Dovesville is an
unincorporated community
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and
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...
(CDP) in
Darlington County
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,
South Carolina
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, anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind"
, Former = Province of South Carolina
, seat = Columbia
, LargestCity = Charleston
, LargestMetro = ...
, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the
2020 census.
[ Per the 2020 census, the population was 827.]401
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. The concurrent highway leads north to Society Hill
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and south the same distance to Darlington
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In the 19th century, Darlington underwen ...
, the county seat
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.
The southwest border of the CDP follows Black Creek, a southeast-flowing tributary of the Great Pee Dee River
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, while the eastern border follows Horse Creek, a south-flowing tributary of Black Creek. Jeffords Millpond is an impoundment on Horse Creek in the northeast corner of the community.
Demographics
2020 census
''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.''
References
Census-designated places in Darlington County, South Carolina
Census-designated places in South Carolina
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