Lamar is a town in
Darlington County
Darlington County is a county in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 62,905. Its county seat is Darlington. Hartsville is the largest city in the county. Darlington County is home to the Darlington Race ...
,
South Carolina
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, Former = Province of South Carolina
, seat = Columbia
, LargestCity = Charleston
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, United States. The population was 989 at the 2010 census.
It is part of the
Florence, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
In March of 2019, the Mayor of Lamar, Darnell Byrd McPherson, called police to her home to investigate a hate crime. She said her car and her husband's car had been sprayed with a yellow substance by some vandals. However, police determined that the substance was just pollen.
Geography
Lamar is located in southwestern Darlington County at (34.170388, -80.062526).
U.S. Route 401 passes through the town, leading northeast to
Darlington
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In the 19th century, Darlington underwen ...
, the
county seat
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, and southwest to
Sumter Sumter may refer to:
People Given name
* Sumter S. Arnim (1904–1990), American dentist
* Sumter de Leon Lowry Jr. (1893–1985), United States Army general
Surname
* Rowendy Sumter (born 1988), Curaçaoan footballer
* Shavonda E. Sumter ( ...
. Exit 131 on
Interstate 20
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is to the northeast of Lamar on US 401.
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the town has a total area of , all land.
Demographics
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 1,015 people, 417 households, and 286 families residing in the town. The
population density
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was 874.6 people per square mile (337.8/km
2). There were 467 housing units at an average density of 402.4 per square mile (155.4/km
2). The racial makeup of the town was 53.50%
White
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, 45.71%
African American
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, 0.10%
Native American, 0.10%
Asian
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** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia
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, and 0.59% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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or
Latino
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* The people or cultures of Latin America;
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of any race were 0.89% of the population.
There were 417 households, out of which 24.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.0% were
married couples
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living together, 18.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.2% were non-families. 29.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 3.01.
In the town, the population was spread out, with 24.5% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 25.7% from 25 to 44, 25.8% from 45 to 64, and 17.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.9 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $28,571, and the median income for a family was $35,789. Males had a median income of $29,000 versus $26,250 for females. The
per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the town was $15,473. About 22.4% of families and 24.4% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 35.7% of those under age 18 and 17.7% of those age 65 or over.
Education
Lamar has a
public library
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There are ...
, a branch of the Darlington County Library System.
Notable people
*
John Abraham
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After modelling for advertisements and companies ...
, former
NFL outside linebacker
*
David Beasley
David Muldrow Beasley (born February 26, 1957) is an American politician and the Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme. A member of the Republican Party, he served one term as the 113th Governor of South Carolina from 199 ...
, Executive Director of
World Food Program
The World Food Programme; it, Programma alimentare mondiale; es, Programa Mundial de Alimentos; ar, برنامج الأغذية العالمي, translit=barnamaj al'aghdhiat alealami; russian: Всемирная продовольствен ...
and
113th governor of South Carolina
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from 1995 to 1999
*
John Boston
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Early life
Australia bound
As a you ...
(ca. 1832–after 1880) was a former slave who was a representative for the
South Carolina House of Representatives
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Unlike many legislatures, seati ...
during the
Reconstruction era
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. He was a minister who established the Lamar Colored Methodist Church in 1865. He was born and lived in Lisbon Township, now called Lamar.
*
Cobie Durant, NFL cornerback
*
B. J. Goodson, NFL player
*
Michael Hamlin
Michael Leon Hamlin (born November 21, 1985) is a former American football safety in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Washington Redskins. He played college football at Clemson University.
Early ...
, former NFL safety
*
Levon Kirkland
Lorenzo Levon Kirkland (born February 17, 1969) is an American former football inside linebacker and coach. A second-round draft choice of the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1992 NFL Draft, he played 11 years as a linebacker in the National Footbal ...
, former NFL linebacker
*
Marshall McFadden
Marshall Maquel McFadden (born August 4, 1986) is a former gridiron football linebacker who last played for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was signed by the Pittsburgh Steelers to a reserve/future contract on Jan ...
, former NFL player
References
External links
City-Data.com
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Towns in Darlington County, South Carolina
Towns in South Carolina
Florence, South Carolina metropolitan area