Gazetteer/Almanac
Headnote
LANCASTER DISTRICT, situated on the northerly boundary of South Carolina, with Catawba river on the west. Area, 524 square miles. Seat or justice, Lancaster. Pop. in 1810, 6,318; in 1820, 8,716; in 1830, 10,361; in 1840, 9,907; in 1850, 10,936. (Fanning's, 1853)