Hamer is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

and

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), 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 counte ...

(CDP) in

Dillon County Dillon County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the county's population was 28,292. The county seat is Dillon, South Carolina, Dillon. History Fou ...

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, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 820. Hamer is home to Hamer Hall, a residence from 1890 listed on the

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. It is also the location of South of the Border, a famed

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just before the state line with

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; and it is the home of

Blenheim Ginger Ale Blenheim Ginger Ale is a ginger ale bottled by Blenheim Bottlers in Hamer, Dillon County, South Carolina, but was originally bottled in Blenheim, Marlboro County, South Carolina. It has deep roots in the Pee Dee region of South Carolina, as ...

Geography

Its elevation is 144 feet (44 m).

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

Unincorporated communities in Dillon County, South Carolina Unincorporated communities in South Carolina Census-designated places in Dillon County, South Carolina Census-designated places in South Carolina {{SouthCarolina-geo-stub