This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YeB.2ACI/247.1 Message Board Post: Just to the east of Greenville County, SC, is Laurens Co., SC. They are in the western part of SC. Laurens, SC, is the county seat of Laurens Co. The name was first a surname for a prominent family, and the county is named for a member of that family. Dolores Pringle