Gazetteer/Almanac
Headnote
MARLBOROUGH DISTRICT, situated at the northeast corner of South Carolina, with Great Pedee river on the southwest. Area, 480 square miles. Soil, sandy, and in many places productive. Seat of justice, Bennettsville. Pop. in 1810, 4,966; in 1820, 6,425; in 1830, 8,578; in 1840, 8,408; in 1850, 10,789. (Fanning's, 1853)