Pickens, South Carolina
Pickens, South Carolina | |
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Top, left to right: Downtown Pickens, Hagood Mill, Pickens City Hall, Old Pickens Jail, Pickens County Courthouse | |
| Motto: "Where the Mountains Begin" | |
Location of Pickens, South Carolina | |
| Coordinates: 34°52′54″N 82°42′27″W / 34.88167°N 82.70750°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | South Carolina |
| County | Pickens |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.06 sq mi (7.93 km2) |
| • Land | 3.04 sq mi (7.87 km2) |
| • Water | 0.02 sq mi (0.06 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,109 ft (338 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 3,388 |
| • Density | 1,114.84/sq mi (430.43/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 29671 |
| Area codes | 864, 821 |
| FIPS code | 45-56140 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1250078 |
| Website | www.cityofpickens.com |
Pickens, formerly called Pickens Courthouse, is a city in and the county seat of Pickens County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 3,126 at the 2010 census. Pickens changed its classification from a town to a city in 1998, but it was not reported to the Census Bureau until 2001. It was named after Andrew Pickens (1739–1817), an American revolutionary soldier and US Congressman for South Carolina.
Pickens is part of the Greenville–Mauldin–Easley Metropolitan Statistical Area.