Pendleton, South Carolina Pendleton, South Carolina Top, left to right: Downtown Pendleton, Saint Paul's Episcopal Church, Farmers Hall Top, left to right: Downtown Pendleton, Saint Paul's Episcopal Church, Farmers Hall Pendleton is positioned in South Carolina Pendleton - Pendleton Location inside the state of South Carolina State South Carolina Pendleton is a town in Anderson County, South Carolina, United States.
The Pendleton Historic District, consisting of the town and its immediate surroundings, was added to the National Register of Historical Places in 1970.
Particularly notable historic buildings on the Pendleton town square include Farmer's Hall and Hunter's Store, which is presently the command posts of the Pendleton District Historical, Recreational and Tourism Commission.
Near Pendleton are the historic plantation homes Ashtabula and Woodburn.
Schools include Pendleton Elementary, Mount Lebanon Elementary, La - France Elementary, Riverside Middle School, and Pendleton High School.
For centuries, the territory that is now Pendleton was the territory of the Cherokee nation. After England claimed South Carolina as a colony, the Cherokee interchanged with the British. After the Cherokee lost the war of 1759-60 against the British, the British dominated trade in the region and began to settle more of the territory with large farms. Andrew Pickens, who was a general in the Revolutionary War moved to the region and commissioned the precinct of Pendleton in 1790. During the first half of the 1800s, wealthy families assembled homes in Pendleton.
The Ashtabula, Boone-Douthit House, Faith Cabin Library at Anderson County Training School, Pendleton Historic District, and Woodburn are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Pendleton is positioned in northwestern Anderson County at 34 39 2 N 82 46 51 W (34.650672, -82.780736). Its northwestern edge touches the Anderson County/Pickens County line and borders the town/city of Clemson.
Route 76 passes through the southwest part of town, bypassing the town center and dominant northwest to Clemson and southeast 14 miles (23 km) to Anderson, the county seat.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 3.8 square miles (9.9 km2), of which 3.8 square miles (9.8 km2) is territory and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km2), or 0.70%, is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 2,966 citizens , 1,397 homeholds, and 799 families residing in the town.
Main home at Montpelier, Samuel Maverick plantation, Pendleton In the town, the populace was spread out with 20.2% under the age of 18, 12.8% from 18 to 24, 26.8% from 25 to 44, 22.6% from 45 to 64, and 17.6% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town was $28,052, and the median income for a family was $37,606.
About 15.7% of families and 20.8% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 32.2% of those under age 18 and 17.2% of those age 65 or over.
Downtown Pendleton with Farmers Hall, early twentieth century Stephen Adams (1807 1857), born in the Pendleton District, United States congressman and senator a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Pendleton town, South Carolina".
Remembering South Carolina's Old Pendleton District.
"Pendleton Historic Foundation".
Pendleton Historic Foundation.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
Town of Pendleton official website Pendleton Historical Marker Municipalities and communities of Anderson County, South Carolina, United States This populated place also has portions in an adjoining county or counties
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