ABBEVILLE, a city in the western part of South Carolina, U.S.A., tom. from the Savannah river; the county seat of Abbe ville county. It is served by the Seaboard Air Line and the South ern railways. The population was 4,570 in 1920 (39% negroes), and was 4,414 by the Federal census in 193o. Cotton, tobacco and poultry are raised in this region, and clay is mined near the city. There are cotton-mills operating nearly 30,00o spindles. Abbeville was settled about 1710 and incorporated in 1840.