The story
Read it all →How St. Andrews came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of St. Andrews.
The Pine Grove Rosenwald School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History · St. Andrews
1 of St. Andrews’ places is on the National Register
More historic than 22% of U.S. towns · #102 of 169 in South Carolina. What drives it
Its Register listing is the Pine Grove Rosenwald School. Most of St. Andrews was built recently: 1% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1978. Below: maps from 1947 on and the census since 2000.
1on the National Register
1%homes built before 1940
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About St. Andrews’ history
How historic is St. Andrews?
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What drives the grade ↓More historic than 22% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
History grade
What drives St. Andrews’ History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, St. Andrews is more historic than 22% of U.S. towns, #102 of 169 in South Carolina. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of St. Andrews’ overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 19401.0% of homes (±0.7) · typical SC town 3.5% · U.S. 8.4%DNational Register1 listing, 0.5 per 10,000 residents · typical SC town 3.2 · U.S. 2.4B−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 22%
NewerOlder
South Carolina towns of 2,500+ (169)Ahead of 40%
South Carolina towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical South Carolina town has 3.2 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so St. Andrews’ 0.5 sits near the middle of its state (46% of South Carolina towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share (±0.7 points) is firm at this size.
Founding year: our sources. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about St. Andrews’ past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be
Old corners and places now gone
Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.
Hamlets and corners on the map
Belmont EstatesBonnie ForestBroad River EstatesChartwellCross RoadsDutch SquareDutchbrookElm AbodeEmerald ValleyHomewood TerraceKingswoodMandel HallMandel ParkPine ValleyRiverside ForestSaint AndrewsWest Chester
Gone or out of use
Pine Grove Schoolschool
Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
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Start St. Andrews’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how St. Andrews’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.By decade
No old photos in the archives yet
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
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St. Andrews on the map, 1947 to 1990
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of St. Andrews. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1947Columbia North sheet · 1:24,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of St. Andrews.
On the National Register
1 historic place in St. Andrews
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
2009
Pine Grove Rosenwald School
Buildings
Architectural styles listings
Craftsman1
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
People over time
St. Andrews, census by census
Between 20,493 and 21,814 people in every census since 2000.
3 censuses, 2000–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on St. Andrews’ Wikipedia page.
Famous people
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Nobody well known was born in St. Andrews itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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Charles Bolden23rd Administrator of NASA and astronaut · b. 1946A
Aziz AnsariAmerican actor, stand-up comedian, screenwriter… · b. 1983
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about St. Andrews’ history
How does St. Andrews rank for history?
St. Andrews is more historic than 22% of U.S. towns, #102 of 169 in South Carolina. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in St. Andrews?
One place: the Pine Grove Rosenwald School (listed 2009).
How old are the homes in St. Andrews?
1% of St. Andrews’ homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 3.5% for a South Carolina town; the median home was built in 1978.
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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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Sources
Where this page comes from
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
From the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.