Allendale County, South Carolina
Founding: 1919 Parent counties: Barnwell and Hampton Namesake: The town of Allendale Seat: Allendale (1919–) Land area: 408 square miles Population (2020): 8,039 Population (historic): 16,098 (1920); 13,294 (1930); 13,040 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1920; 1970–1990 Subdivisions: Four towns Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 220 (5.4%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 14.4% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 37.7% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 23% Average farmhouse value (1930): $451 Average outbuilding value (1930): $248 Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.4 rooms Number of farms (1920): 1,764 Average farm size (1920): 55.2 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ Allendale Namesake: Paul Allen, the town's first postmaster Founding: 1840s (founding); 1849 (post office); 1873 (platting); 1873 (inc...