Yemassee, South Carolina

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This article is about a place called Yemassee. For the literary journal of the University of South Carolina, see Yemassee (journal).

Yemassee is a town in South Carolina, United States. The population was 807 at the 2000 census. Yemassee lies within both Beaufort County and Hampton County, but is also very near the borders of Colleton and Jasper counties. The town is divided by the county line between Beaufort and Hampton Counties, which follows the roadbed of the CSX railroad. Most of the town's population presently lies within Hampton County (as of 2006). The town is serviced by Interstate 95, U.S. 21 & U.S. 17A, and S.C. route 68. The site of the present town is surrounded by both Revolutionary and Civil War sites. The remains of Civil War field fortifications can be observed along U.S. 21 & 17A between Yemassee and Pocotaligo (that section of highway is now a part of Yemassee, as the town has now greatly expanded into Beaufort County [as of 2006]). As of 2006 there is a building boom underway in and around Yemassee. The rural aspect of Yemassee is now (as of 2006) beginning to disappear with the construction of large numbers of new homes and very large housing developments in the area. As defined by the U.S. Census Bureau, Yemassee is included within the Hilton Head Island-Beaufort Micropolitan Area. Yemassee hosts one of the few commercial breeding facilities of non-human primates in the entire United States. Also, the Frank Lloyd Wright designed Auld Brass Plantation house and outbuildings lie just outside the town limits of Yemassee.

1 Yemassee in History and Literature
2 Geography
3 Demographics
4 Transportation
5 External links

[edit] Yemassee in History and Literature

The town takes its name from the vanquished Native American tribe of the same name. It was powerful in the lowcountries of Georgia and South Carolina in the late seventeenth century and early eighteenth century.

William Gilmore Simms published a novel, The Yemassee: A Romance of Carolina, in the nineteenth century, and the University of South Carolina in Columbia publishes a literary journal named Yemassee. [[1]] [[2]] See Yemassee (journal).

[edit] Geography

Yemassee is located at 32°41′41″N, 80°51′11″W (32.694771, -80.853091)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 11.6 km² (4.5 mi²). None of the area is covered with water.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 807 people, 323 households, and 208 families residing in the town. The population density was 69.4/km² (179.7/mi²). There were 378 housing units at an average density of 32.5/km² (84.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the town was 43.25% White, 55.39% African American, 0.62% Asian, and 0.74% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.87% of the population.

There were 323 households out of which 34.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.3% were married couples living together, 24.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.3% were non-families. 31.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 3.12.

In the town the population was spread out with 31.0% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 26.0% from 25 to 44, 17.3% from 45 to 64, and 17.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 80.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 73.0 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $24,868, and the median income for a family was $31,429. Males had a median income of $31,944 versus $19,375 for females. The per capita income for the town was $14,186. About 22.2% of families and 22.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 24.7% of those under age 18 and 20.3% of those age 65 or over.