Waterloo is a town in Laurens County, South Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Waterloo had a population of 149.
History
Waterloo was incorporated as a town in 1885.
Rosemont Plantation was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.4 square miles (3.7 km<sup>2</sup>), all land.
Demographics
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+Waterloo 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)
|86
|76
|style='background: #ffffe6; |50
|42.36%
|45.78%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |33.56%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|113
|87
|style='background: #ffffe6; |93
|55.67%
|52.41%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |62.42%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|1
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.49%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|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; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|0
|3
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4
|0.00%
|1.81%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.68%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|3
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2
|1.48%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.34%
|-
|Total
|203
|166
|style='background: #ffffe6; |149
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
2000 census
As of the census The comprehensive high school is Laurens District 55 High School.
Notable person
- W. Paul Culbertson (1918–2004), member of the South Carolina House of Representatives and mayor of Laurens, South Carolina
References
External links
- The Town of Waterloo is profiles in the South Carolina Picture Project website.
- The Waterloo Cotton Gin is profiled in the Roots and Recall website.
