Orangeburg, also known as ''The Burg'', is the principal city in and the

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of Orangeburg County, South Carolina, United States. The population of the city was 13,964 according to the 2020 census. The city is located 37 miles southeast of Columbia, on the north fork of the Edisto River. Two historically black institutions of higher education are located in Orangeburg:

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) and South Carolina State University (a public university).

History

18th century

European settlement in this area started in 1704 when George Sterling set up a post here for

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with Native Americans. To encourage settlement, the General Assembly of the Province of South Carolina in 1730 organized the area as a township, naming it Orangeburg for

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, Prince of Orange, the son-in-law of King

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. In 1735, a colony of 200

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and Dutch immigrants formed a community near the banks of the North Edisto River. The site was attractive because of the fertile soil and the abundance of wildlife. The river provided the all-important transportation waterway to the port of Charleston on the Atlantic coast for the area's agriculture and lumber products, and for shipping goods upriver. The town soon became a well-established and successful colony, composed chiefly of small

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farmers. Orangeburg's first church was established by a German

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congregation. It later identified as an

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, which was the established church and exempt from colonial taxation. The church building was erected prior to 1763 in the center of the village; it was destroyed by fighting during the Revolutionary War. A new church was built; during the

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, it was used as a smallpox hospital by General William Tecumseh Sherman on his march through with Union forces.

19th century

After the American Revolution, the character of the county changed dramatically. Invention by

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of a mass-produced

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for processing short-staple or "green seed" cotton made this type of cotton profitable. It was easily grown in the upland areas, and the county was rapidly developed into large cotton plantations. Agricultural labor was provided by enslaved African Americans, many brought into the area in a forced migration from the coastal areas or the Upper South via the domestic slave trade. Slaves became the majority of population in the county and city. Freed after the Civil War, blacks began to gain educations, and two colleges were established in the city, the second designated as a land grant institution for all black students in the state under segregation. Blacks were also subject to

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laws passed by the Democrat-dominated state legislature; they were deprived of their ability to vote by South Carolina's disenfranchising constitution passed at the turn of the 20th century, which erected barriers to voter registration. In 1919 The Orangeburg Regional Medical Center opened. This area is also known for its extremely rich soil.

20th century

Efforts by blacks to regain civil rights increased in the postwar period after World War II. In the 1960s, Orangeburg was a major center of Civil Rights Movement activities by students from both Claflin College and South Carolina State College as well as black residents of the city. After the US Supreme Court ruling in ''

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'' (1954) declaring segregation in public schools to be unconstitutional, local blacks sought integration of local schools in 1956. Whites retaliated economically, sometimes firing activists or evicting them from rental housing. College students came to their support with hunger strikes, boycotts, and mass marches. In 1960, over 400 students were arrested on sit-ins and integration marches organized by the

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(CORE). In August 1963, the Orangeburg Freedom Movement (OFM), chaired by Harlowe Caldwell of the

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, submitted 10 pro-integration demands to the Orangeburg Mayor and City Council. After negotiations failed, mass demonstrations similar to those in the

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in Alabama resulted in more than 1,300 arrests. Local efforts to end segregation in public places continued, particularly after Congress passed the

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. On February 8, 1968, after days of protests against a segregated bowling alley, violence broke out near the bowling alley as police attacked Black students from South Carolina State. Police opened fire on a crowd of students, killing Samuel Hammond, Henry Smith, and Delano Middleton, and wounding 27 others in what became known as the "

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21st century

In May 2000, the city created the Orangeburg County Community of Character initiative. It is a collaborative effort in community development by the Downtown Orangeburg Revitalization Association (DORA), '' The Times and Democrat'' newspaper, the Orangeburg County Chamber of Commerce, and the Orangeburg County Development Commission. In 2005, the

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awarded Orangeburg County the

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which recognizes and encourages civic excellence. It honors communities in which citizens, government, businesses, and non-profit organizations demonstrate successful resolution of critical community issues. In 2007, Orangeburg hosted the first Democratic U.S. presidential candidate debate of the campaign season at

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Auditorium on the campus of South Carolina State University; future president

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was one of the debaters. In 2021, President

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visited Orangeburg to deliver a commencement address at South Carolina State.

Geography

According to the

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, the city has a total area of 8.3 square miles (21.5 km²), of which 8.3 square miles (21.5 km²) is land and 0.12% is water.

Climate

The climate in this area is characterized by relatively high temperatures and evenly distributed precipitation throughout the year. According to the

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system, Orangeburg has a

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, abbreviated ''Cfa'' on climate maps.

Demographics

2020 census

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 13,240 people, 4,455 households, and 2,283 families residing in the city.

2010 census

As of the census of 2010, there were 13,964 people, 4,512 households, and 2,526 families residing in the city. The population density was 1648.8 There were 5,168 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 75.04%

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, 19.2%

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, 0.18% Native American, 1.74% Asian, 0.05%

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, 0.79% from other races, and 1.1% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 1.9% of the population. There were 4,421 households, out of which 18.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 33.5% were married couples living together, 18.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 44.0% were non-families. 35.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.23 and the average family size was 2.88. In the city, the population was spread out, with 17.7% under the age of 18, 28.6% from 18 to 24, 21.0% from 25 to 44, 17.5% from 45 to 64, and 15.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 28 years. For every 100 females, there were 76.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 71.0 males. The median income for a household in the city was $30,306, and the median income for a family was $37,008. Males had a median income of $30,310 versus $21,935 for females. The per capita income for the city was $15,263. About 17.9% of families and 24.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 34.7% of those under age 18 and 14.8% of those age 65 or over.

Government and crime

Government

The city operates under the council-manager form of government. The governing body is composed of a mayor and six members. The mayor is determined through a nonpartisan,

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election for a four-year term of office while Council Members are chosen through nonpartisan,

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(SMD) elections. Council members are elected to staggered four-year terms of office. The City council is a legislative body, establishing policies with recommendations from the professional city administrator, who is hired by the council. The city administrator acts as the chief administrator of the council's policies implemented through the administrative control of city departments given to him by ordinance. Mayor *Michael C. Butler Council Members *Richard F. Stroman *Charles W. Jernigan *Charles B. Barnwell, Jr. *Bernard Haire *L. Zimmerman Keitt (Mayor Pro Tem) *Sandra P. Knotts State Senators *Brad Hutto *Vernon Stephens

Crime

The following table shows Orangeburg's crime rate in 6 crimes that Morgan Quitno uses in its calculations for "America's most dangerous cities" rankings, in comparison to 10,000 people. The statistics provided are not for the actual number of crimes committed, but for the number of crimes committed per capita.

Education

Colleges and universities

, founded in 1869, is the oldest historically black university in the state of South Carolina. In 2014 it was ranked by ''

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'' as the top liberal arts college in the state and the top HBCU in the country."Claflin University Receives Top State HBCU Ranking by Washington Monthly"
, Claflin University, August 28, 2014 * South Carolina State University is a 4-year public historically Black institution in Orangeburg, founded in 1896. * Orangeburg–Calhoun Technical College is a member of the American Association of Community Colleges and is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the

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(SACS) to award associate degrees.

Public schools

* Orangeburg Consolidated School District Three * Consolidated School District Four * Orangeburg Consolidated School District Five * Orangeburg-Wilkinson Senior High School

Charter schools

* OCSD5 High School for Health Professions * Felton Laboratory Charter School

Private schools

* Orangeburg Preparatory Schools, Inc. * Orangeburg Christian Academy

Library

Orangeburg has a public library, a branch of the Orangeburg County Library.

Media

'' The Times and Democrat'' serves as the daily newspaper for the Orangeburg area.

Transportation

Terminals

* Orangeburg Municipal Airport *

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* Southeastern Stages

Highways

* U.S. Route 301 * U.S. Route 601 * U.S. Route 21 * U.S. Route 178 * South Carolina Highway 4 * South Carolina Highway 33 *

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(via Exits 145, 149 and 154)

Events and attractions

Garden

The Edisto Memorial Gardens displays past and current award-winning roses from the All-American Rose Selections. Some 4,000 plants representing at least 75 labeled varieties of roses are always on display in the Gardens. The site was first developed in the 1920s with some azaleas on of land. A playground was added in 1922, and a greenhouse and nursery facility in 1947. To extend the season of beauty, the first rose garden was planted in 1951. Currently, there are more than 50 beds of roses ranging from miniatures from grandiflora to climbers on over of land.

Museum

The IP Stanback Museum & Planetarium, named for the first African-American chairman of the university's board of trustees, Israel Pinkney Stanback, had its origin in the basement of the then South Carolina State College's library in the early 1970s. The Museum and Planetarium is located on the campus of South Carolina State University and signifies their commitment to community service. The Museum's exhibition area is one of the largest in the state. Its forty-foot planetarium dome, located across the foyer adjacent to the galleries, has an auditorium capacity of eighty-two seats and a Minolta IIB Planetarium Projector. The building is easily accessible to the handicapped and is a uniquely adaptable facility, capable of hosting many different types of presentations.

Festivals

The Orangeburg Festival of Roses began as a vision held by a group of citizens seeking a way to enhance the development of Orangeburg and improve the quality of life for its residents. As a result of that vision, the first festival was held in 1972. The Greater Orangeburg Chamber of Commerce was the sole sponsor of that first festival. At present the City of Orangeburg and the Orangeburg County Chamber of Commerce are co-sponsors of the event. The festival includes such events as a river race, a basscatcher tournament, the Princess of Roses pageant, and various sports tournaments. During the winter in Orangeburg, more festivities get under way when raccoon hunters from throughout the Southeast gather for the Grand American Coon Hunt. Also on the "Top Twenty" list, the hunt, which takes place each year in early January, in the largest field trial for coon dogs in the United States and is a qualifying event for the World Coon Hunt.

Landmarks

The following notable buildings and districts are listed on the

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: * Alan Mack Site (38OR67) * All-Star Triangle Bowl * Amelia Street Historic District * Claflin College Historic District * Dixie Library Building * Donald Bruce House * Dukes Gymnasium * East Russell Street Area Historic District * Ellis Avenue Historic District * Enterprise Cotton Mills Building * F.H.W. Briggman House * Great Branch Teacherage * Hodge Hall * Hotel Eutaw * Lowman Hall, South Carolina State College * Maj. John Hammond Fordham House * Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church * Orangeburg City Cemetery * Orangeburg County Fair Main Exhibit Building *

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* Orangeburg Downtown Historic District * South Carolina State College Historic District * William P. Stroman House *

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* Treadwell Street Historic District * Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church * White House United Methodist Church * Whitman Street Area Historic District * Williams Chapel A.M.E. Church

Notable people

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, football player for

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* Thomas G. Andrews, attorney and Associate Justice of the

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was born in Orangeburg in 1882 * Alex Barron,

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tackle, drafted by the

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19th overall in the

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* Shelton Benjamin, professional wrestler and former amateur wrestler currently signed to

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, born in Orangeburg on July 9, 1975 * Gloria Blackwell, educator and civil rights activist *

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, South Carolina State University alumnus, class of 1961 * Choo-Choo Coleman, former baseball catcher for the

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and

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. * Monique Coleman, actress and singer, most notably from ''

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'', High School Musical 3: Senior Year and ''

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''. *

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, actress, born in Orangeburg, SC on August 2, 1983. * Bob Corker, U.S. senator from

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, born in Orangeburg on August 24, 1952. *

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, musician, born in Orangeburg on March 24, 1938. * Xzavion Curry,

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player * Woodrow Dantzler,

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quarterback and AFL player; first player in

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history to pass for more than and rush for more than in a single season. *

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(born June 17, 1983), actor, born in Orangeburg * Ralph B. Everett, President and CEO of the Washington, D.C.-based

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, born in Orangeburg, SC on June 23, 1951. * Abby Fisher (c. 1831–1915), one of the first African-American cookbook authors, born as a slave in Orangeburg * Terry Guess, NFL wide receiver * Michael Hackett (born 1960), basketball player, Liga Profesional de Baloncesto MVP in 1984, and Israeli League Top Scorer in 1991 * Jaime Harrison, Chairman of the

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and

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, born in Orangeburg on February 5, 1976. * Deveron Harper,

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player * Dwayne Harper, professional football cornerback who played 12 seasons in the National Football League. *

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, former Governor of South Carolina, Orangeburg Preparatory Schools alumnus, class of 1989. * Israel Hicks (1943–2010), stage director who presented

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's entire 10-play Pittsburgh Cycle. * Corinne Stocker Horton (1871–1947), elocutionist and journalist * Brad Hutto, minority leader of the

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* Tim Jennings,

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cornerback, drafted by the

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in the 2nd round of the

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. * Brice Johnson, basketball star at

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. First-Team All-American at UNC and led the Tar Heels to the National Championship game. 1st Round NBA draft pick of the Los Angeles Clippers. * Xavier Johnson, American Greco-Roman wrestler, represented the United States at the 2023 World Championships at 63 kg * Maurice Kelly, NFL and CFL player * Mikki Moore, professional basketball player who has played for 9 teams. *

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, college football coach * Benjamin F. Payton (1932–2016), president of

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from 1981 to 2010 * Walter Merritt Riggs (1873– ), engineering professor, first football coach at

, President of

, 1910–1924, born in Orangeburg * Curtis C. Robinson (1919–2009), former U.S. Army Air Force officer, pharmacist, and combat fighter pilot/jet pilot with the prodigious

Tuskegee Airmen The Tuskegee Airmen were a group of primarily African American military pilots (fighter and bomber) and airmen who fought in World War II. They formed the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Fighter Group, 477th Bombardment Group (Medium) of th ...

* Eugene Robinson (born 1955), op-ed columnist, ''

The Washington Post ''The Washington Post'', locally known as ''The'' ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'' or ''WP'', is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital. It is the most widely circulated newspaper in the Washington m ...

,'' born in Orangeburg *

Rusty Russell Rusty Russell is an Australian free software programmer and advocate, known for his work on the Linux kernel's networking subsystem and the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard. Software development Russell wrote the packet filtering systems ipch ...

: football player for the

Philadelphia Eagles The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia. The Eagles compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC East, East division. The team plays its ...

Orlando Predators The Orlando Predators were a professional arena football team based in Orlando, Florida and member of the Arena Football League (AFL). The team was most recently owned by Orlando Predators LLC, a company owned by David A. Siegel, and played it ...

Charlotte Rage The Charlotte Rage were a professional arena football team based out of Charlotte, North Carolina. They were members of the Arena Football League from 1992 to 1996. They played their home games at the Charlotte Coliseum from 1992 to 1994 and t ...

and

Florida Bobcats The Florida Bobcats were an Arena Football League (AFL) team based in Sunrise, Florida. They were previously known as the Sacramento Attack and the Miami Hooters, and played in the AFL for a total of ten seasons, the last seven in West Palm Beac ...

. * John Jarvis Seabrook (1899–1975), theologian, Methodist pastor, and academic administrator * Bakari Sellers, politician and CNN commentator, Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School alumnus * Mike Sharperson (1961–1996),

player for

Los Angeles Dodgers The Los Angeles Dodgers are an American professional baseball team based in Los Angeles. The Dodgers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League West, West Div ...

Toronto Blue Jays The Toronto Blue Jays are a Canadian professional baseball team based in Toronto. The Blue Jays compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League East, East Division. Since 1989, the team has p ...

and

Atlanta Braves The Atlanta Braves are an American professional baseball team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The Braves compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Eas ...

, member of

1988 World Series The 1988 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1988 season. The 85th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion Oakland Athletics and the ...

championship team; born in Orangeburg on October 4, 1961. * Dick Sheridan, Hall of Fame college football coach * Shawnee Smith, actress and musician, well known for her roles as

Amanda Young Amanda Young is a fictional character created by James Wan and Leigh Whannell and is one of the antagonist, antagonists in the Saw (franchise), ''Saw'' franchise. She first appeared in ''Saw (2004 film), Saw'' (2004), portrayed by Shawnee Smit ...

in '' Saw I-VI'' and Linda in the TV series ''

Becker Becker () is one of the German-language surnames, along with Bäcker and Baecker, that derive from the root, which refers to baking. The surname began as a name for a baker (and thus his family). In northern Germany, it can also derive from th ...

''; also half of the country-rock band Smith & Pyle alongside actress

Missi Pyle Missi Pyle (born November 16, 1972) is an American actress and singer. She has appeared in films including ''Galaxy Quest'' (1999), ''Josie and the Pussycats (film), Josie and the Pussycats'' (2001), ''Bringing Down the House (film), ''Bringing ...

; born in Orangeburg, SC on July 3, 1970. * Steve Sonic, musician, founder of seminal punk band Red Menace and member of punk band Bored Suburban Youth * Bill Spiers,

player for

Milwaukee Brewers The Milwaukee Brewers are an American professional baseball team based in Milwaukee. The Brewers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Central, Central Di ...

, and

Houston Astros The Houston Astros are an American professional baseball team based in Houston. The Astros compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League West, West Division. They are one of two major leag ...

* Archie Spigner, New York City Council member; born in Orangeburg * Cecil Williams (born 1937), photographer, civil rights activist, author and inventor; born in Orangeburg * Johnny Williams, jazz musician with the

Count Basie Orchestra The Count Basie Orchestra is a 16- to 18-piece big band, one of the most prominent jazz performing groups of the swing era, founded by Count Basie in 1935 and recording regularly from 1936. Despite a brief disbandment at the beginning of the 19 ...

for 40 years * Karen J. Williams (born 1951),

chief judge Chief judge may refer to: In lower or circuit courts The highest-ranking or most senior member of a lower court or circuit court with more than one judge. * Chief judge (Australia) * Chief judge (United States) In supreme courts Some of Chief ...

of the

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, born in Orangeburg * Herm Winningham,

player and

World Series The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB). It has been contested since between the champion teams of the American League (AL) and the National League (NL). The winning team, determined through a best- ...

champion (1990)

References

External links

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The Orangeburg Regional Medical Center
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