Dillon, South Carolina

Dillon, South Carolina Location of Dillon in South Carolina Location of Dillon in South Carolina County Dillon Dillon is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Dillon County in easterly South Carolina, in the United States. It was established on December 22, 1888.

Dillon, a key figure in bringing a barns through the area.

Dillon is positioned near the center of Dillon County in the Pee Dee region of northeastern South Carolina.

Routes 301 and 501 pass through the town/city as Second Avenue, dominant northeast 7 miles (11 km) to Interstate 95 at South of the Border along the North Carolina line, and southwest 6.5 miles (10.5 km) to Latta.

I-95 leads northeast 25 miles (40 km) to Lumberton, North Carolina, and southwest 28 miles (45 km) to Florence.

South Carolina Highway 9 passes through the center of town, dominant northwest 26 miles (42 km) to Bennettsville and southeast 13 miles (21 km) to Lake View.

South Carolina Highway 57 follows SC 9 through Dillon but leads north 14 miles (23 km) to the North Carolina border and south 17 miles (27 km) to Mullins.

South Carolina Highway 34 follows Main Street northwest out of town, dominant west 33 miles (53 km) to Darlington.

Enumeration Bureau, Dillon has a total region of 5.3 square miles (13.6 km2), of which 0.01 square miles (0.03 km2), or 0.21%, is water. The Little Pee Dee River flows southwards 2 miles (3 km) east of the center of town.

Dillon attained prosperity when the town's beginning fathers allowed the barns to come through it.

Dillon had the good fortune of being positioned along a incessantly-used stockyards line, and was at one time a prosperous town, as evidenced by its large and ornate courthouse.

The Dillon County Courthouse was designed by architect William Augustus Edwards.

A federal grant in the early 2000s allowed for a momentous renovation of the courthouse and led to the creation of the City of Dillon Historical Overlay District in 2003.

The precinct has seen different success, with some small-town inhabitants believing that it has improved character of life in downtown Dillon and the rest believing that it has driven businesses from downtown Dillon to the I-95 corridor, Dillon's other primary retail center.

Now, outside of service trade and state jobs, gainful employment is scarce in Dillon.

Even with this, the town/city infrastructure is well-maintained and there is a large, undivided hospital and medical complex formerly Saint Eugene Hospital, now Mc - Leod Medical Center of Dillon, and a city-owned 40,000 sq ft (3,700 m2) Wellness Center that has over 900 members, which was opened in March 2007.

The City of Dillon's populace has remained at about 7,000 since the early 1970s, meaning that its populace has steadily shrunk proportionally to South Carolina as a whole.

The town/city is a good example of an economic situation found in many lesser cities and suburbs throughout the United States, in that its geography once made it meaningful in the local/regional economy, but with shifts in agriculture, the rise of the interstate highways and interstate trucking, globalization, and the knowledge economy, it has turn into more or less defunct as an economic entity.

Dillon is home to the second biggest yarn producing factory in the United States.

In early 2007 the factory, and its textile division, was sold by Dillon Yarn Corporation to yarn powerhouse Unifi.

After Unifi shut the factory down, an partner of Dillon Yarn Corporation decided to buy back the factory, keeping the existing Dillon divisions in place.

In 2001, Harbor Freight Tools, a California-based tool retailer, assembled a large distribution center near Dillon, bringing many much-needed jobs to the city.

Interstate 95 and South Carolina Highway 9 intersect at Exit 193, with Highway 9 passing through the heart of downtown and becoming part of Main Street for a several miles.

Exit 193, Dillon's second and more-used I-95 exit, was recently titled after the Honorable William James "Bill" Mc - Leod, Sr., a World War II veteran, former state representative, and retired family court judge.

Dillon also is home to Twin Lakes Country Club.

The census also showed that the populace density of Dillon was 1,299.1 persons per square mile.

The territory area of the town/city of Dillon was 5.23 square miles.

Dillon County Courthouse Dillon Downtown Historic District The town/city of Dillon offers a enhance wellness center, positioned at 1647 Commerce Drive.

Dillon District Four Schools consists of all enhance schools in the town/city of Dillon and the town of Lake View.

Dillon Middle School Dillon High School Dillon Christian School Downtown Dillon is the intersection of US 301, US 501, SC 9, SC 34 and SC 57.

I-95 has two exits to Dillon, and it is prepared that I-73 will serve Dillon as part of a future southward expansion.

Amtrak, the nationwide rail passenger carrier, provides daily service from Dillon with the Palmetto, which runs between Savannah, Georgia, and New York City.

Trains stop at the Dillon station, originally opened for passenger use by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in 1904.

CSX owns both barns lines which cross Dillon.

The Dillon Herald is the town/city of Dillon's newspaper.

City of Dillon official website a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Dillon city, South Carolina".

"The Dillon Herald".

Municipalities and communities of Dillon County, South Carolina, United States County seat: Dillon

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