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Scranton is located in southern Florence County at (33.917414, -79.743378 U.S. Route 52 passes through the town, leading north 20 miles (32 km) to Florence, the county seat, and south 3 miles (5 km) to Lake City.
As defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget and used by the U.S. Census Bureau for statistical purposes only, [1] the Florence Metropolitan Statistical Area, is an area consisting of two counties in the Pee Dee region of northeastern South Carolina, anchored by the city of Florence.
Florence is the central city of a metropolitan area with a total population of 205,566 (2010 US census), including the entire populations of Florence and Darlington counties. However, in the more detailed 2000 Census data, only about 54% of this metro was urbanized, consisting of the urban areas Florence (2000 pop.: 67,314), Hartsville (14,907 ...
Geocaching (/ ˈ dʒ iː oʊ k æ ʃ ɪ ŋ /, JEE-oh-KASH-ing) is an outdoor recreational activity, in which participants use a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver or mobile device and other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers, called geocaches or caches, at specific locations marked by coordinates all over the world. [2]
The South Carolina Department of Archives and History has maps that show the boundaries of counties, districts, and parishes starting in 1682. [4] Historically, county government in South Carolina has been fairly weak. [5] The 1895 Constitution made no provision for local government, effectively reducing counties to creatures of the state.
The Florence Motor Speedway is also located in Timmonsville. Following the closure of the Myrtle Beach Speedway in the same market, promoters acquired Florence Motor Speedway from the Powell family, moving the entire operation to the .400-mile circuit, built in 1982, where it is an active NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series circuit ...
Of the 223 high schools on the list provided by the S.C. Department of Education, 122 reported less than 5% of their student population as coming from outside of their assigned zone. Fifteen SC ...
According to the 2000 census, the population of Florence County was classified as 58% urban and 42% rural, containing the two urban areas of Florence (2000 pop. 67,314) and Lake City (8,728). Along with Darlington County, it comprises part of the Florence, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area.