Allendale, South Carolina

Coordinates: 33°0′32″N 81°18′31″W / 33.00889°N 81.30861°W / 33.00889; -81.30861
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Allendale
Town
Roselawn in 2017
Roselawn in 2017
FIPS code
45-00955[5]
GNIS feature ID1220167[3]
Websitetownofallendale.sc.gov

Allendale is a town in and the county seat of Allendale County, South Carolina, United States.[6] The population was 3,482 at the 2010 census,[7] a decline from 4,052 in 2000.

History

The Allendale County Courthouse, Antioch Christian Church, Erwin House, Gravel Hill Plantation, Red Bluff Flint Quarries, Roselawn, and Smyrna Baptist Church are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[8]

The artist Jasper Johns lived in Allendale during his childhood in the 1930s and 1940s. He was raised there by his grandfather, a farmer, and then with his aunt, the only teacher in a two-room school.

In his 2015 book entitled

Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads, author Paul Theroux describes Allendale as a "ghost town", "poor, neglected, hopeless-looking, a vivid failure."[9]

On April 5, 2022, an intense low-end EF3 tornado impacted the southern and southeast side of the city, causing major damage to several structures and injuring one person.[10] The tornado prompted a rare tornado emergency to be declared for the city by the National Weather Service office in Charleston, South Carolina.[11]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 3.3 square miles (8.5 km2), all land.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
19001,030—
19101,45341.1%
19201,89330.3%
19302,0689.2%
19402,2177.2%
19502,47411.6%
19603,11425.9%
19703,62016.2%
19804,40021.5%
19904,4100.2%
20004,052−8.1%
20103,482−14.1%
20202,694−22.6%
U.S. Decennial Census[4]

2020 census

Allendale racial composition[12]
Race Num. Perc.
White
(non-Hispanic) 		268 9.95%
Black or African American
(non-Hispanic) 		2,310 85.75%
Native American
 9 0.33%
Asian
 4 0.15%
Other/Mixed
 48 1.78%
Latino
 55 2.04%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 2,694 people, 1,244 households, and 667 families residing in the town.

2000 census

As of the

Latino
of any race were 2.25% of the population.

There were 1,542 households, out of which 32.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 29.2% were married couples living together, 31.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.3% were non-families. 31.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.34.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 32.6% under the age of 18, 9.7% from 18 to 24, 24.0% from 25 to 44, 21.8% from 45 to 64, and 11.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 84.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 73.7 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $16,632, and the median income for a family was $21,167. Males had a median income of $22,800 versus $20,873 for females. The

poverty line
, including 59.5% of those under age 18 and 21.1% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Allendale County Schools provides education for elementary, middle and high school students while the University of South Carolina Salkehatchie established in 1965 is the only college in the small town.

Allendale has a public library, a branch of the Allendale Hampton Jasper Regional Library.[13]

Gallery

Media

WEBA-TV/DT, a PBS
station serving the South Carolina side of the Central Savannah River Area, is located here.

Notable residents

References

  1. ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  2. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  3. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Allendale, South Carolina
  4. ^ a b "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  5. ^ a b "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  6. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  7. ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Allendale town, South Carolina". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
  8. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  9. ISBN 9780241146729
    .
  10. ^ NWS Damage Survey for April 5, 2022 Tornado Events in Allendale County SC (Report). Iowa Environmental Mesonet. May 10, 2022. Retrieved May 11, 2022. {{cite report}}: Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help)
  11. ^ "IEM :: Valid Time Event Code (VTEC) App". Iowa Environmental Mesonet/National Weather Service Charleston, South Carolina. April 5, 2022. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
  12. ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  13. ^ "South Carolina libraries and archives". SCIWAY. Retrieved June 7, 2019.

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