Bluffton is a town in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 1,275 at the 2000 census and center of the Bluffton Urban Cluster with a total population of 5,848. However, this separated urban area currently defined as Bluffton is quickly becoming contiguous to that of the significantly larger Hilton Head Island, South Carolina adjacent to it. As designated by the U.S. Census Bureau, Bluffton is included within the Hilton Head Island, South Carolina-Beaufort, South Carolina Hilton Head Island-Beaufort micropolitan area.

Bluffton is known for its rapid development, currently among the fastest in the state of...

Bluffton is a town in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 1,275 at the 2000 census and center of the Bluffton Urban Cluster with a total population of 5,848. However, this separated urban area currently defined as Bluffton is quickly becoming contiguous to that of the significantly larger Hilton Head Island, South Carolina adjacent to it. As designated by the U.S. Census Bureau, Bluffton is included within the Hilton Head Island, South Carolina-Beaufort, South Carolina Hilton Head Island-Beaufort micropolitan area.

Bluffton is known for its rapid development, currently among the fastest in the state of South Carolina. A large amount of land has been annexed in the last few years leaving behind the old'1 Square Mile'adage.

Geography
Bluffton is located at (32.212517, -80.897296).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 36.6 square miles (94.9 km²), of which, 34.0 square miles (88.0 km²) of it is land and 2.7 square miles (6.9 km²) of it (7.26%) is water.

History
During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the area comprising southern Beaufort County was known as Granville County of St. LukeTs Parish. As the Yemassee Indians had established ten towns with over 1,200 inhabitants in that area, it was considered oIndian Lands.? In 1715, the Yemassee War broke out and after several years of fighting, the Yemassee tribe migrated to Florida, opening the oIndian Lands? to European settlement. In 1718, the Lords Proprietors carved the area into several new baronies, including the DevilTs Elbow Barony that contained the future town of Bluffton.