Census Data for Waters Edge
As far as we can tell, Waters Edge<1> has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.
While we don't have census information for Waters Edge, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:
- Lincolnville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
- Lincolnville is located in Charleston County
- Summerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Goose Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hanahan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- North Charleston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ravenel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Ridgeville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hollywood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Meggett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Charleston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cottageville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Moncks Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (631 more) ...
- Mount Pleasant
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Rockville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Rockville is located in Charleston County
- Sullivan's Island
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Dorchester County ...
Waters Edge is located in Dorchester County<4>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Dorchester County.
Miscellaneous Information for Waters Edge ...
The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Dorchester County or the community of Waters Edge:
- The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Waters Edge:
- GNIS ID for Waters Edge: 1241262
- GNIS ID for Dorchester County: 1247998
- GNIS ID for State of South Carolina: 1779799
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- Waters Edge is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and Division #5 (the South Atlantic Division).
For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Waters Edge.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's a common practice for mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names. So Waters Edge may originally have been Water's Edge. Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Waters Edge might be written as Water Edge. For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for Waters Edge. |
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| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | If you're interested in how the shape of South Carolina's counties, including Dorchester, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |