Went back into a Google search and here he is-
Nice water tank here, even if it does need a paint job:
Denmark is a city in Bamberg County, South
Carolina, United
States. The population was 3,538 at the 2010 census.[3] According to
the United States Census Bureau, the city has
a total area of 3.8 square miles (9.9 km2), of which 0.004
square miles (0.01 km2), or 0.09%, is water.[3]
Historical population
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3,328
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As of the census[1] of 2000, there
were 3,328 people, 1,331 households, and 846 families residing in the city. The
population density was 1,096.0 people per square mile
(422.7/km²). There were 1,537 housing units at an average density of 506.2 per
square mile (195.2/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 85.91% African American, 12.74% White, 0.09% Native American, 0.51% Asian, 0.06% from other races, and 0.69% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.75% of the population.
There were
1,331 households out of which 29.8% had children under the age of 18 living
with them, 30.2% were married
couples living
together, 27.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.4%
were non-families. 32.0% of all households were made up of individuals and
11.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average
household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 3.15.
In the city the
population was spread out with 26.8% under the age of 18, 9.7% from 18 to 24,
24.7% from 25 to 44, 24.1% from 45 to 64, and 14.7% who were 65 years of age or
older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 85.6
males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.6 males.
The median
income for a household in the city was $17,578, and the median income for a
family was $22,346. Males had a median income of $22,110 versus $13,767 for
females. The per capita income for the city was $11,243. About 33.4%
of families and 35.2% of the population were below the poverty
line, including
51.9% of those under age 18 and 30.8% of those age 65 or over.
Denmark,
Bamberg County, South Carolina, came into being as a railroading village by the
earlier name of Graham's Turnout. An early pioneer planter by the name of
Zachary "Big Zack" Graham was asked by the South Carolina Canal and
Rail Road Company to allow the new railroading company, which began in 1830, to
use some of his vast acreage in the area, which was back then the Barnwell
District (that after the American Civil War became today's Bamberg County) for the
use of his railroad's tracks. The South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company
had plans to lay their tracks from the eastern most terminal at Charleston, S.
C., to the western most terminal at Hamburg, S. C. on the eastern banks of the
Savannah River opposite Augusta, Georgia. Denmark was named for railroad
executive B. A. Denmark.[5]
Once the SCCRR
Company's tracks reached the Savannah River banks in Hamburg, it resulted in
becoming the longest (over 130 miles) scheduled passenger and freight railroad
in the world. The company's very first steam locomotive, built in the U.S.A.,
was named "The Best Friend of Charleston," and it made its first run
from Charleston to Hamburg, S. C., in December 1833.
Graham's
Turnout was one of the stations, or turnouts, on the trip to Hamburg from
Charleston. Midway, Bamberg County, South Carolina, was the approximate
half-way point of the trip, where the weary passengers could have a meal at the
new eating place there, and, even take advantage of the new hotel. Many new
railroading villages such as Graham's Turnout and Midway began to incorporate
and develop along the 130 mile plus length of the new South Carolina Canal and
Rail Road Company's transportation facilities.
The name of
Graham's Turnout later, upon incorporation as a town, changed to Graham's, S.
C., and, as a second railroading company intersected the east-west tracks, with
their new north-south line—The South Bound Rail Road Company—the "old
town" location of Graham's began to migrate to the west about a mile, or
so, to locate at the intersection of the two major railroad companies' tracks
and "Union Depot." The new community named the town Denmark, S. C.,
in honor of a Captain Denmark, who was an official and promoter of The South
Bound Railroad.
The old town
area of the former Graham's, then became known as "Sato", in honor of
a Japanese military hero of those days. Sato has since become part of younger
Denmark, South Carolina.
The American
Telephone and Telegraph Company Building, Denmark High School, and Voorhees College Historic District are listed on
the National Register of Historic Places.[6]
Amtrak, the
national passenger rail system, serves Denmark, operating its Silver
Star daily in each
direction, between Miami,
Florida by way of
Tampa, Jacksonville, and Savannah, and New York, New York by way of Columbia, Richmond,
Washington, and Philadelphia.
Dang it, I meant to stop by the Railroad station to pick up some information but forgot.
Here's the post office:
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