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Marlboro County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2010 census recorded its population to be 28,933.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/45/45069.html )〕 Its county seat is Bennettsville.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 The Great Pee Dee River runs through it. Marlboro County comprises the Bennettsville, SC Micropolitan Statistical Area. Among its residents are the state-recognized Pee Dee Tribe of South Carolina (2006) and the Pee Dee Indian Nation of Upper South Carolina (2005). The first is based in McColl as is the Marlboro, Chesterfield, Darlington County Pee Dee Indian Tribe, which separated from the second listed Pee Dee tribe.〔(Native Americans: The Pee Dee People ), South Carolina Information Highway, accessed 22 April 2014〕 Nearly 5% of the county population identify as Pee Dee people. ==History== Succeeding indigenous peoples occupied this area for thousands of years. At the time of European encounter, the inhabitants of the area were the historic Pee Dee. Some had moved into this area from the Lowcountry as a result of colonial pressures along the coast. They are believed to have spoken either a Siouan language, as did tribes in the Piedmont, or one of the Algonquian languages family, which were common among coastal peoples. Descendants identifying as Pee Dee still live in the county and region. More recent research suggests they were based in this area, as part of a group called the South Appalachian Mississippian culture. The first European colonists to arrive in the area were Welsh settlers, part of the British Isles colonists, migrating south from Pennsylvania. In 1737, they established the first European-American settlement, called Welsh Neck.; these original settlers organized a Baptist church in January 1738.〔J.A.W. Thomas. ''(A History of Marlboro County: With Traditions and Sketches of Numerous Families )''. Atlanta: The Foote & Davies Company, 1897.〕 On 12 March 1785, Marlboro County was established by law. It was named for the Duke of Marlborough. The first courthouse was near the Great Pee Dee River, just North of Crooked Creek, in a village called Carlisle, named for Richard Carlisle. In an effort to provide a more central location for the courthouse, the state legislature created the new county seat of Bennettsville, founded in 1819. A Robert Mills-designed courthouse was selected to be built. Construction began in 1820 and was completed in 1824.〔 It was replaced in the later 19th century, and the second courthouse was expanded and renovated in 1953-1954. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Marlboro County, South Carolina」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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