Official website (http://www.cityofcentral.org/)
Central
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town in Pickens County, South Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- South Carolina
- County
- Pickens
- Mayor
- Andrew J. Beckner
- Total
- 3.07 sq mi (7.94 km )
- Land
- 3.06 sq mi (7.93 km )
- Water
- 0.0039 sq mi (0.01 km )
- Elevation
- 873 ft (266 m)
- Density
- 1,713.4/sq mi (661.56/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 (EDT)
- Area codes
- 864, 821
- Fips code
- 45-13015
- Website
- cityofcentral.org
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Home | Town of Central
This is the Official website of the Town of Central, South Carolina.
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Central
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Pickens County
- Population
- 5247
- Area
- 6.979
- Elevation
- 278
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Official website
- www.cityofcentral.org
- Image
- CentralSCMon.png
- Households
- 2445
- Dialing code
- 864
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- postal code
- 29630
- Commons category
- Central, South Carolina
- topic's main category
- Category:Central, South Carolina
- inception
- 1875-01-01
- water as percent of area
- 0.09
- per capita income
- 16977
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Encyclopedic overview
Central is a town in Pickens County, South Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Central had a population of 5,247. Contrary to its name, it is not near South Carolina's center. It received its name from being halfway or the central point between Atlanta and Charlotte along the former Atlanta and Richmond Air-Line Railway line. Southern Wesleyan University's main campus is east of downtown Central.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Central” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.