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==Geography== {{maplink|frame=yes|zoom=8|id=Q506162|type=shape-inverse|text=Interactive map of Kershaw County}} According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|740.26|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|726.61|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|13.65|sqmi}} (1.84%) is water.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 23, 2022 |title=2020 County Gazetteer Files β 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> Kershaw County is one of three counties that compromises [[Lake Wateree]], in which the lake is compromised with the [[Wateree River]], which flows through Kershaw County.{{what|date=October 2024}} ===Earthquakes=== Between December 2021 and December 2022, southeastern Kershaw County experienced over 80 earthquakes, 11 of which exceeded a 2.5 magnitude. 6 of the quakes exceeded a 3.0 magnitude, the largest of which registering at a 3.6.<ref>{{cite web |title=Recent Earthquakes |url=https://www.dnr.sc.gov/geology/recent-earthquakes.html |access-date=May 10, 2022 |website=SCDNR Geological Survey |publisher=South Carolina Department of Natural Resources}}</ref> ===National protected areas=== * [[Historic Camden Revolutionary War Site]] * [[Camden Battlefield]], site of the [[Battle of Camden]] * [[Boykin Mill Complex]] * [[Kendall Mill Historic District]] ===State and local protected areas=== * [[Camden Battlefield|Camden Battlefield and Longleaf Pine Preserve]] * [[Goodale State Park]] * [[Liberty Hill 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> * [[Powderkegg Wildlife Preserve]] * [[Savage Bay Heritage Park]]<ref name="SCDNR Public Lands"/> ===Major water bodies=== * [[Beaver Creek (South Carolina)|Beaver Creek]] * [[Black Creek (South Carolina)|Black Creek]] * [[Catawba River]] * [[Lake Wateree]] * [[Lynches River]] * [[Raglins Creek (South Carolina)|Raglins Creek]] * [[Wateree River]] ===Adjacent counties=== * [[Lancaster County, South Carolina|Lancaster County]] β north * [[Chesterfield County, South Carolina|Chesterfield County]] β northeast * [[Lee County, South Carolina|Lee County]] β southeast * [[Sumter County, South Carolina|Sumter County]] β southeast * [[Richland County, South Carolina|Richland County]] β southwest * [[Darlington County, South Carolina|Darlington County]] β east * [[Fairfield County, South Carolina|Fairfield County]] β west ===Major highways=== * {{Jct|state=SC|I|20}} * {{Jct|state=SC|US|1}} * {{Jct|state=SC|US-Truck|1|dab1=Camden}} (Camden) * {{Jct|state=SC|US-Truck|1|dab1=Cheraw}} (Cheraw) * {{Jct|state=SC|US|521}} * {{Jct|state=SC|US-Bus|521|dab1=Kershaw}} * {{Jct|state=SC|US-Conn|521|dab1=Kershaw}} * {{Jct|state=SC|US-Truck|521|dab1=Camden 1}} (Camden 1) * {{Jct|state=SC|US-Truck|521|dab1=Camden 2}} (Camden 2) * {{Jct|state=SC|US-Truck|521|dab1=Kershaw}} (Kershaw) * {{Jct|state=SC|US|601}} * {{Jct|state=SC|US-Bus|601|dab1=Kershaw}} * {{Jct|state=SC|US-Truck|601|dab1=Camden}} * {{Jct|state=SC|SC|12}} * {{Jct|state=SC|SC|34}} * {{Jct|state=SC|SC-Truck|34|dab1=Camden}} * {{Jct|state=SC|SC|97}} * {{Jct|state=SC|SC|261}} * {{Jct|state=SC|SC|522}} * {{Jct|state=SC|SC|903}} ===Major infrastructure=== * [[Camden station (South Carolina)|Camden Station]] * [[Woodward Field (airport)|Woodward Field]] (Kershaw County Airport)
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