Aiken County · Marker 02-08
Aiken County
Aiken County Courthouse, corner of Park Ave. & Chesterfield St.
Front inscription
Aiken County, created in 1871 from parts of Barnwell, Edgefield, Lexington, and Orangeburg counties, was named for William Aiken, first president of the South Carolina Canal and Railroad Company. Older industries in the county today are textiles, and the mining and processing of kaolin. In 1952, the Atomic Energy Commission's Savannah River Plant began operations.