Allendale County Clerk, PO Box 126, Allendale, SC 29810. Phone: 803-584-2737.
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Allendale [†] County was formed from portions of southern Barnwell County and northern Hampton County by an act of the General Assembly on February 6, 1919. The act named the county for its principal town, Allendale, founded about 1840, named for its first postmaster, Paul H. Allen, and incorporated in 1873. It also named the town of Allendale as the county seat and named thirteen commissioners to mark the boundaries of the newly made county, construct a courthouse and jail, and make temporary provisions for the successful operation of county functions until permanent ones were in place. The first county court was held in the Allendale City Hall on April 10, 1919. A special election was held on April 8, 1919, to choose temporary county officials; however, permanent officials were not elected until the general election in 1920. County commissioners were not elected until 1921.
† Mary Jean Carlson, Clerk of Court amd South Carolina SHPO, Allendale County Courthouse, nomination document, 2007. National Register of Historic Places, Washington, D.C.