Cayce, South Carolina Cayce, South Carolina Location in Richland County and the state of South Carolina.

Location in Richland County and the state of South Carolina.

State South Carolina Cayce is a town/city in Lexington and Richland counties in the U.S.

State of South Carolina, along the Congaree River.

The populace was 12,528 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Columbia, South Carolina, Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Cayce lies mostly athwart the Congaree River from the state capital of Columbia, with a newly took in section on the Richland County side awaiting development.

The Congaree River has always played a dominant part in Cayce's development. Cayce and other small-town governments jointly advanced the Riverwalk along the Congaree, which provides walking, jogging, and nature observation opportunities.

What was to turn into Cayce was home to Native Americans have for at least 12,000 years; This includes what is now known as the Manning Archeological Site, the SAM Site, and the Taylor Site. Hernando de Soto reached the region in 1540, encountering a large Indian village at Congaree Creek, where Cayce now stands. Near the end of the 17th century, explorers such as John Lawson visited and documented his trip. In 1718, the English assembled the first permanent fort, becoming the first structure assembled in the Midlands.

These forts were referred to as Congaree Fort #1 and Congaree Fort #2, and became part of the Congarees Site in 1974. Cayce is the home of SCANA, the parent business of South Carolina Electric & Gas Company, Carolina Gas Transmission, PSNC Energy, and other subsidiaries operating in the Southeastern United States.

South Carolina Highway 2 is inside town/city limits; Cayce is traversed by I-26 and I-77, Cayce is positioned at 33 57'48" North, 81 3'60" West (33.963203, -81.066596), inside the Midlands of South Carolina.

According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 17.4 square miles (45.1 km2), of which 16.6 square miles (43.1 km2) is territory and 0.77 square miles (2.0 km2), or 4.22%, is water. There are 5,133 homeholds out of which 24.4% have kids under the age of 18 living with them, 41.8% are married couples living together, 14.5% have a female homeholder with no husband present, and 40.0% are non-families.

In the city, the populace is spread out with 20.7% under the age of 18, 14.1% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 21.9% from 45 to 64, and 14.7% who are 65 years of age or older.

The median income for a homehold in the town/city is $35,850, and the median income for a family is $43,560.

"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Cayce city, South Carolina".

City of Cayce.

"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".

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