Edgefield County ceded land for the creation of Aiken County in 1871; for the creation of Saluda County in 1895; for the creation of Greenwood County in 1897; and for the creation of McCormick County in 1916.

Its population grew from 13,289 in 1790 to 26,985 in 2010.

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