{"id":7430,"date":"2023-08-31T21:56:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T21:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=7430"},"modified":"2026-08-11T21:32:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T21:32:50","slug":"orangeburg-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/orangeburg-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Orangeburg County, South Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Orangeburg County is a county in South Carolina, United States, in the state&rsquo;s Midlands<br \/>\nregion about 37 miles southeast of Columbia. It had a population of 84,223 at the 2020 census, an<br \/>\nestimated 83,253 by 2024, and covers 1,106 square miles (2,864 km2) of land centred near<br \/>\n33\u00b026\u2032N 80\u00b048\u2032W.<\/p>\n<p>Orangeburg is the county seat and the county&rsquo;s only city; its postal code is 29115. The<br \/>\ncounty holds 1 city, 16 incorporated towns and 3 census-designated places, plus dozens of<br \/>\nunincorporated crossroads communities, and it runs on Eastern Time. Its FIPS code is 45075.<\/p>\n<h2>Towns &amp; Villages in Orangeburg County<\/h2>\n<p>Orangeburg County has 20 named places with an official population count on record: one city,<br \/>\n16 incorporated towns, and 3 census-designated places (CDPs) &mdash; unincorporated areas the<br \/>\nCensus Bureau tracks separately but which have no town government of their own. South Carolina<br \/>\nhas no civil townships, so the table below runs four columns rather than five.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tv-table-scroll\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Type<\/th>\n<th>Pop. (2020)<\/th>\n<th>ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Orangeburg<\/td>\n<td>City &middot; seat<\/td>\n<td>13,240<\/td>\n<td>29115&ndash;29118<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Brookdale<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>3,845<\/td>\n<td>29115<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Edisto<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>2,058<\/td>\n<td>29115<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Wilkinson Heights<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>1,946<\/td>\n<td>29115<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Holly Hill<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>1,298<\/td>\n<td>29059<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Branchville<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>998<\/td>\n<td>29432<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Santee<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>797<\/td>\n<td>29142<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bowman<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>788<\/td>\n<td>29018<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>North<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>696<\/td>\n<td>29112<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Elloree<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>570<\/td>\n<td>29047<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Springfield<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>455<\/td>\n<td>29146<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Rowesville<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>253<\/td>\n<td>29133<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Eutawville<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>235<\/td>\n<td>29048<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Norway<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>289<\/td>\n<td>29113<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Neeses<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>320<\/td>\n<td>29107<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Woodford<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>161<\/td>\n<td>29112<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cordova<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>136<\/td>\n<td>29039<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Livingston<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>132<\/td>\n<td>29107<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Vance<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>128<\/td>\n<td>29163<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cope<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>37<\/td>\n<td>29038<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Cope, with 37 residents at the 2020 census, is the least populous incorporated town in South<br \/>\nCarolina. Beyond these 20 places, the county&rsquo;s map carries roughly a hundred more named<br \/>\ncrossroads and rural neighborhoods on record with the U.S. Geological Survey&rsquo;s Geographic<br \/>\nNames Information System &mdash; places such as Sandy Run, Four Holes, Providence and Eutaw<br \/>\nSprings &mdash; that never incorporated, never became a CDP, and have no population figures of<br \/>\ntheir own. North and Woodford share the 29112 ZIP; Livingston and Neeses share 29107, both served<br \/>\nfrom Neeses&rsquo; post office.<\/p>\n<h2>ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>29115&ndash;29118 &mdash; Orangeburg (also covers Brookdale, Edisto and Wilkinson Heights)<\/li>\n<li>29059 &mdash; Holly Hill<\/li>\n<li>29432 &mdash; Branchville<\/li>\n<li>29142 &mdash; Santee<\/li>\n<li>29018 &mdash; Bowman<\/li>\n<li>29112 &mdash; North and Woodford<\/li>\n<li>29047 &mdash; Elloree<\/li>\n<li>29146 &mdash; Springfield<\/li>\n<li>29133 &mdash; Rowesville<\/li>\n<li>29048 &mdash; Eutawville<\/li>\n<li>29113 &mdash; Norway<\/li>\n<li>29107 &mdash; Neeses and Livingston<\/li>\n<li>29039 &mdash; Cordova<\/li>\n<li>29163 &mdash; Vance<\/li>\n<li>29038 &mdash; Cope<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Unincorporated communities such as Sandy Run and Four Holes have no ZIP code of their own;<br \/>\nmail there is delivered under the nearest town&rsquo;s code.<\/p>\n<h2>Geography<\/h2>\n<p>Orangeburg County sits in South Carolina&rsquo;s Midlands, a belt of flat-to-gently-rolling<br \/>\ncoastal plain between the Sandhills and the Lowcountry. The county covers 1,128 square miles in<br \/>\ntotal, of which 1,106 square miles are land and 22 square miles are water &mdash; about 1.9<br \/>\npercent, most of it Lake Marion, which forms the county&rsquo;s southern boundary and gives the<br \/>\ntown of Santee its resort economy. The North Fork of the Edisto River runs through Orangeburg<br \/>\ncity, and the South Fork of the Edisto marks part of the county&rsquo;s western edge.<\/p>\n<p>Calhoun and Lexington counties lie to the north, Clarendon County to the east, Berkeley and<br \/>\nDorchester counties to the south, Colleton and Bamberg counties to the southwest, and Aiken and<br \/>\nBarnwell counties to the west. <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/calhoun-county-south-carolina\/\">Calhoun<br \/>\nCounty<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/lexington-county\/\">Lexington County<\/a>,<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/clarendon-county\/\">Clarendon County<\/a>, Berkeley County,<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/dorchester-county-south-carolina\/\">Dorchester County<\/a>,<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/colleton-county\/\">Colleton County<\/a>,<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/bamberg-county\/\">Bamberg County<\/a>,<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/aiken-county\/\">Aiken County<\/a> and<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/barnwell-county\/\">Barnwell County<\/a> all border Orangeburg<br \/>\ndirectly &mdash; nine neighbors, more than almost any other county in the state.<\/p>\n<h2>Demographics<\/h2>\n<p>Orangeburg County had a population of 84,223 at the 2020 census, and the 2024 estimate puts it<br \/>\nnear 83,253, a slow decline typical of rural Midlands counties losing residents to Columbia and<br \/>\nCharleston. Orangeburg city and Brookdale CDP together hold more than a fifth of the county&rsquo;s<br \/>\npopulation. Median household income runs $45,675 (2024 estimate), well below South Carolina&rsquo;s<br \/>\nstatewide 2023 ACS figure of $67,804. Population density works out to roughly 76 people per<br \/>\nsquare mile of land, low even by the standards of a mostly rural state.<\/p>\n<h2>Economy &amp; Local Life<\/h2>\n<p>Manufacturing employs the most workers in the county, about 6,074 people, followed by health<br \/>\ncare and social assistance at 4,657 and retail trade at 4,333. Husqvarna Group runs an outdoor<br \/>\npower equipment manufacturing plant in the county, and GPM Investments, which operates convenience<br \/>\nstores under the Fas Mart and other banners, is among the larger private employers. Orangeburg<br \/>\ncity is home to two historically black institutions, Claflin University, a private liberal arts<br \/>\ncollege founded in 1869, and South Carolina State University, a public HBCU with roughly 2,600<br \/>\nstudents. Santee, on Lake Marion, anchors a golf-and-lake tourism economy built around Santee<br \/>\nState Park and several golf courses reachable off Interstate 95. The county&rsquo;s biggest annual<br \/>\nevent is the Orangeburg County Fair, held each fall at the fairgrounds in Orangeburg.<\/p>\n<h2>History<\/h2>\n<p>European settlers chartered the Orangeburg Judicial District in 1769 out of unorganized upland<br \/>\nterritory between the Congaree and Savannah rivers, naming it for William IV, Prince of Orange.<br \/>\nThe district became a county under South Carolina&rsquo;s 1868 Reconstruction constitution, which<br \/>\nalso created townships for census purposes and briefly let county voters elect their own state<br \/>\nrepresentatives before white Democrats regained control through voter intimidation and<br \/>\ndisfranchising laws that held through the mid-1960s.<\/p>\n<p>On 8 February 1968, South Carolina Highway Patrol officers and a city police officer fired on<br \/>\nstudents protesting segregation at a local bowling alley on the South Carolina State College<br \/>\ncampus, killing Samuel Hammond Jr., Delano Middleton and Henry Smith and wounding 28 others. The<br \/>\nOrangeburg Massacre was the first killing of student protesters by police at an American<br \/>\nuniversity; the officers involved were acquitted in federal court, and the bowling alley<br \/>\ndesegregated afterward along with other Orangeburg businesses.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting There<\/h2>\n<p>Interstate 26 crosses the county through Orangeburg city, and Interstate 95 cuts through its<br \/>\nsoutheastern corner near Santee. US Routes 15, 21, 176, 178, 301, 321 and 601 also run through the<br \/>\ncounty.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Columbia &mdash; about 40 miles northwest<\/li>\n<li>Charleston &mdash; about 65 miles southeast<\/li>\n<li>Sumter &mdash; about 35 miles northeast<\/li>\n<li>Walterboro &mdash; about 35 miles south<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Columbia Metropolitan Airport is the nearest major commercial airport, reached via I-26.<br \/>\nOrangeburg Municipal Airport, inside the county, handles general aviation only. The nearest<br \/>\nAmtrak station is in Denmark, in neighboring Bamberg County.<\/p>\n<h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where is Orangeburg County located?<\/strong><br \/>\nIt sits in South Carolina&rsquo;s Midlands region, about 37 miles southeast of Columbia, bordered<br \/>\nby nine other counties.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the population of Orangeburg County?<\/strong><br \/>\n84,223 at the 2020 census, with a 2024 estimate near 83,253.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How big is Orangeburg County?<\/strong><br \/>\n1,128 square miles in total, of which 1,106 square miles are land and 22 square miles are Lake<br \/>\nMarion and other water.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the postal code of Orangeburg County?<\/strong><br \/>\nOrangeburg, the county seat, uses ZIP codes 29115 through 29118.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the county seat of Orangeburg County?<\/strong><br \/>\nOrangeburg is the county seat and the county&rsquo;s only incorporated city.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many towns and villages are in Orangeburg County?<\/strong><br \/>\nOne city and 16 incorporated towns, plus three census-designated places &mdash; Brookdale, Edisto<br \/>\nand Wilkinson Heights &mdash; and roughly a hundred more unincorporated crossroads communities<br \/>\nwith no population figures of their own.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is Orangeburg County known for?<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Orangeburg Massacre of 1968, two historically black colleges in Orangeburg city, and Lake<br \/>\nMarion&rsquo;s golf-and-lake resort economy around Santee.<\/p>\n<p>More counties in this state: <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/category\/south-carolina\/\">Towns and villages in South Carolina<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Orangeburg County is a county in South Carolina, United States, in the state&rsquo;s Midlands region about 37 miles southeast of Columbia. It had a population of 84,223 at the 2020 census, an estimated 83,253 by 2024, and covers 1,106 square miles (2,864 km2) of land centred near 33\u00b026\u2032N 80\u00b048\u2032W. 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