Pictured above is the old Hampton, S.C., Coca-Cola Bottling plant with the Nevamar Decorative Surfaces factory in the background at right. Nevamar, which makes high-pressure laminates, has more than 400 employees, making it the county’s largest employer.
Hampton County, located in the southern part of South Carolina, was home to 21,090 people in 2010, about 4,000 fewer than a century earlier. More. Some 22.6 percent of Hampton County residents live below the poverty line.
Hampton’s annual Watermelon Festival is the state’s longest, continually-running festival. The town of Hampton includes a brownfield of a former medical waste incinerator. More.
Photo by Andy Brack, May 2013. All rights reserved.