Orangeburg, South Carolina Orangeburg, South Carolina Russell Street in Downtown Orangeburg Russell Street in Downtown Orangeburg Location in Orangeburg County, South Carolina Location in Orangeburg County, South Carolina State South Carolina County Orangeburg Orangeburg, also known as "The Garden City," is the principal town/city in and the governmental center of county of Orangeburg County, South Carolina, United States. The populace of the town/city was 13,964 as stated to the 2010 United States census.
The town/city is enhanced by annual additions of college students at two primary universities.
Claflin University in 2014 was ranked as the best liberal arts college in the state and the top HBCU in the nation by Washington Monthly. South Carolina State University is noted for having the only undergraduate nuclear engineering program in the state, and the only masters of science degree in transit in the state.
Congress and the USDOT as one of 33 University Transportation Centers in the country and the only one in the state.
To encourage settlement, the General Assembly of the Province of South Carolina in 1730 organized the region as a township, naming it Orangeburg for Prince William IV of Orange, the son-in-law of King George II of Great Britain.
Orangeburg's first church was established by a German Lutheran congregation.
Agricultural workforce was provided by enslaved African Americans, many brought into the region in a forced migration from the coastal areas or the Upper South via the domestic slave trade.
Slaves became the majority of populace in the county and city.
Freed after the Civil War, blacks began to gain educations, and two universities were established in the city, the second designated as a territory grant institution for all black students in the state under segregation.
Blacks were also subject to Jim Crow laws passed by the Democrat-dominated state legislature; they were deprived of their ability to vote by South Carolina's disenfranchising constitution passed at the turn of the 20th century, which erected barriers to voter registration.
In the 1960s, Orangeburg was a primary center of Civil Rights Movement activities by students from both Claflin College and South Carolina State College as well as black inhabitants of the city.
In August 1963, the Orangeburg Freedom Movement (OFM), chaired by Dr.
Harlowe Caldwell of the NAACP, submitted 10 pro-integration demands to the Orangeburg Mayor and City Council.
On February 8, 1968, after days of protests against a segregated bowling alley, violence broke out near the bowling alley as police attacked Black students from South Carolina State.
Police opened fire on a crowd of students, killing Samuel Hammond, Henry Smith, and Delano Middleton, and wounding 27 the rest in what became known as the "Orangeburg Massacre". In May 2000, the town/city created the Orangeburg County Community of Character initiative.
It is a collaborative accomplishment in improve evolution by the Downtown Orangeburg Revitalization Association (DORA), The Times and Democrat newspaper, the Orangeburg County Chamber of Commerce, and the Orangeburg County Development Commission. In 2005, the National Civic League awarded Orangeburg County the coveted All-America City Award (which can also be awarded to a county), which recognizes and encourages civic excellence.
In 2007, Orangeburg hosted the first Democratic U.S.
Auditorium on the ground of South Carolina State University; the future president, Senator Barack Obama, was one of the debaters.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 8.3 square miles (21.5 km ), of which, 8.3 square miles (21.5 km ) of it is territory and 0.12% is water.
Climate data for Orangeburg, South Carolina In the city, the populace was spread out with 17.7% under the age of 18, 28.6% from 18 to 24, 21.0% from 25 to 44, 17.5% from 45 to 64, and 15.2% who were 65 years of age or older.
The City council is a legislative body, establishing policies with recommendations from the experienced town/city administrator, who is hired by the council.
The town/city administrator acts as the chief administrator of the council's policies implemented through the administrative control of town/city departments given to him by ordinance.
The following table shows Orangeburg's crime rate in 6 crimes that Morgan Quitno uses in its calculations for "America's most dangerous cities" rankings, in comparison to 10,000 citizens .
Crime Orangeburg, SC (2009) per 10,000 citizens Claflin University, established in 1869, is the earliest historically black college in the state of South Carolina.
News and World Report, in its 2012 Guidebook to American Colleges and Universities, ranked Claflin in the "Top Ten" and rated the college number one in the "Best Value" category among elected universities in the South for students pursuing bachelor's degrees.
Claflin is an autonomous, four year, co-educational, residentiary, career-oriented liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church.
South Carolina State University is 4-year enhance historically Black institution in Orangeburg.
South Carolina State University offers a number of programs in the state and the nation, including the only undergraduate nuclear engineering program in the state and the only masters of science degree in transit in the state.
Congress and the USDOT as one of 33 University Transportation Centers in the nation, the only one in South Carolina.
Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College is a member of the American Association of Community Colleges and is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) to award Associate in Arts, Associate in Science and Associate in Applied Science degrees.
Orangeburg Consolidated School District Three Orangeburg Consolidated School District Five Orangeburg Preparatory Schools, Inc.
The Times and Democrat serves as the daily journal for the Orangeburg area.
Orangeburg Municipal Airport South Carolina Highway 4 South Carolina Highway 33 Paul's United Methodist Church, Orangeburg, South Carolina The IP Stanback Museum & Planetarium, titled for the first black chairman of the University's Board of Trustees, Israel Pinkney Stanback, had its origin in the basement of the then South Carolina State College's library in the early 1970s.
The Museum and Planetarium is positioned on the ground of South Carolina State University and signifies their commitment to improve service.
The Orangeburg Festival of Roses began as a vision held by a group of people seeking a way to movement the evolution of Orangeburg and advancement the character of life for its residents.
The Greater Orangeburg Chamber of Commerce was the sole sponsor of that first festival.
At present the City of Orangeburg and the Orangeburg County Chamber of Commerce are co-sponsors of the event.
During the winter in Orangeburg, more festivities get under way when raccoon hunters from throughout the Southeast gather for the Grand American Coon Hunt.
Also on the "Top Twenty" list, the hunt, which takes place each year in early January, in the biggest field trial for coon dogs in the United States and is a qualifying event for the World Coon Hunt.
Lowman Hall, South Carolina State College Orangeburg City Cemetery Orangeburg County Fair Main Exhibit Building Orangeburg County Jail Orangeburg Downtown Historic District South Carolina State College Historic District Donnie Abraham: football player for East Tennessee State University, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New York Jets.
Shelton Benjamin: experienced wrestler and former amateur wrestler who prominently worked for World Wrestling Entertainment, born in Orangeburg on June 23, 1977.
Angell Conwell: actress, born in Orangeburg, SC on August 2, 1983.
Senator from Tennessee, born in Orangeburg on August 24, 1952.
Don Covay: musician, born in Orangeburg on March 24, 1938.
Manish Dayal: actor, born in Orangeburg on June 17, 1983.
Everett: President and CEO of the Washington, D.C.-based Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, born in Orangeburg, SC on June 23, 1951.
Nikki Haley, from neighboring Bamberg County, educated at Orangeburg Preparatory; she is South Carolina's first governor who is female as well as the first minority governor.
Walter Merritt Riggs, engineering professor, first football coach at Clemson University, President of Clemson University, 1910-1924, born in Orangeburg on January 24, 1873.
Eugene Robinson: op-ed columnist, The Washington Post, born in Orangeburg in 1955.
Mike Sharperson (1961-1996): Major League Baseball player for Los Angeles Dodgers, Toronto Blue Jays and Atlanta Braves, member of 1988 World Series championship team; born in Orangeburg on Oct.
Shawnee Smith: actress and musician, well known for her part s as Amanda Young in Saw I-VI and Linda in the TV series Becker; also half of the country-rock band Smith & Pyle alongside actress Missi Pyle; born in Orangeburg, SC on July 3, 1970.
Williams: Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, born in Orangeburg in 1951.
"Claflin University Receives Top State HBCU Ranking by Washington Monthly", Claflin University, 28 August 2014 "Our Mission" in the Orangeburg County Community of Character website online at https://orangeburgcharacter.com/about/about-us/mission.
"County Wins All-America City Award" in the Times and Democrat, June 27, 2005 online at https://thetandd.com/news/county-wins-all-america-city-award/article_e - 3295920-514a-530c-bf04-ae16ffe44e7d.html.
"Orangeburg, South Carolina Koppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase)".
"Orangeburg, South Carolina (SC 29117) profile: population, maps, real estate, averages, homes, statistics, relocation, travel, jobs, hospitals, schools, crime, moving, homes, news, sex offenders".
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