195 135 802+
Sumter 30 53 164 308 93 401 80 48 533
Union 5 22 25 60 34 94 19 17 132
Williamsburg 4 28 12 50 18 68 42 11 122
York 32 61 88 206 89 295 79 47 423
TOTAL 836 1,709 2,084 5,861 3,261 9,122 2,982 1,319 12,957+
Sources: 8th (1911), 9th (1912) and 11th (1914) Annual Reports of the
Commissioner of Agriculture, Commerce and Industries.
(9/1/11 - 12/18/12 broken down by Runabouts, Roadsters, Touring,
Delivery and Motorcycles)
+ Discrepancy noted, total too low, possibly faulty county clerk records.
COUNTIES FORMED SINCE 1906 (5)
Calhoun 3/12/1908 from Lexington and Orangeburg
Dillon 2/ 5/1910 from Marion
Jasper 1/30/1912 from Beaufort and Hampton
McCormick 2/19/1916 from Abbeville, Edgefield and Greenwood
Allendale 2 /6/1919 from Barnwell and Hampton
COUNTIES WITH COUNTY SEAT NAMES DIFFERENT THAN COUNTY NAME (16)
Berkeley - Moncks Corner Jasper - Ridgeland
Calhoun - St. Matthews Kershaw - Camden
Cherokee - Gaffney Lee - Bishopville
Clarendon - Manning Marlboro - Bennettsville
Colleton - Walterboro Oconee - Walhalla
Dorchester - St. George Richland - Columbia
Fairfield - Winnsboro Williamsburg - Kingstree
Horry - Conway York - Yorkville