Landrum is a city in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 2,481 at the 2020 Census.
Landrum was founded in 1880 and incorporated in 1912. It is located just west of Interstate 26 between Spartanburg and Asheville, North Carolina.
History
The Landrum area was settled circa 1760 by homesteaders from Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia. There, they built a fort approximately two miles from the current City of Landrum. The town of Landrum was founded in 1880 after the railroad was extended north from Spartanburg and named after John Gill Landrum, who gave the land for construction of the local depot. Landrum was incorporated as a town three years later. In 1973, it was made into a city.
Geography
Landrum is concentrated around the intersection of U.S. Route 176 and South Carolina Highway 14, just south of the North Carolina-South Carolina border.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which 0.43% is water.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Landrum had a population of 2,481 people and 632 families residing in the city. The median age was 47.8 years, with 19.9% of residents under the age of 18 and 25.2% aged 65 years or older. For every 100 females there were 89.2 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 82.6 males.
There were 1,122 households in Landrum, of which 27.3% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 40.8% were married-couple households, 18.0% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 36.4% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 32.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. There were 1,222 housing units, of which 8.2% were vacant. The homeowner vacancy rate was 3.7% and the rental vacancy rate was 8.1%.
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Racial composition as of the 2020 census
! Race !! Number !! Percent
|-
| White || 2,064 || 83.2%
|-
| Black or African American || 225 || 9.1%
|-
| American Indian and Alaska Native || 2 || 0.1%
|-
| Asian || 11 || 0.4%
|-
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 0 || 0.0%
|-
| Some other race || 72 || 2.9%
|-
| Two or more races || 107 || 4.3%
|-
| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 103 || 4.2%
|}
2000 census
As of the census Public schools include O.P. Earle Elementary, serving grades PK–5, Landrum Middle, serving grades 5–8, and Landrum High, serving grades 9–12.
Grace Christian School, which serves grades PK–12, is a private institution.
Landrum has a lending library, a branch of the Spartanburg County Public Library.
References
External links
- City of Landrum official website
- History of Landrum