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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Kingstree, South Carolina
| settlement_type = [[City]]
| nickname =
| image_skyline = Kingstree courthouse 1311.JPG
| imagesize = 250px
| image_caption = Williamsburg County Courthouse
| image_map = SCMap-doton-Kingstree.PNG
| mapsize = 250px
| map_caption = Location in [[Williamsburg County, South Carolina]]
| image_map1 =
| mapsize1 =
| map_caption1 =
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in South Carolina|County]]
| subdivision_name = United States
| subdivision_name1 = [[South Carolina]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Williamsburg County, South Carolina|Williamsburg]]
| government_type = [[Mayor–council government]]
| leader_title = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name = [[Darren Tisdale]]
| established_date =
|area_magnitude area_total_sq_mi = 1 E83.20
|area_total_sq_mi area_land_sq_mi = 3.2018
|area_land_sq_mi area_water_sq_mi = 30.1802
| population_as_of = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
|area_water_sq_mi = 0.02
| population_total = 3244
|population_as_of = [[2010 United States Census|2010]]
| population_density_sq_mi = 1020.13
|population_total = 3328
| timezone = [[Eastern Standard Time Zone|EST]]
|population_density_sq_mi = 963.21
|timezone utc_offset = [[Eastern Standard Time Zone|EST]]−5
| timezone_DST = [[Eastern Daylight Time|EDT]]
|utc_offset = −5
|timezone_DST utc_offset_DST = [[Eastern Daylight Time|EDT]]−4
| elevation_ft = 62
|utc_offset_DST = −4
| coordinates = {{coord|33|40|16|N|79|49|43|W|region:US-SC_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_ft = 62
| postal_code_type = [[ZIP code]]
|coordinates = {{coord|33|40|16|N|79|49|43|W|region:US-SC_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code_type postal_code = [[ZIP code]] = 29556
|postal_code area_code = 29556[[Area codes 843 and 854|843, 854]]
|area_code blank_name = [[AreaFederal codesInformation 843Processing and 854Standard|843,FIPS 854code]]
| blank_info = 45-38590<ref name="GR8">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=May 14, 2011|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
|blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank_info = 45-38590<ref name="GR8">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-05-14|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
| blank1_info = 1246255<ref name="GR3">{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|date=October 25, 2007}}</ref>
|blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| website = [http://www.kingstree.org/ www.kingstree.org]
|blank1_info = 1246255<ref name="GR3">{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|access-date=2008-01-31|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|date=2007-10-25}}</ref>
|website footnotes = [http://www.kingstree.org/ www.kingstree.org]
|footnotes pop_est_as_of =
| pop_est_footnotes =
|pop_est_as_of = 2019
| population_est =
|pop_est_footnotes = <ref name="USCensusEst2019CenPopScriptOnlyDirtyFixDoNotUse"/>
| unit_pref = Imperial
|population_est = 3063
| area_footnotes = <ref name="TigerWebMapServer">{{cite web|title=ArcGIS REST Services Directory|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/5/query?where=STATE='45'&outFields=NAME,STATE,PLACE,AREALAND,AREAWATER,LSADC,CENTLAT,CENTLON&orderByFields=PLACE&returnGeometry=false&returnTrueCurves=false&f=json|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 15, 2022}}</ref>
|unit_pref = Imperial
| area_total_km2 = 8.30
|area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2019">{{cite web|title=2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_45.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=July 29, 2020}}</ref>
| area_land_km2 = 8.24
|area_total_km2 = 8.30
| area_water_km2 = 0.06
|area_land_km2 = 8.24
| population_density_km2 = 393.85
|area_water_km2 = 0.06
| population_footnotes = <ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly"/>
|population_density_km2 = 371.87
| image_seal = Kingstree, SC City Seal.png
}}
[[File:Downtown Kingstree 1303.JPG|right|thumb|255px|Main Street, Kingstree, South Carolina]]
 
'''Kingstree''' is a city and the [[county seat]] of [[Williamsburg County, South Carolina]], United States.<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011-06-07 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=2011-05-May 31, 2011 }}</ref> The population was 3,328 at the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]].<ref name="GR8" /><ref name="US Census">{{cite web|title=2010 Demographic Profile: SC-Kingstree town|url=https://www.census.gov/popfinder/|website=Census.gov|access-date=November 10, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222235130/http://www.census.gov/popfinder/|archive-date=February 22, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 
==History==
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===Battles===
====Battle of the Lower Bridge====
General [[Francis Marion]], known as the Swamp Fox, defeated the British at the Battle of the Lower Bridge in March 1781. A historical marker between US Highway 521 and the Black River denotes the battle.<ref>{{cite web|title=Battle of Lower Bridge|url=http://www.scaet.org/markers/display.cfm?id=867|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425141136/http://www.scaet.org/markers/display.cfm?id=867|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 April 25, 2012|work=SC Historical Markers|publisher=SC Association for Educational Technology|access-date=5 November 5, 2011}}</ref>
 
====Battle of King's Tree====
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====Williamsburg County Courthouse====
The Williamsburg County Courthouse is located in the business district of Kingstree on Main Street.<ref name="DayTime" /> The original grounds of where the courthouse stands were the original parade grounds in the town of Kingstree and were used by the militia during the revolution. The courthouse was built in 1823 by Robert Mills, a nationally known architect thatwho hailed from South Carolina.<ref name="Williamsburg County" /> The second level of the courthouse suffered a fire in 1883 but because the walls were 30&nbsp;inches thick and fireproof, the building was restored. Other changes and additions were added to the courthouse including in parking for horses in 1901, and a third floor in 1954.<ref name="Williamsburg County"/>
 
[[File:BlackRiver0786.JPG|left|thumb|250px|Black River, Kingstree, South Carolina]]
 
==Geography==
Kingstree is located at {{coord|33|40|16|N|79|49|43|W|type:city}} (33.671243, −79.828635).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-April 23, 2011|date=2011-02-February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>
 
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|3.2|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|3.1|sqmi|km2}} are land and {{convert|0.04|sqmi|km2}} (0.63%) is covered by water.
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|2000= 3496
|2010= 3328
|2020= 3244
|estyear=2019
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref><ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:45&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 15, 2022}}</ref>
|estimate=3063
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2019CenPopScriptOnlyDirtyFixDoNotUse">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2019.html|date=May 24, 2020|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=May 27, 2020}}</ref>
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}
 
According to the [[census]]<ref name="GR8" /> of 2010, there were 3,328 people.<ref name="US Census"/> The racial makeup of the town was 28.5% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 70.3% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.1% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.4% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], and 0.5% from [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race according to the 2000 census. There are 5857 housing units and 88.6% of the units are occupied and 74.7% are owner-occupied units.
===2020 census===
<ref name="US Census"/>
{| class="wikitable"
|+Kingstree Racial Composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4538590&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 7, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]]
|767
|23.64%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]]
|2,255
|69.51%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|14
|0.43%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|69
|2.13%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
|48
|0.04%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|88
|2.71%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|51
|1.57%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States Census]], there were 3,244 people, 1,414 households, and 725 families residing in the town.
 
===2010 census===
According to the [[census]]<ref name="GR8" /> of 2010, there were 3,328 people.<ref name="US Census"/> The racial makeup of the town was 28.5% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 70.3% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.1% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.4% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], and 0.5% from [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race according to the 2000 census. There are 5857 housing units and 88.6% of the units are occupied and 74.7% are owner-occupied units.<ref name="US Census"/>
 
In the town, the population was widely distributed by age, with 27.7% under the age of 18, 70.3% who were 18 years of age and older, 13.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34.3 years. There were 932 people or 10.8% of people that held a college or graduate degree, and 2,667 people held a high school degree.<ref name="US Census"/>
 
==Education==
Kingstree has a [[public library]], a branch of the Williamsburg County Library system.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.greenvillelibrary.org/locations-and-hours | title=Locations & Hours | publisher=Greenville County Library System | access-date=13 June 13, 2019}}</ref>
 
==Notable people==
*[[Teddy Pendergrass]] - R&B singer
* [[Maxine Brown (soul singer)|Maxine Brown]] – blues and R&B singer
* [[Arischa Conner]] – American Actress
* [[Carol Connor]] – first female circuit court, appeal court, and supreme court judge in South Carolina.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SC Judicial Branch |url=https://www.sccourts.org/whatsnew/displaywhatsnew.cfm?indexID=201 |access-date=June 22, 2023 |website=www.sccourts.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=State's first female circuit court judge dies at 54 |url=https://www.goupstate.com/story/news/2004/02/22/states-first-female-circuit-court-judge-dies-at-54/29706409007/ |access-date=June 22, 2023 |website=Spartanburg Herald Journal |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Mary Gordon Ellis]] – first woman elected to the South Carolina legislature, was born nearby and raised in Kingstree<ref name="SpruillLittlefield2012">{{cite book|author1=Marjorie Julian Spruill|author2=Valinda W. Littlefield|author3=Joan Marie Johnson|title=South Carolina Women: Their Lives and Times|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F8-_fKSa5cgC&pg=PA52|year=2012|publisher=University of Georgia Press|isbn=978-0-8203-4215-3|pages=52–}}</ref>
* [[Louise Fulton]] - professional bowler<ref>{{Cite web |title=Guide to the Louise Fulton and Marjorie Mitchell Papers and Photographs 1982-2010 |url=https://historicpittsburgh.org/islandora/object/pitt:US-QQS-mss897/viewer |access-date=September 17, 2023 |website=historicpittsburgh.org}}</ref>
* [[Joseph L. Goldstein]] – [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] winner
* [[Joseph L. Goldstein]] (born 1940) – [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] winner
* [[Uhuru Hamiter]] – American football player
* [[JoAnn Haysbert]] – first female president of Langton University, first female university or college president in the state of Oklahoma
* [[John Mack (civic leader)|John Mack]] - civic leader
* [[Bryant McFadden]] – NFL cornerback for the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]]
* [[Rollee McGill]] – R&B Singer, musician, saxophone player
* [[Yancey McGill]] – former Lt. governor of South Carolina
* [[Wesley Mouzon]] - professional boxer
* [[Clifton Newman]] - South Carolina circuit court judge and former prosecutor, presided over numerous high-profile cases<ref>{{Cite web |last=staff |first=S. C. Lawyers Weekly |date=August 28, 2001 |title=Clifton B. Newman {{!}} Judicial Profiles |url=https://sclawyersweekly.com/judicial-profiles/clifton-b-newman/ |access-date=January 30, 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Teddy Pendergrass]] – R&B singer
* [[Thomas D. Singleton]] – [[United States Representative]] from South Carolina
* [[Stephen Atkins Swails]] – soldier and politician
* [[Henry N. Tisdale]] (born 1944), American academic administrator, educator, and mathematician<ref name=":6">{{Cite book |last= |first= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8rXe0X6oX1UC |title=Who's Who Among African Americans |date=July 2002 |publisher=Gale Research International, Limited |isbn=978-0-7876-5729-1 |pages=1284 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[JoAnn Haysbert]] – first female president of Langton University, first female university or college president in the state of Oklahoma
 
==Festivals==
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===Kingstree Trials===
Since 1996, the Williamsburg Hometown Chamber has sponsored "The King's Tree trials" for those in the Kingstree community. The races take place at the McCutcheonMcCutchen training center which is the home of Deborah and Bobby McCutchen in the Cedar Swamp area on a weekend in November. Jockeys and their horses are brought in for the event.<ref name="Williamsburg Hometown Chamber" /> Horse racing has been taking place in Williamsburg County since before the Revolution. Nine quarter races take place while families and people from the business community chat and eat barbecue.<ref name="SC Now News">{{cite news|last=SCNOW STAFF|title=Kingstree to hold King's Tree Trials|url=http://www2.scnow.com/news/2011/nov/01/kingstree-hold-kings-tree-trials-ar-2638354/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201222949/http://www2.scnow.com/news/2011/nov/01/kingstree-hold-kings-tree-trials-ar-2638354/|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 1, 2013|access-date=November 1, 2011|date=November 7, 2011}}</ref>
 
== See also ==
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{{Williamsburg County, South Carolina}}
{{South Carolina county seats}}
 
{{authority control}}
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