Editing Lyman, South Carolina

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| official_name                   = Lyman, South Carolina
| settlement_type                 = [[Town]]
| other_name                      = Groce's Stop (until 1927)
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| subdivision_name1               = [[South Carolina]]
| subdivision_type2               = [[List of counties in South Carolina|County]]
| subdivision_name2               = [[Spartanburg County, South Carolina|Spartanburg]]

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| leader_name                     = Nate Ford
| leader_title1                   = Mayor
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| established_title               = Incorporated
| established_date                = 1954
| founder                         = Augustus B. Groce
| named_for                       = Arthur T. Lyman

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| area_water_km2                  = 1.75
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| area_land_sq_mi                 = 6.63
| area_water_sq_mi                = 0.68

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| population_total                = 6173
| population_density_km2          = 359.71
| population_density_sq_mi        = 931.63

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| elevation_m                     = 270
| elevation_ft                    = 886
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| postal_code_type                = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code                     = 29365
| area_codes                       = [[Area codes 864 and 821|864, 821]]
| blank_name                      = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info                      = 45-43315<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
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'''Lyman''' is a town in [[Spartanburg County, South Carolina|Spartanburg County]], [[South Carolina]], United States. Its population was 6,173 at the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2020">{{cite web| url= https://www.census.gov| title=Race, Hispanic or Latino, Age, and Housing Occupancy: 2020 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File (QT-PL), Lyman town, South Carolina| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]| access-date=August 16, 2011}}</ref>

==History==
The town of Lyman originally grew around a [[general store]] owned by Augustus Belton Groce,<ref name= "visitspar"/> which opened in the mid-1870s.<ref name= "official"/> This led to the community becoming known as '''Groce's Stop'''.<ref name= "official"/><ref name= "sciway"/> In 1923, the Groce family sold over {{convert|700|acre}} to [[Pacific Mill]]s. By the following year the Lyman Printing and Finishing Mill had been constructed, and by 1927, Pacific Mills had built 375 homes as housing for their employees.<ref name= "official"/> The town was then renamed in memory of Arthur T. Lyman, a former president of the mill.<ref name= "official"/><ref name= "sciway"/> Lyman prospered for years as a [[Mill town|textile town]], but by 2005 the last mill was closed.<ref name= "visitspar"/>

The Pacific Mills company kept up their employees' houses, the streets and the back alleys. The back alleys were dirt, so crews from the plant would bring dump trucks of cinders from the burnt coal at the boiler room, and spread them up and down the back alleys to keep them from getting muddy. The houses were finished on the outside, with cypress wood for the underpinning. In the late 1940s the company removed the lattice-work and put brick underpinning in its place. The houses were four, five and six room houses with modern designs. Pacific Mills broke from the usual, salt-box style house design of most cotton mill villages. When the village of Lyman was built, it was a showcase for cotton mill villages. Ridge Road was set aside for the executive staff of the company. The houses there were made out of the same materials as the other houses, but they were larger and of nicer designs.<ref name="batson">{{cite journal |last1=Batson |first1=Stephen |title=Our Town: Memories and History of Lyman 
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===Neighborhoods of Pacific Mills===
[[File:LawrenceStreetHouses.jpg|300px|thumb|alt=Houses on Lawrence Street|Houses on Lawrence Street]]
[[File:LittleStreetHouses.jpg|300px|thumb|alt=Houses on Little Street|Houses on Little Street]]
[[File:GroceRdHouses.jpg|300px|thumb|alt=Houses on Groce Road|Houses on Groce Road]]

When Pacific Mills built the village of Lyman, they laid water mains and sewer pipes under the streets. All of the houses and buildings were hooked up to these. They therefore had indoor plumbing, with running water and sewage disposal (which in 1923 could have been considered a luxury item), then a rarity for many people in South Carolina. The sewage pipes ran from the village down to a concrete holding tank next to the river, across from where the library is today.<ref name="batson"/>

[[McMakin's Tavern]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1974.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

==Geography==
Lyman is located at {{coord|34|57|23|N|82|7|28|W|type:city}} (34.956343, -82.124559).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|4.1|sqmi}}, of which 0.25% is water.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1960= 1261
|1970= 1159
|1980= 1067
|1990= 2271
|2000= 2659
|2010= 3243
|2020= 6173
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref><ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:45&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 15, 2022}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Lyman racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4543315&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 10, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|4,203
|68.09%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|1,023
|16.57%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|14
|0.23%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|131
|2.12%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|292
|4.73%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|510
|8.26%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 6,173 people, 1,340 households, and 1,003 families residing in the town.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 2,659 people, 1,137 households, and 770 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|654.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,224 housing units at an average density of {{convert|301.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 91.69% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 6.09% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.26% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.11% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.90% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.94% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] people of any race were 1.47% of the population.

There were 1,137 households, out of which 27.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.2% were non-families. 28.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.84.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 21.4% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 29.8% from 25 to 44, 23.4% from 45 to 64, and 17.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.9 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $38,750, and the median income for a family was $47,900. Males had a median income of $31,500 versus $22,950 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $19,431. About 4.7% of families and 7.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 10.9% of those under age 18 and 11.8% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
Lyman has a [[public library|lending library]], a branch of the Spartanburg County Public Library.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sciway.net/lib/counties.html | title=South Carolina libraries and archives | publisher=SCIWAY | access-date=June 13, 2019}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name= "visitspar">[http://www.visitspartanburg.com/Plan-your-trip/communities.html Communities] from the Spartanburg Convention & Visitors Bureau (as of August 25, 2011)</ref>
<ref name= "sciway">[http://www.sciway.net/city/lyman.html Lyman, South Carolina] from SCIWAY.net (as of August 25, 2011)</ref>
<ref name= "official">[http://www.lymansc.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19&Itemid=27 History and Heritage] from the Lyman official website (as of August 25, 2011)</ref>
}}

==External links==
* [http://lymansc.gov/ Town of Lyman]

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[[Category:Towns in Spartanburg County, South Carolina]]
[[Category:Towns in South Carolina]]