The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusLane is a town in Williamsburg County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 480 at the 2020 census. Lane is a predominantly black town.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 508 to 472 (-7%). Half of its homes were built before 1979.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Lane 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 Lane’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lane’s history is told.
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2000
Nothing in Lane is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Lane has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Clarkson Farm Complex in Greeleyville, 3.9 miles away.
Lane 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.