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&nbsp;square miles (3.7&nbsp;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

  • 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.