Editing Pendleton, South Carolina

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| population_total         = 3489
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'''Pendleton''' is a town in [[Anderson County, South Carolina]], [[United States]]. The population was 3,489 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US4555645| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212202440/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US4555645| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Pendleton town, South Carolina| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=August 8, 2013}}</ref> It is a [[sister city]] of [[Stornoway]] in the [[Outer Hebrides]] of [[Scotland]].

The [[Pendleton Historic District (Pendleton, South Carolina)|Pendleton Historic District]], consisting of the town and its immediate surroundings, was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1970. Particularly notable historic buildings on the Pendleton town square include Farmer's Hall and Hunter's Store, which is currently the headquarters of the Pendleton District Historical, Recreational and Tourism Commission. Near Pendleton are the historic plantation homes Ashtabula and Woodburn.

[[File:Window detail Woodburn Plantation.jpg|thumb|upright|Detail of window with hinged panels, Woodburn Plantation]]

==History==
For centuries, the land that is now Pendleton was the territory of the [[Cherokee]] nation.<ref name=Badder>{{cite book| last=Badder| first=Hurley| title=Remembering South Carolina's Old Pendleton District| year=2006| publisher=History Press| location=Charleston, SC| pages=13&ndash;27| isbn=9781596291973| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MXH-3t-zStUC}}</ref> After [[England]] claimed South Carolina as a colony, the Cherokee traded with the British.<ref name=Badder/> After the Cherokee lost the war of 1759–60 against the British, the British dominated trade in the region and began to settle more of the land with large farms.<ref name=Badder /> [[Andrew Pickens (congressman)|Andrew Pickens]], who was a general in the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]] moved to the area and commissioned the [[Pendleton District, South Carolina|District of Pendleton]] in 1790.<ref name=Badder /> During the first half of the 1800s, wealthy families built homes in Pendleton. These homes were built as a summer vacation spot for the low-country plantation owners. Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1789&ndash;1865) built Woodburn Plantation in 1830. Later, the Adger family, a wealthy family from Charleston, expanded the plantation to over {{convert|1000|acre}} and enlarged the house to over 18 rooms.<ref name=PendletonHistoric>{{cite web| title=Pendleton Historic Foundation| url=http://www.pendletonhistoricfoundation.org/}}</ref>

The [[Ashtabula (Pendleton, South Carolina)|Ashtabula]], [[Boone-Douthit House]], [[Faith Cabin Library at Anderson County Training School]], [[Pendleton Historic District (Pendleton, South Carolina)|Pendleton Historic District]], and [[Woodburn (Pendleton, South Carolina)|Woodburn]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

==Geography==
Pendleton is located in northwestern Anderson County at {{Coord|34|39|2|N|82|46|51|W|type:city}} (34.650672, -82.780736).<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> Its northwestern edge touches the Anderson County/[[Pickens County, South Carolina|Pickens County]] line and borders the city of [[Clemson, South Carolina|Clemson]]. [[U.S. Route 76]] passes through the southwest part of town, bypassing the town center and leading northwest to Clemson and southeast {{convert|14|mi}} to [[Anderson, South Carolina|Anderson]], the county seat. [[Greenville, South Carolina|Greenville]] is {{convert|30|mi}} to the northeast by [[U.S. Route 123]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|9.9|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|9.8|sqkm|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.1|sqkm|order=flip|2}}, or 0.70%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1860= 854
|1870= 985
|1880= 672
|1890= 476
|1900= 568
|1910= 822
|1920= 1040
|1930= 1035
|1940= 1278
|1950= 1432
|1960= 2358
|1970= 2615
|1980= 3154
|1990= 3314
|2000= 2966
|2010= 2964
|2020= 3489
| estyear = 2022
| estimate = 3589
|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>
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===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Pendleton racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4555645&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 14, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|2,323
|66.58%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|713
|20.44%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|4
|0.11%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|81
|2.32%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
|1
|0.03%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|235
|6.74%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|132
|3.78%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 3,489 people, 1,504 households, and 677 families residing in the town.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 2,966 people, 1,397 households, and 799 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|831.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,533 housing units at an average density of {{convert|429.7|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the town was 64.70% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 33.07% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.20% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.47% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.54% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.01% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.52% of the population.

There were 1,397 households, out of which 21.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 16.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.8% were non-families. 35.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.12 and the average family size was 2.75.
[[File:Montpelier Samuel Maverick Plantation.jpg|thumb|left|Main house at ''Montpelier'', Samuel Maverick plantation, Pendleton]]

In the town, the population was spread out, with 20.2% under the age of 18, 12.8% from 18 to 24, 26.8% from 25 to 44, 22.6% from 45 to 64, and 17.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 83.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 77.5 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $28,052, and the median income for a family was $37,606. Males had a median income of $30,341 versus $23,843 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $16,630. About 15.7% of families and 20.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 32.2% of those under age 18 and 17.2% of those age 65 or over.
[[File:Farmers' Hall, Pendleton, South Carolina.jpg|thumb|right|Downtown Pendleton with Farmers Hall, early twentieth century]]

==Education==
Schools include Pendleton Elementary, Mount Lebanon Elementary, LaFrance Elementary, Riverside Middle School, and Pendleton High School. Tri-County Technical College is located within the town.

Pendleton has a [[public library]], a branch of the Anderson County Library System.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sciway.net/lib/counties.html | title=South Carolina libraries and archives | publisher=SCIWAY | access-date=June 7, 2019}}</ref>

Pendleton has 4 schools: 4 [[State school|public schools]] and 0 [[private schools]]. [[Pendleton schools]] spend $11,812 per student (The US average is $12,383). There are 16 pupils per teacher, 488 students per [[librarian]], and 366 children per [[School counselor|counselor]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bestplaces.net/education/city/south_carolina/pendleton|title=Education in Pendleton, South Carolina|website=Best Places}}</ref>

==Notable residents==
* [[Stephen Adams (politician)|Stephen Adams]] (1807–1857), born in the Pendleton District, [[United States congressman]] and [[United States Senator|senator]]<ref name="Marquis 1607-1896">{{cite book | title = Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896 | publisher = Marquis Who's Who | location = Chicago | year = 1963}}</ref>
* [[Joe Ellis Brown]] (1933–2018), was an American schoolteacher and politician.
* [[Floride Calhoun]], wife of U.S. Senator and Vice President [[John C. Calhoun]], resided in the house known as "Mi Casa"
* [[Warren R. Davis]] (1793 – 1835), born Columbia, South Carolina. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1814, practicing in Pendleton. Davis was elected as a Jacksonian to the 20th United States Congress through 24th Congresses.
* [[Barnard Elliott Bee, Jr.]], born in Charleston, SC, 1824. He graduated West Point 1845, and as a Brigadier General, commanded the 3rd Brigade, Army of the Shenandoah, July 21, 1861, at Manassas, Va. He gave Gen. [[Thomas Jonathan Jackson]] the name "Stonewall."
*[[Juanita Goggins]], was the first African-American woman elected to the South Carolina legislature.
* [[Jane Edna Hunter]], an African-American social worker. In 1911 she established the Working Girls Association in Cleveland, Ohio, which later became the Phillis Wheatley Association of Cleveland.
* [[Bryce McGowens]] is an American professional basketball player for the [[Charlotte Hornets]] of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
* [[Samuel Augustus Maverick]], firebrand Texas rancher and politician from whom the word "maverick" originated, was born in Pendleton.
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* [[Mazÿck Porcher Ravenel]], pathologist and medical doctor who worked towards the elimination of tuberculosis as a public health problem. -->
* [[Thomas Jefferson Rusk]], early political and military leader of the [[Republic of Texas]], serving as its first Secretary of War as well as a general at the Battle of San Jacinto.
* [[John Allen Wakefield]], political and military leader, historian, took part in the [[Black Hawk War]] and [[Bleeding Kansas]]
* [[Margaret Sellers Walker]] (1935–2020), Michigan state official, born in Pendleton

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.townofpendleton.org Town of Pendleton official website]
* [http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=9614 Pendleton Historical Marker]

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