Lancaster, South Carolina Lancaster, South Carolina Official seal of Lancaster, South Carolina Motto: "Forward Together, the Spirit of Lancaster" Location of Lancaster, South Carolina Location of Lancaster, South Carolina State South Carolina County Lancaster The town/city of Lancaster / le ek st r/ is the governmental center of county of Lancaster County, South Carolina positioned in the Charlotte Metropolitan Area.
As of the United States Enumeration of 2010, the town/city population was 10,160 but due to South Carolina's strict annexation laws its actual populace is well over twenty thousand citizens .
The town/city was titled after the famous House of Lancaster.
Locally, Lancaster is pronounced / le ek st r/ lank-iss-t r, clean water the usual American pronunciation / l nk st r/ lan-kast- r.
The Robert Barnwell Allison House, Craig House, Cureton House, Thomas Walker Huey House, Lancaster Cotton Oil Company, Lancaster County Courthouse, Lancaster County Jail, Lancaster Downtown Historic District, Lancaster Presbyterian Church, Mount Carmel A.M.E.
Zion Campground, North Carolina-South Carolina Cornerstone, Perry-Mc - Ilwain-Mc - Dow House, Leroy Springs House, Wade-Beckham House, and Waxhaw Presbyterian Church Cemetery are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Lancaster is positioned at 34 43 16 N 80 46 24 W (34.721100, -80.773315). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 5.9 square miles (15 km2), of which 5.8 square miles (15 km2) is territory and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) of it (1.36%) is water.
Group of boys working in Lancaster Cotton Mills.
As of the census of 2010, there were 10,160 citizens , 5,396 homeholds, and 3,115 families residing in the city.
There were 3,396 homeholds out of which 27.3% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 35.5% were married couples living together, 22.6% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 37.7% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 25.8% under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 26.8% from 25 to 44, 21.8% from 45 to 64, and 16.6% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $28,650, and the median income for a family was $33,380.
About 18.0% of families and 23.0% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 33.2% of those under age 18 and 17.8% of those age 65 or over.
Lancaster is home to the Lancaster County School District, SC which has around 11 elementary schools, 5 middle schools, and 4 high schools.
In 2008 South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford titled Andrew Jackson Middle School, positioned in close-by Kershaw, as the recipient of the state's Best Special Education School Award.
The town/city of Lancaster is also home to the University of South Carolina at Lancaster also known as USCL.
Public Schools Located in Lancaster : Lancaster High School South Middle School USC Lancaster "Lancaster mayor Joe Shaw passes away at 81".
Lancaster Police Department Municipalities and communities of Lancaster County, South Carolina, United States State of South Carolina
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