 The
Lake City tobacco market was established in 1898, and has grown
to become one of the two largest markets in South Carolina
today. By 1932, the town also supported the largest bean market
in the world as agriculture continued to be a major industry.
In the years following, Lake City prospered and grew into a
town with a population of 6,478 at the most recent Census, with
the population within a fifteen mile radius of the Greater Lake
City area at over 57,000.
Today, Lake City is still the center of a thriving
agricultural area, but has added a number of other diversified
industries as well.
Population:6,478
(Picture and information are
from the
Lake City Chamber of Commerce.) |
