Seneca, SC

Seneca is a city in Oconee Region, South Carolina, United States. The populace was 8,102 at the 2010 census. It is the significant city of the Seneca Micropolitan Statistical Location (populace 74,273 at the 2010 demographics), an (MSA) that includes each of Oconee Region and additionally which is much more contained in the better Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, South Carolina Combined Statistical Area (population 1,266,995 at the 2010 demographics).

 

Seneca was called for the nearby Cherokee town of Isunigu, understood to the English as "Seneca Community".

 

Seneca was founded as Seneca City and also called for a bordering Indigenous American community and the Seneca River. The community lay at the junction of heaven Ridge Railway and also the fresh constructed Atlanta in addition to Charlotte Air Line Railway. Both lines are presently part of the Norfolk Southern Train. A. W. Thompson as well as also J. J. Norton, that were locating designers for the boink Air Line Train, acquired the land from Col. Brown of Anderson, South Carolina. A risk marking the facility of community was driven into the joint of the railway tracks as well as the present Townville Road. The land was divided right into whole lots for a half mile from the risk. A public auction was hung on August 14, 1873. The neighborhood was offered a charter by the state legislature on March 14, 1874. In 1908, the name was transformed to Seneca. Seneca developed as an advertising and marketing and additionally shipping variable for cotton. Throughout the harvest, wagons bringing cotton would definitely align for blocks from the railroad station. A guest terminal, several hotels, as well as a park were created near the railway tracks. Just recently, this park was called the Norton-Thompson Park in honor of its owners.

 

The location was the house of the Seneca Institute - Seneca Junior College, which was an African-American college from 1899 to 1939. W.L. Jordon developed an extra fabric plant and also mill town eastern of Seneca. These plants were the main sector for Seneca for the extremely initial fifty percent of the twentieth century.

 

With the structure and construction of Lake Hartwell in 1963, Lake Keowee in 1971, and also Lake Jocassee in 1974, Seneca and also the location saw exceptional changes. The racial makeup of the city was 63.32% White, 33.77% African American, 0.31% Aboriginal American, 0.63% Eastern, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.65% from numerous other races, and also 1.31% from 2 or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any type of race were 1.53% of the population.

 

There were 3,286 families out of which 27.4% had young people under the age of 18 living with them, 42.2% were joined couples cohabiting, 17.5% had a women house owner with no partner existing, and also 36.2% were non-families. Of all family members, 32.3% were comprised of individuals and also 13.2% had a person living alone that was 65 years old or older. The typical family measurement was 2.32 as well as likewise the ordinary family members size was 2.93.

 

In the city, the people was spread out with 24.4% under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 25.3% from 25 to 44, 24.7% from 45 to 64, as well as 16.0% that were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 ladies age 18 and also over, there were 83.0 males.

 

The typical incomes for a house in the city was $32,643, as well as the common revenue for a house was $44,487. Males had a normal income of $31,381 versus $21,472 for girls. The per head earnings for the city was $18,498. Concerning 13.0% of relative as well as likewise 15.6% of the population were below the difficulty line, including 23.0% of those under age 18 and 16.4% of those age 65 or over.

 

The racial makeup of the city was 63.32% White, 33.77% African American, 0.31% Indigenous American, 0.63% Eastern, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.65% from other races, as well as also 1.31% from 2 or even more races. In the city, the population was spread out with 24.4% under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 25.3% from 25 to 44, 24.7% from 45 to 64, as well as 16.0% that were 65 years of age or older.

 

The racial makeup of the city was 63.32% White, 33.77% African American, 0.31% Indigenous American, 0.63% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.65% from various other races, and 1.31% from two or even more races. Regarding 13.0% of family participants as well as also 15.6% of the population were listed below the hardship line, being composed of 23.0% of those under age 18 and 16.4% of those age 65 or over.

 

The racial make-up of the city was 63.32% White, 33.77% African American, 0.31% Native American, 0.63% Eastern, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.65% from various other races, and likewise 1.31% from 2 or more races. In the city, the population was spread out with 24.4% under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 25.3% from 25 to 44, 24.7% from 45 to 64, as well as 16.0% that were 65 years of age or older. Concerning 13.0% of households and likewise 15.6% of the populace were below the destitution line, including 23.0% of those under age 18 and 16.4% of those age 65 or over.

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