Hartsville, South Carolina Hartsville, South Carolina Official logo of Hartsville, South Carolina Location of Hartsville, South Carolina Location of Hartsville, South Carolina Hartsville is the biggest city in Darlington County, South Carolina, United States.
Hartsville was chosen as an All-America City in 1996 and again in 2016.
Hartsville has also been a National Arbor Day Foundation Tree City since 1986.
Hartsville is the home of Coker College and a branch of Florence Darlington Technical College.
It is also the site of the South Carolina Governor's School for Science and Mathematics, a enhance boarding high school.
The town/city is served by the Hartsville Regional Airport.
Hartsville is home to a several major corporations including Sonoco Products Company and Duke Energy Progress.
7.1 Main Street Hartsville The region surrounding Hartsville was once home to a several Native American tribes, including the Pee Dee, Catawba, Chicora, Edisto, Sane, and Chicora-Waccamaw, who inhabited the region until European pioneer arrived.
In 1845, Thomas Hart's son, John Lide Hart, purchased 495 acres (200 ha) of territory in what is now downtown Hartsville from Colonel Law.
James Lide Coker came to Hartsville in 1857 with plans to implement new farming methods taught to him at Harvard College.
Even with his own successes in business, Coker and his family were unable to convince other company owners in the region to build a barns spur, and so they decided to build their own, which became the Hartsville Railroad, instead of in 1889.
The barns would eventually turn into part of the South Carolina Central Railroad, and the Southern Novelty Company and Carolina Fiber Company consolidated to form Sonoco Products Company.
Hartsville is positioned in northwestern Darlington County at 34 22 10 N 80 4 51 W (34.369474, 80.080783). U.S.
Route 15 bypasses the town/city to the southeast; it leads northeast 17 miles (27 km) to Society Hill and 47 miles (76 km) to Laurinburg, North Carolina, and southwest 40 miles (64 km) to Sumter.
South Carolina Highway 151 bypasses the town/city to the southwest; it leads southeast 14 miles (23 km) to Darlington, the county seat, and northwest 14 miles (23 km) to Mc - Bee.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, Hartsville has a total region of 6.2 square miles (16.0 km2), of which 5.7 square miles (14.8 km2) is territory and 0.4 square miles (1.1 km2), or 7.11%, is water. Prestwood Lake, an impoundment on Black Creek, is on the northern border of the city.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the populace of Hartsville in 2010 was 7,764. As of the census of 2010, there were 7,764 citizens and 3,225 homeholds residing in the city.
The "Hartsville Christmas Parade: a Miracle on Carolina Avenue" is an annual parade held in December of each year where members of various small-town and county-wide schools, businesses, and other organizations parade down the chief street of the city.
Hartsville has a several parks inside the city.
Piratesville is one of the biggest splash pads in the state of South Carolina and operates Tuesday through Sunday when Darlington County Schools are out of session for summer vacation. Burry Park is an open green space in the heart of Hartsville.
Burry Park hosts Hartsville's "Screen on the Green" film series and Main Street Hartsville's Good Living Marketplace. Centennial Park was advanced for the 1981 centennial of Hartsville's incorporation.
It is home to the Lawton Park Pavilion, a historic building constructed in 1938 by the town/city of Hartsville with funding from the Works Progress Administration.
The park is assembled on the site of the Hartsville Graded School, the first enhance school for black kids in Hartsville, operating from about 1900 to 1921, as well as the later Butler School, titled for the Rev.
Park signage and a South Carolina Historical Marker placed at the park make note of the Rev.
James' family donated the territory to the town/city of Hartsville for Pride Park, which was established in 1986. The Vista is a pedestrian corridor assembled along Railroad Avenue between Coker Avenue and Second Street, connecting the South Carolina Governor's School for Science and Mathematics and portions of Coker College with downtown Hartsville.
The space was redeveloped in 2009 10 by the town/city of Hartsville from a portion of the former Hartsville barns yard which once connected Hartsville's downtown with primary rail lines.
The Hartsville Dog Park is an as-of-yet unbuilt but prepared dog park which the town/city will begin assembly on in the near future.
Land for this park has been acquired by the town/city at the corners of Coker Avenue and Railroad Avenue, near The Vista.
The town/city council, Hartsville's legislative body, is made of a mayor who is propel at large, and six council members who are propel in single-member districts, with one member propel by his/her peers as Mayor Pro-Tem.
Main Street Hartsville logo It is praised by the people of Hartsville as a momentous upgrade for the downtown area.
The Main Street Hartsville program is a partnership of the City of Hartsville, the Community Foundation for a Better Hartsville, and Main Street South Carolina, a program of the National Main Street Center.
The organization seeks to build a vibrant downtown in Hartsville, focusing on grow businesses, entertainment, recreating and historic preservation.
It follows the Main Street "Four Point Approach" of organization, promotion, design, and economic revamping. Main Street Hartsville administers a Sign and Paint grant for small-town businesses.
It also oversees the Hartsville Farmers Market, Start-Up Hartsville, and Hartsville for the Holidays.
The enhance schools in Hartsville are governed by the Darlington County School District.
Hartsville Middle School Mayo High School for Math, Science, and Technology, positioned in Darlington, serves students from the entire county, including Hartsville.
Thomas Hart Academy (grades 3 - K-8) is positioned 5 miles (8 km) south of the town/city and has a Hartsville mailing address.
Students from Hartsville attend other private schools in the area, including Emmanuel Christian School (grades 2 - K-12), Robert E.
Coker College, a private, baccalaureate-granting institution, is positioned in Hartsville.
News & World Report ranked Coker as the 20th best College in the South and the 15th best College for Veterans. The Princeton Review, for the 11th consecutive year, titled Coker a "Best College in the Southeast" in 2016 as well. Florence Darlington Technical College, based in close-by Florence, South Carolina, also maintains a satellite ground in Hartsville.
Hartsville is served by a several local, regional, and state media outlets.
The Hartsville Messenger, an partner of SCNow, is the small-town newspaper, with The State serving as a origin for statewide news.
WBTW News 13, WPDE-TV News 15, and WFXB Fox TV are the news channels that serve the Hartsville region as well as the entire Pee Dee and Grand Strand regions.
Downtown Hartsville and most neighborhoods in Hartsville are designed around a standard grid layout whose use began when the town/city first developed.
However, in newly advanced sections of the city, such as around Hartsville Crossing, the road layout is less orthodox.
Hartsville is positioned 14 miles (23 km) north of Interstate 20 and 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Interstate 95.
The City of Hartsville maintains garbage and recycling services for inhabitants inside the town/city limits, as well as water services.
Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center is a large medical complex positioned on the edge of Hartsville.
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