 bamberg county is a county located in the u.s. state of south carolina. as of the 2010 census, the population was 15,987. its county seat is bamberg. ==history== the county was created from the eastern portion of barnwell county after the south carolina constitution was adopted in 1895 with an article prescribing the process to establish new counties.article vii - counties and county government of the south carolina constitution the election to create bamberg county was held on january 19, 1897. the name bamberg was selected to honor general francis marion bamberg.lawrence 2003: chapter 6 - 1897-1899 bamberg county created. in 1919. and again in 1920, tiny portions of northwestern colleton county were annexed to bamberg county. ==geography== according to the u.s. census bureau, the county has a total area of , of which  is land and  (0.56%) is water. === adjacent counties === *orangeburg county, south carolina - north *dorchester county, south carolina - east *colleton county, south carolina - southeast *hampton county, south carolina - south *allendale county, south carolina - southwest *barnwell county, south carolina - west  ===major highways=== * * * * * ==demographics== {{us
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