Ridgeville is a town in

Dorchester County Dorchester County is the name of two counties in the United States: * Dorchester County, Maryland * Dorchester County, South Carolina Dorchester County is a county located in U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population ...

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, United States. The population was 1,979 at the 2010 census, up from 1,690 at the 2000 census. Ridgeville is part of the

Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville metropolitan area The Charleston metropolitan area is an urban area centered around Charleston, South Carolina. The U.S. Office of Management and Budget designates the area as the Charleston–North Charleston, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area, a metropolitan stati ...

History

The

Cypress Methodist Camp Ground Cypress Methodist Camp Ground is a historic Methodist camp meeting in Ridgeville, Dorchester County, South Carolina. Cypress Camp Ground was functional as early as 1794, and an adjacent cemetery contains graves from the early 1800s. The campground ...

was added to the

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in 1978.

Geography

Ridgeville is located near the center of Dorchester County at (33.0931, -80.3124).

South Carolina Highway 27 South Carolina Highway 27 (SC 27) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It serves to connect the town of Ridgeville with nearby highways. Route description SC 27 is a two-lane rural highway that connect ...

passes through the town, leading north to

U.S. Route 78 U.S. Route 78 (US 78) is an east–west United States highway that runs for 715 miles (1,151 km) from Memphis, Tennessee, to Charleston, South Carolina. From Byhalia, Mississippi to Birmingham, Alabama, US 78 is concurrent with Interstate 2 ...

and to Exit 187 on

Interstate 26 Interstate 26 (I-26) is a main route of the Interstate Highway System in the Southeastern United States. Nominally east–west, as indicated by its even number, I-26 runs from the junction of U.S. Route 11W (US 11W) and US 23 in ...

. According to the

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, the town has a total area of , all of it land. The town limits extend east to include

Lieber Correctional Institution The Lieber Correctional Institution is a maximum-security state prison for men located in Ridgeville, Dorchester County, South Carolina, owned and operated by the South Carolina Department of Corrections. The facility was opened in 1986 and ...

, run by the

South Carolina Department of Corrections The South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) is the agency responsible for corrections in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It currently has about 4,500 employees and just over 15,000 inmates, in 21 institutions. The agency has its headqu ...

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 1,690 people, 214 households, and 156 families residing in the town. The

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was 930.4 people per square mile (358.5/km²). There were 232 housing units at an average density of 127.7 per square mile (49.2/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 39.94%

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, 58.70%

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, 0.59% Native American, 0.30% from

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, and 0.47% from two or more races.

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of any race were 0.47% of the population. There were 214 households, out of which 30.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.9% were

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living together, 19.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.1% were non-families. 25.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 3.19. In the town, the population was spread out, with 8.4% under the age of 18, 11.5% from 18 to 24, 53.2% from 25 to 44, 20.7% from 45 to 64, and 6.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 434.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 542.3 males. The median income for a household in the town was $32,639, and the median income for a family was $42,188. Males had a median income of $22,500 versus $22,404 for females. The

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for the town was $9,186. About 13.6% of families and 18.9% of the population were below the

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, including 27.8% of those under age 18 and 21.1% of those age 65 or over.

Government and infrastructure

The

operates the

in Ridgeville.Lieber Correctional Institution
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. Retrieved on August 17, 2010.

References

{{authority control Towns in Dorchester County, South Carolina Towns in South Carolina Charleston–North Charleston–Summerville metropolitan area