Branchville is a town in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Branchville had a population of 998.
History
The community was so named because a railroad branch began at the town site.
Branchville, located on the southern tip of Orangeburg County, is home to the world's oldest railroad junction. The junction was built in 1828 and ran from Charleston to Branchville and was on the route of the country's first scheduled train. For more than a century, Branchville's economy was based on railroad passenger service.
The Southern Railway Passenger Depot was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
Geography
Branchville is located at (33.252055, -80.817778).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land.
Demographics
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|+Branchville town, South Carolina – Racial and ethnic composition<br><small></small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(NH = Non-Hispanic)</small>
!Pop 2000
!Pop 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |Pop 2020
!% 2000
!% 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020
|-
|White alone (NH)
|587
|517
|style='background: #ffffe6; |532
|54.20%
|50.49%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |53.31%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|461
|468
|style='background: #ffffe6; |416
|42.57%
|45.70%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |41.68%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|2
|11
|style='background: #ffffe6; |8
|0.18%
|1.07%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.80%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|0
|2
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7
|0.00%
|0.20%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.70%
|-
|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|7
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4
|0.65%
|0.10%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.40%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|11
|9
|style='background: #ffffe6; |24
|1.02%
|0.88%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.40%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|15
|16
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7
|1.39%
|1.56%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.70%
|-
|Total
|1,083
|1,024
|style='background: #ffffe6; |998
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 998 people, 450 households, and 263 families residing in the town.
2000 census
As of the census