Additional information is available at the South Carolina Boards of Voter Registration. Democrat. South Carolina state representatives represent an average of 37,301 residents.After the 2000 Census, each member represented 32,355 residents. There were also several counties that had judicial and electoral functions. When you have eliminated the JavaScript , whatever remains must be an empty page. Maps of SC cities. South Carolina legislators assume office the Monday after the election. SC Government Maps. The South Carolina Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office has House, Senate and Congressional District Maps available on their web site. Ninety-Six District was created on 29 July 1769 as the most western of the seven original districts within the Province of South Carolina. In the colonial period, the land around the coast was divided into parishes corresponding to the parishes of the Church of England. s c s t a t e h o u s e . Its boundaries included the current Abbeville, McCormick, Edgefield, Saluda, Greenwood, Laurens, Union, and Spartanburg counties; much of Cherokee and Newberry counties; and small parts of Aiken and Greenville Counties. The westward expansion of the borders of the Province of North Carolina and the Colony of Virginia were confirmed by the 1770 Treaty of Lochaber where 1000 Cherokees were hosted by Alexander Cameron at Lochabar Plantation in the Ninety-Six District. In 1800, all counties were renamed as districts. Map of South Carolina State House of Representatives Districts. These counties were responsible for maintaining court houses, as part of the larger judicial districts from which they were formed. DenBoer, Gordon, and Thorne, Kathryn Ford, South Carolina Department of Archives and History maps, http://south-carolina-plantations.com/abbeville/lochaber.html, The Formation of Counties in South Carolina, South Carolina Department of Archives and History, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ninety-Six_District,_South_Carolina&oldid=917561074, Former counties, districts, and parishes of South Carolina, Articles lacking reliable references from May 2019, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 24 September 2019, at 11:31. The lands further west were Cherokee Indian lands barred to colonial settlers (but not to traders nor travellers) since the Royal Proclamation of 1763. The current House membership is made up of 78 Republicans and 45 Democrats with 1 vacancy. [1] The South Carolina Department of Archives and History has maps that show the boundaries of counties, districts, and parishes starting in 1682.[2]. The court house and jail for Ninety-Six District were in Ninety Six, South Carolina. The Old 96 District Tourism Commission was formed to promote tourism in five of the counties that were formed from the original district - Abbeville, Edgefield, Greenwood, Laurens, and McCormick. Every year, one person from each legislative district in South Carolina heads to the State House to make decisions on behalf of residents from across the state. [3] Due to poor surveying, Tryon County, North Carolina infringed on much of its northern boundaries through the 1770s. SC Election Maps. The Ninety-Six District was given the counties of Abbeville, Edgefield, Laurens, Newberry, Spartanburg, and Union. [5][6], On 1 January 1800, Ninety-Six District was abolished and replaced by the Abbeville, Edgefield, Greenville, Laurens, and Newberry Districts.[7][8]. As people settled the backcountry, judicial districts and additional counties were formed. SC US Congressional districts map - PDF - 7 SC districts SC House districts map - PDF - 124 districts – Individual district maps; SC Senate districts map - PDF - 46 districts – Individual district maps. This structure continued and grew after the Revolutionary War. Regional Councils of Governments - 10 COGs SC City Maps. The judicial capital town was Ninety Six, South Carolina; located at 34°10′24″N 82°1′18″W / 34.17333°N 82.02167°W / 34.17333; -82.02167, As a result of the 1785 Act, districts in South Carolina were further subdivided into counties. The South Carolina Department of Archives and History has maps that show the boundaries of counties, districts, and parishes starting in 1682. In 1868, the districts were converted back to counties. There are currently seven United States congressional districts in South Carolina.There have been as few as four and as many as nine congressional districts in South Carolina. SC County Maps. The South Carolina House of Representatives consists of 124 part-time citizen legislators elected every two years to represent our state's 124 separate single-member districts. [2] Ninety-Six District was created on 29 July 1769 as the most western of the seven original districts within the Province of South Carolina .