The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusBlenheim is a town in Marlboro County, South Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Blenheim had a population of 115. It is named for Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, England. Blenheim Palace was the residence of the Duke of Marlborough, after whom Marlboro County is named. Blenheim Ginger Ale was originally bottled in Blenheim, with the local mineral water.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 154 to 115 (-25%). Half of its homes were built before 1954.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Blenheim yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Blenheim’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Blenheim’s history is told.
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Blenheim, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Blenheim is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Blenheim has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Jennings-Brown House in Bennettsville, 6.5 miles away.
Blenheim and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.