Cross Hill is a town in Laurens County, South Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Cross Hill had a population of 404. It is part of the Greenville–Mauldin–Easley Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Cross Hill developed around the intersection of two old Indian trails. The Carter family constructed an inn at the intersection of these two trails in 1795. By 1837, the community that developed around the inn was known as "Cross Hill." The town expanded with the arrival of the Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railway in 1890, and officially incorporated that same year.
Geography
Cross Hill is concentrated around the intersection of South Carolina Highway 39 and South Carolina Highway 560, northeast of Greenwood. Lake Greenwood lies just to the west. South Carolina Highway 72 passes through the town's northern outskirts.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land.
Demographics
2020 census
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+Cross Hill town, South Carolina – Racial and ethnic composition<br><small></small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(NH = Non-Hispanic)</small>
!Pop 2000
!Pop 2010
!
!% 2000
!% 2010
!
|-
|White alone (NH)
|256
|191
|style='background: #ffffe6; |165
|42.60%
|37.67%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |40.84%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|333
|299
|style='background: #ffffe6; |213
|55.41%
|58.97%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |52.72%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|2
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1
|0.33%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.25%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|3
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2
|0.50%
|0.20%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.50%
|-
|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)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.25%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|6
|6
|style='background: #ffffe6; |11
|1.00%
|1.18%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.72%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|1
|10
|style='background: #ffffe6; |11
|0.17%
|1.97%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.72%
|-
|Total
|601
|507
|style='background: #ffffe6; |404
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
2000 census
As of the census The district's comprehensive high school is Clinton High School.
References
External links
- The official page for the Town of Cross Hill
- Information on the Town of Cross Hill from the Laurens County tourism page