Ballentine is an unincorporated community in Richland County, South Carolina, United States. It is part of the Columbia, South Carolina metropolitan area.
Ballentine, South Carolina | |
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Country | United States |
State | South Carolina |
County | Richland |
Area | |
• Land | 2.2 sq mi (5.6 km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP code | 29002[1] |
Race | Num. | Perc. |
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White (non-Hispanic) | 6,876 | 84.78% |
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 464 | 5.72% |
Native American | 8 | 0.1% |
Asian | 214 | 2.64% |
Pacific Islander | 3 | 0.04% |
Other/Mixed | 294 | 3.63% |
Hispanic or Latino | 251 | 3.09% |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 8,110 people, 2,495 households, and 1,909 families residing in the CDP.
The community was named after the Ballentine family of pioneer settlers.[3]
In 1925, Ballentine had 50 inhabitants.[4]
There have been unsuccessful attempts to incorporate Ballentine as a town.[5]
The John Jacob Calhoun Koon Farmstead was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[6]
Public education in Ballentine is administered by Lexington & Richland County School District Five, which operates Ballentine Elementary School in the community.
Ballentine has a public library, a branch of the Richland County Library.[7]
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