McClellanville, South Carolina
Location of McClellanville in South Carolina
Coordinates: 33°51′17″N 79°28′1″W / 33.85472, -79.46694
Country	United States
State	South Carolina
County	Charleston
Government
- Mayor	Rutledge B. Leland III
Area
- Total	2.2 sq mi (5.6 km²)
- Land	2.1 sq mi (5.4 km²)
- Water	0.1 sq mi (0.2 km²)
Elevation	3 ft (1 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	459
- Density	220.7/sq mi (85.2/km²)
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	29458
Area code(s)	843
FIPS code	45-43585[1]
GNIS feature ID	1252622[2]
Website: www.townofmcclellanville-sc.net

McClellanville is a town in Charleston County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 459 at the 2000 census.

It is situated on the Atlantic coast, on land surrounded by Francis Marion National Forest and has traditionally derived its livelihood from the sea and coastal marshes by fishing, shrimping and oystering.

In 1989 the town was devastated by the full brunt of Hurricane Hugo, which destroyed homes, fishing boats, trees and much of the picturesque character of this historic fishing village. The stronger north side of the eyewall passed directly over the village while a Category 4 storm.

Residents who took refuge in Lincoln High School, a designated storm shelter, were surprised to be flooded by a storm surge which threatened to drown all the residents. Helping one another, in pitch darkness, they were all able to get into the space above the false ceilings in the building and no one was lost.

Media and relief agency attention was focused on Charleston after the storm, which had proportionally much less damage, and it was several days before McClellanville was "discovered."

Much of the business in the area moved westward, away from the coast, and the business district is now focused along Route 17. Many of the area residents commute northward to Georgetown or southward to Charleston for employment.

McClellanville did not see another hurricane after Hugo for fifteen years. That was until 2004, when two of them, Hurricane Charley (which had devastated parts of Florida the previous day) and Hurricane Gaston hit the town in a matter of weeks, both at Category 1 strength with much less damage.

Geography

McClellanville is located at 33°5′17″N, 79°28′1″W (33.088056, -79.466888)^[3].

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.2 square miles (5.6 km²), of which, 2.1 square miles (5.4 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.3 km²) of it (4.59%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census^[1] of 2000, there were 459 people, 206 households, and 138 families residing in the town. The population density was 220.9 people per square mile (85.2/km²). There were 254 housing units at an average density of 122.2/sq mi (47.1/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 92.59% White and 7.41% African American. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.18% of the population.

There were 206 households out of which 20.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.7% were married couples living together, 5.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.0% were non-families. 29.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.23 and the average family size was 2.75.

In the town the population was spread out with 16.3% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 20.9% from 25 to 44, 36.4% from 45 to 64, and 19.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 48 years. For every 100 females there were 96.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.0 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $42,500, and the median income for a family was $50,000. Males had a median income of $36,750 versus $25,781 for females. The per capita income for the town was $22,425. About 8.3% of families and 11.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 21.8% of those under age 18 and 8.6% of those age 65 or over.

Government

The city is run by an elected Mayor-council government system.

Mayor

Rutledge B. Leland III

Council Members

Aaron Baldwin, Robert J. Gannon, Gussie Humes, James E. Scott IV.

References

External links

• McClellanville, South Carolina is at coordinates 33°05′17″N 79°28′01″W / 33.088056, -79.466888 (McClellanville, South Carolina)Coordinates: 33°05′17″N 79°28′01″W / 33.088056, -79.466888 (McClellanville, South Carolina)
• McClellanville Blog
• Town of McClellanville - Website
• McClellanville Hunting, Fishing and Outdoor Recreation Guide
• Hampton Plantation State Park

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