Pendleton, South Carolina facts for kids
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Pendleton, South Carolina
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Top, left to right: Downtown Pendleton, Saint Paul's Episcopal Church, Farmers Hall
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| Motto(s):
"History, Hospitality, Happenings...Home"
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 Pendleton, South Carolina
Location in South Carolina
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| Country | United States |
| State | South Carolina |
| County | Anderson |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.77 sq mi (12.36 km2) |
| • Land | 4.74 sq mi (12.28 km2) |
| • Water | 0.03 sq mi (0.07 km2) |
| Elevation | 850 ft (260 m) |
| Population
(2010)
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| • Total | 2,964 |
| • Estimate
(2019)
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3,285 |
| • Density | 692.60/sq mi (267.41/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code |
29670
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| Area code(s) | 864 |
| FIPS code | 45-55645 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1225357 |
Pendleton is a town in Anderson County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 2,964 at the 2010 census. It is a sister city of Stornoway in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
The Pendleton Historic District, consisting of the town and its immediate surroundings, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. Particularly notable historic buildings on the Pendleton town square include Farmer's Hall and Hunter's Store, which is currently the headquarters of the Pendleton District Historical, Recreational and Tourism Commission. Near Pendleton are the historic plantation homes Ashtabula and Woodburn.
History
For centuries, the land that is now Pendleton was the territory of the Cherokee nation. After England claimed South Carolina as a colony, the Cherokee traded with the British. After the Cherokee lost the war of 1759-60 against the British, the British dominated trade in the region and began to settle more of the land with large farms. Andrew Pickens, who was a general in the Revolutionary War moved to the area and commissioned the district of Pendleton in 1790. During the first half of the 1800s, wealthy families built homes in Pendleton. Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1789–1865) built Woodburn Plantation in 1830. Later, the Adger family, a wealthy family from Charleston, expanded the plantation to over 1,000 acres (400 ha) and enlarged the house to over 18 rooms.
The Ashtabula, Boone-Douthit House, Faith Cabin Library at Anderson County Training School, Pendleton Historic District, and Woodburn are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Geography
Pendleton is located in northwestern Anderson County at 34°39′2″N 82°46′51″W / 34.65056°N 82.78083°W (34.650672, -82.780736). Its northwestern edge touches the Anderson County/Pickens County line and borders the city of Clemson. U.S. Route 76 passes through the southwest part of town, bypassing the town center and leading northwest to Clemson and southeast 14 miles (23 km) to Anderson, the county seat. Greenville is 30 miles (48 km) to the northeast by U.S. Route 123.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 3.8 square miles (9.9 km2), of which 3.8 square miles (9.8 km2) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km2), or 0.70%, is water.
Demographics
| Historical population | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1860 | 854 | — | |
| 1870 | 985 | 15.3% | |
| 1880 | 672 | −31.8% | |
| 1890 | 476 | −29.2% | |
| 1900 | 568 | 19.3% | |
| 1910 | 822 | 44.7% | |
| 1920 | 1,040 | 26.5% | |
| 1930 | 1,035 | −0.5% | |
| 1940 | 1,278 | 23.5% | |
| 1950 | 1,432 | 12.1% | |
| 1960 | 2,358 | 64.7% | |
| 1970 | 2,615 | 10.9% | |
| 1980 | 3,154 | 20.6% | |
| 1990 | 3,314 | 5.1% | |
| 2000 | 2,966 | −10.5% | |
| 2010 | 2,964 | −0.1% | |
| 2019 (est.) | 3,285 | 10.8% | |
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2020 census
| Race | Num. | Perc. |
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| White (non-Hispanic) | 2,323 | 66.58% |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 713 | 20.44% |
| Native American | 4 | 0.11% |
| Asian | 81 | 2.32% |
| Pacific Islander | 1 | 0.03% |
| Other/Mixed | 235 | 6.74% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 132 | 3.78% |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 3,489 people, 1,504 households, and 677 families residing in the town.
Education
Schools include Pendleton Elementary, Mount Lebanon Elementary, LaFrance Elementary, Riverside Middle School, and Pendleton High School. Tri-County Technical College is located within the town.
Pendleton has a public library, a branch of the Anderson County Library System.
Pendleton has 4 schools: 4 public schools and 0 private schools. Pendleton schools spend $11,812 per student (The US average is $12,383). There are 16 pupils per teacher, 488 students per librarian, and 366 children per counselor.
Notable residents
- Stephen Adams (1807–1857), born in the Pendleton District, United States congressman and senator
- Floride Calhoun, wife of U.S. Senator and Vice President John C. Calhoun, resided in the house known as "Mi Casa"
- Warren R. Davis (1793 – 1835), born Columbia, South Carolina. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1814, practicing in Pendleton. Davis was elected as a Jacksonian to the 20th United States Congress through 24th Congresses.
- Barnard Elliott Bee, Jr., born in Charleston, SC, 1824. He graduated West Point 1845, and as a Brigadier General, commanded the 3rd Brigade, Army of the Shenandoah, July 21, 1861, at Manassas, Va. He gave Gen. Thomas Jonathan Jackson the name "Stonewall."
- Juanita Goggins, was the first African-American woman elected to the South Carolina legislature.
- Jane Edna Hunter, an African-American social worker. In 1911 she established the Working Girls Association in Cleveland, Ohio, which later became the Phillis Wheatley Association of Cleveland.
- Samuel Augustus Maverick, firebrand Texas rancher and politician from whom the word "maverick" originated, was born in Pendleton.
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk, early political and military leader of the Republic of Texas, serving as its first Secretary of War as well as a general at the Battle of San Jacinto.
- John Allen Wakefield, political and military leader, historian, took part in the Black Hawk War and Bleeding Kansas
- Margaret Sellers Walker (1935–2020), Michigan state official, born in Pendleton
See also
In Spanish: Pendleton (Carolina del Sur) para niños
