Lake City, South Carolina
| Lake City, South Carolina | |
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| City | |
| Motto: "Harvesting our past, cultivating our future" | |
 Location of Lake City in South Carolina |
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| Coordinates: 33°52′4″N 79°45′22″W / 33.86778°N 79.75611°WCoordinates: 33°52′4″N 79°45′22″W / 33.86778°N 79.75611°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | South Carolina |
| County | Florence |
| Settled | 1736 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.8 sq mi (13.55 km2) |
| • Land | 4.7 sq mi (13.53 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.02 km2) |
| Elevation | 75 ft (23 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 6,675 |
| • Density | 1,278/sq mi (493.5/km2) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 29560 |
| Area code(s) | 843 |
| FIPS code | 45-39310 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1246275 |
| Website | www |
Lake City is a city in Florence County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 6,675 at the 2010 census. Located in central South Carolina, it is south of Florence and included as part of the Florence Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The Lake City area was originally part of Williamsburg Township, which was first settled by a group of Scots-Irish in 1736. It was first called "Graham's Crossroads" and then "Graham", after Aaron Graham, a land owner around the crossroads that now form Church and Main streets in Lake City.
In 1856, the Northeastern Railroad built its main line through the area. This brought new growth to the community. On March 4, 1874, after requests from residents, a city charter was granted to the new town of Graham. On December 24, 1883, the town changed its name to "Lake City", after the swimming lakes just north of town. This was at the request of the locally-serving Lynches Lake Post Office, since there was another post office in South Carolina known as that.
This small town had a population of 300 in 1893, and by 1898 the area had become the leading strawberry cropland in South Carolina.
Lake City was the site of a notorious lynching on February 22, 1898, that resulted in the mob murders of the city's black postmaster and his infant daughter.
Lake City was at one time called the "Bean Capital of the World", and the Bean Market downtown has now been converted into an event rental and civic center facility. The building was built in 1936 by the Public Works Administration (PWA), and was a central hub for farmers across the South to get their beans to market. The building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing property in the Lake City Downtown Historic District. Also listed on the National Register of Historical Places is the W.T. Askins House.
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