Editing Colleton County, South Carolina (section)

==Geography==
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According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|1133.28|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|1056.50|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|76.78|sqmi}} (6.78%) is water.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 23, 2022 |title=2020 County Gazetteer Files – South Carolina |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_counties_45.txt |access-date=September 10, 2023 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> It is the fifth-largest county in South Carolina by land area and fourth-largest by total area.

===National protected area===
* [[Ashepoo Combahee Edisto Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve|Ashepoo-Combahee-Edisto (ACE) Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve]] (part)
* [[ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge|Ernest F. Hollings ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge]] (part)

===State and local protected areas/sites===
* [[Bear Island (South Carolina)|Bear Island Wildlife Management Area]]<ref name="SCDNR Public Lands">{{Cite web |title=SCDNR Public Lands |url=https://www2.dnr.sc.gov/ManagedLands/ManagedLand/County |access-date=April 1, 2023 |website=www2.dnr.sc.gov}}</ref>
* [[Colleton State Park]]
* [[Crosby Oxypolis Heritage Preserve]]<ref name="SCDNR Public Lands"/>
* [[Donnelley Wildlife Management Area]]<ref name="SCDNR Public Lands"/>
* [[Givhans Ferry State Park]] (part)
* [[Lowcountry Raptors]]
* [[Walterboro Historic District|Old Walterboro Train Depot]]
* [[Pon-Pon Chapel of Ease]]
* [[South Fenwick Island]]<ref name="SCDNR Public Lands"/>
* [[St. Helena Sound Heritage Preserve/Wildlife Management Area]]<ref name="SCDNR Public Lands"/>
* [[Tuskegee Airmen Memorial]]
* [[Walterboro Historic District]]

===Major water bodies===
* [[Ashepoo River]]
* [[Atlantic Ocean]] (North Atlantic Ocean)
* [[Edisto River]]
* [[Intracoastal Waterway]]
* [[Salkehatchie River]]

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Orangeburg County, South Carolina|Orangeburg County]] – north
* [[Dorchester County, South Carolina|Dorchester County]] – northeast
* [[Charleston County, South Carolina|Charleston County]] – east
* [[Beaufort County, South Carolina|Beaufort County]] – south
* [[Hampton County, South Carolina|Hampton County]] – west
* [[Allendale County, South Carolina|Allendale County]] – west
* [[Bamberg County, South Carolina|Bamberg County]] – northwest

===Major highways===
* {{Jct|state=SC|I|95}} <!-- enters Colleton County from Hampton County with exits at exit 42, exit 53, exit 57, exit 62, and exit 68 before crossing bridges over the Edisto River and entering Dorchester County. -->
* {{Jct|state=SC|US|15}}
* {{Jct|state=SC|US|17}}
* {{Jct|state=SC|US-Alt|17}}
* {{Jct|state=SC|US|21}}
* {{Jct|state=SC|US|601}}
* {{Jct|state=SC|SC|61}}
* {{Jct|state=SC|SC|63}}
* {{Jct|state=SC|SC|64}}
* {{Jct|state=SC|SC-Bus|64|dab1=Walterboro}}
* {{Jct|state=SC|SC|174}}
* {{Jct|state=SC|SC|212}}
* {{Jct|state=SC|SC-Conn|212|dab1=Bells Crossroads}}
* {{Jct|state=SC|SC|217}}
* {{Jct|state=SC|SC|303}}
* {{Jct|state=SC|SC|362}}
* {{Jct|state=SC|SC|641}}
* {{Jct|state=SC|SC|651}}

===Major infrastructure===
* [[Lowcountry Regional Airport]]