Charleston County ceded a significant amount of land for the creation of Berkeley County in 1882.

In 1897, it received some of the Berkeley County land back, as well as some land from Colleton County.

Its population increased from 57,480 in 1800 to 350,209 in 2010.

Click on the maps below to peruse the known towns and villages that came and went over the past two centuries - a few cannot be located since they do not show up on available maps of SC.