Darlington County
http://www.sccounties.org/counties/darlington.htm

The origin of the name of this county is uncertain, but it may have been named
for Darlington, England. The county was formed in 1785, with the county seat at
Darlington, and until 1800 it was a part of the Cheraws District. Parts of
Darlington County were removed to form Florence County in 1888 and Lee County in
1902. This area was settled in the mid-eighteenth century by Welsh,
Scotch-Irish, and English farmers, who grew cotton primarily. In more recent
years the county has been best known for the stock car races which take place at
the Darlington Raceway. David Rogerson Williams (1776-1830), governor and
scientific experimenter, was a native of Darlington; he is remembered for
introducing the mule to Southern agriculture. Other prominent Darlington
residents were industrialists James Lide Coker (1837-1918) and David R. Coker
(1870-1938) and novelists Annie Greene Nelson (1902-1993) and Elizabeth
Boatwright Coker (1909-1993). 

Compiled by South Carolina State Library 1996. 
http://www.state.sc.us/scsl/darl.html

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