Centenary, South Carolina

Unincorporated community in South Carolina, United States

Centenary is an unincorporated community in Marion County, South Carolina, United States.^[3] Located along SC 41 Alt, 10.5 miles (16.9 km) south of Marion. Along the CSX Seaboard Air Line, the area is a predominantly farming community.

The community took its name from the local Centenary Methodist Church, which itself was named in commemoration of a centenary milestone in Methodism.^[4]

It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census with a population of 191.^[5]

Demographics

2020 census

References

1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
2. "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
3. "Centenary, South Carolina". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
4. Federal Writers' Project (1941). Palmetto Place Names. Sloane Printing Co. p. 32.
5. "Centenary CDP, South Carolina". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
6. "Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades". US Census Bureau.
7. "P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Centenary CDP, South Carolina". United States Census Bureau.