Everything about Hemingway South Carolina totally explained
Hemingway is a town in
Williamsburg County,
South Carolina,
United States. The population was 573 at the 2000 census.
Historical Sketch
Hemingway was created from a crossroads community named Lamberts in
1911 by Dr. W. C. Hemingway, in an effort to secure a depot for the proposed
Seaboard Air Line Railroad, which was to run from
Mullins to
Andrews. Land owned by Dr. Hemingway was surveyed and the lots
auctioned off. Subsequently the railroad established a Hemingway depot, and the
post office name was changed to Hemingway.
With rail access, Hemingway grew into a
market town for local
agricultural products.
Cotton declined after
1921, when the
boll weevil arrived, but was already being replaced by flue cured
tobacco as the primary money crop for
farmers. Other local products were
naval stores from the
pine forests (later replaced by
timbering),
corn,
soybeans,
wheat, and
vegetables.
Hemingway is near the
Pee Dee River, which was the main commercial route for the area until the coming of the railroad. Snows Lake is a lake near Hemingway. This is also a site in the
Revolutionary War camp of US war hero, General
Francis Marion. The river was named by early explorers after the
Pee Dee tribe. A major tributary is the
Waccamaw River likewise named.
Jobs
Besides agriculture, the manufacture of
textiles has been important in the past, with numerous sewing factories, but most of these have closed. Talous, where
insectproof suits for sportsmen are sewed, and Hemingway Apparel, are exceptions. Important industries today are Tupperware (plastic kitchenware), House of Raeford (meat products), C-V Unlimited (remanufactured auto parts), Don's Scrap Iron and Metal Co., and Palmetto Paper Tube. Some people commute to Wellman Industries in
Johnsonville, South Carolina or to International Paper Company or Georgetown Steel in
Georgetown, South Carolina. Williamsburg County runs bus service for workers who commute to nearby Myrtle Beach, which offers jobs in the hospitality industry and construction.
Hemingway has always been associated with Johnsonville, which, though divided by a county line, is only 4 miles north, and are sometimes referred to locally as the twin cities. Hemingway recently completed a new industrial park midway between the two cities, with a deep well and sewer service.
Barbecue Shag Festival
Hemingway is known for the Bar-B-Q Shag Festival held in the spring of each year. This features a cookoff of low country style
pork barbecue, and dancing of the official state
dance - the
Shag.
Geography
Hemingway is located at (33.753422, -79.445767).
According to the
United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.9
square miles (2.3
km²), all of it land.
Demographics
As of the
census of 2000, there were 573 people, 259 households, and 182 families residing in the town. The
population density was 653.2 people per square mile (251.4/km²). There were 278 housing units at an average density of 316.9/sq mi (122.0/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 80.80%
White, 18.50%
African American, 0.35%
Native American, 0.17% from
other races, and 0.17% from two or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 0.17% of the population. (The Hispanic population of the area is growing rapidly, and the statistics are probably much lower than present reality.)
There were 259 households out of which 26.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.4% were
married couples living together, 15.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.7% were non-families. 29.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.21 and the average family size was 2.71.
In the town the population was spread out with 22.3% under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 21.3% from 25 to 44, 26.7% from 45 to 64, and 23.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females there were 82.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 75.2 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $28,250, and the median income for a family was $50,179. Males had a median income of $28,125 versus $20,987 for females. The
per capita income for the town was $17,888. About 9.9% of families and 13.1% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 18.2% of those under age 18 and 15.6% of those age 65 or over.
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