Assisted Living in Orangeburg, SC

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Facts about Orangeburg

Orangeburg is also known as: Orangeburg Manor, Orangeburg Manor, South Carolina, and Orangeburg County / Orangeburg city.

And some of the notable people born here have been: Shawnee Smith (actor and singer), Monique Coleman (singer and actor), Jonas Seawright (american football player), Tim Jennings (american football player), and Alex Barron (american football player).

And featured attractions of Orangeburg: SHM Memorial Center, All-Star Triangle Bowl, Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College, Platinum Shear School of Cosmetology, and South Carolina State University.

Orangeburg is represented by Mayor Michael C. Butler.

Orangeburg, also known as "The Garden City," is the principal city in and the county seat of Orangeburg County, South Carolina, United States. The population of the city was 13,964 as of the 2010 census (though the greater city population was 67,326). The city is located 37 miles southeast of Columbia, on the north fork of the Edisto River in the Piedmont area.The city is enlivened by yearly additions of college students at two major universities. Claflin University in 2014 was ranked as the best liberal arts college in the state and the top HBCU in the country by Washington Monthly. South Carolina State University is noted for having the only undergraduate nuclear engineering program in the state, and the only masters of science degree in transportation in the state. In 1998 the university was designated by the U.S. Congress and the USDOT as one of 33 University Transportation Centers in the nation and the only one in the state.

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