Timmonsville is a town in Florence County, South Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Timmonsville had a population of 2,099. It is part of the Florence Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Timmonsville was founded in 1854 by John Morgan Timmons, a Baptist minister of French Huguenot ancestry.
The Smith-Cannon House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
In 2016 the municipal government passed an ordinance banning people from having sagging pants, with a fine of $600. It is known as Ordinance 543.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.6 square miles (6.7 km<sup>2</sup>), all land.
Demographics
2020 census
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+Timmonsville 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)
|499
|376
|style='background: #ffffe6; |235
|21.56%
|16.21%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |11.20%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|1,782
|1,889
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,771
|76.98%
|81.42%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |84.37%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|9
|4
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4
|0.39%
|0.17%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.19%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|2
|14
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4
|0.09%
|0.60%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.19%
|-
|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|1
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1
|0.04%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.05%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.14%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|3
|8
|style='background: #ffffe6; |53
|0.13%
|0.34%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.53%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|19
|29
|style='background: #ffffe6; |28
|0.82%
|1.25%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.33%
|-
|Total
|2,315
|2,320
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,099
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
As of the census
Economy
The Honda Motor Company manufactures all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) and multi-use SxS (side-by-side) vehicles in Timmonsville. Manufactured there are Four Trax Recon, Four Trax Foreman, Four Trax Rancher, Four Trax Rincon, Four Trax Rubicon, Sportrax 400EX/250EX, Pioneer 500, Pioneer 700, and the Pioneer 1000.
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. Florence hosts the Icebreaker, CARS Tours, and Myrtle Beach 400 big-money events in addition to the regular club racing schedule.
Education
Public education in Timmonsville is administered by Florence Public School District One, following the absorption of District 4 by District 1. Students continue to attend Brockington Elementary School in Timmonsville, but high school students are now served by West Florence High School or South Florence High School. Johnson Middle School and Timmonsville High School, which were part of a unified campus with Brockington Elementary, were both closed as part of the merger.
Timmonsville has a public library, a branch of the Florence County Library System.
Notable people
- John Abraham (born 1978), NFL player
- Kent Anderson (born 1963), baseball player lived in Timmonsville
- David Fairly McInnis (born 1934), politician
- Melvin Purvis (1903–1960), FBI agent
- J. Willard Ragsdale (1872–1919), U.S. Representative from South Carolina
- Ernest Shahid (1921–2008), Florida real estate developer
- Charles Aurelius Smith (1861–1916), 91st Governor of South Carolina
- Cale Yarborough (1939–2023), three-time NASCAR Cup Champion
See also
- List of towns in South Carolina