10-488: (Redirected from Horry County Railway ) Waccamaw Coast Line Railroad Overview Headquarters Chadbourn, North Carolina Reporting mark WCLR Locale Northeastern South Carolina Dates of operation 1987–2015 Technical Track gauge 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ( 1,435 mm ) standard gauge The Waccamaw Coast Line Railroad ( reporting mark WCLR )
20-446: A median income of $ 23,804 versus $ 20,270 for females. The per capita income for the town was $ 12,290. About 24.3% of families and 31.4% of the population were below the poverty line , including 45.5% of those under age 18 and 25.6% of those age 65 or over. U.S. Route 76 passes through the northern part of the town. The old route of U.S. Route 74 passes east–west through Chadbourn. North Carolina Highway 410 moves north–south through
30-649: Is a town in Columbus County , North Carolina , United States. The population was 1,856 at the 2010 census . A post office called Chadbourn has been in operation since 1882. It was incorporated in 1883, being named after a local family engaged in the lumber industry. Chadbourn lies within the Carolina Border Belt, a regional network of tobacco markets and warehouses along both sides of the North Carolina-South Carolina border . According to
40-1717: The R.J. Corman Carolina Lines . See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Trains portal [REDACTED] Railways portal Carolina Southern Railroad R.J. Corman Railroad Group References [ edit ] ^ STB docket FD_34064_0 ^ Interstate Commerce Commission , 38 Val. Rep. 503 (1932): Valuation Docket No. 930, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company et al. ^ Edward A. Lewis, American Shortline Railway Guide, 5th Edition, Kalmbach Publishing , 1996, pp. 324, 357 ^ "Carolina Lines (RJCS) | R. J. Corman Railroad Group" . v t e Railroads of South Carolina Common carriers Carolina Southern Railroad Carolina Piedmont Railroad CSX Transportation East Cooper and Berkeley Railroad Greenville and Western Railway Hampton and Branchville Railroad Lancaster and Chester Railway Norfolk Southern Railway Pee Dee River Railway Pickens Railway Port Terminal Railroad of South Carolina Port Utilities Commission of Charleston, South Carolina South Carolina Central Railroad Waccamaw Coast Line Railroad Passenger carriers Amtrak See also: Former carriers in South Carolina List of United States railroads by political division Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Waccamaw_Coast_Line_Railroad&oldid=1131324102 " Categories : South Carolina railroads Railway companies established in 1987 Chadbourn, North Carolina Chadbourn
50-578: The United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 2.6 square miles (6.7 km ), all land. As of the 2020 United States census , there were 1,574 people, 797 households, and 387 families residing in the town. At the 2000 census there were 2,129 people, 877 households, and 548 families in the town. The population density was 805.3 inhabitants per square mile (310.9/km ). There were 983 housing units at an average density of 371.8 per square mile (143.6/km ). The racial makeup of
60-679: The line to Horry County in November 1984, and it was operated by the Horry County Railway ( reporting mark HCYR ) until October 1987, when the WCLR took over. The Carolina Southern Railroad acquired the WCLR in September 1995, and operated until both its lines and WCLR's line ceased operations. In 2015, RJ Corman took control of the Carolina Southern and all of its trackage and rehabilitated it as
70-530: The town was 53.55% African American, 41.94% White, 1.93% Native American, 0.38% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 1.41% from other races, and 0.75% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.97%. Of the 877 households 27.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.3% were married couples living together, 24.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.5% were non-families. 33.6% of households were one person and 14.3% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size
80-403: The town. Until 1955, the town was a transfer point for Atlantic Coast Line Railroad passenger trains to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina . At Chadbourn, connections could be made to trains bound for Florence, South Carolina , Sumter, South Carolina and Columbia 's Union Station , Augusta, Georgia 's Union Station to the west, and Wilmington to the east. The final passenger train through
90-417: Was 2.42 and the average family size was 3.12. The age distribution was 28.4% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 24.7% from 25 to 44, 22.5% from 45 to 64, and 15.4% 65 or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 84.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 72.5 males. The median household income was $ 24,539 and the median family income was $ 30,574. Males had
100-656: Was a 14.1-mile (22.7 km) short-line railroad division of the Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad , extending from a connection with the Carolina Southern Railroad , another division of that company, at Conway to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina . The line was opened in 1900 by the Conway Coast and Western Railroad , a predecessor of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad . The Seaboard System Railroad sold
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