On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Wyboo is more historic than 2% of U.S. towns, #155 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 Wyboo’s overall grade.
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 Wyboo’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (23% of South Carolina towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% 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 (±0.5 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 Wyboo’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
On the map
Wyboo on the map, 1921 to 1980
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Wyboo. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1921Manning sheet · 1:62,500
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Wyboo.
The story so far
Wyboo, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Wyboo yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Wyboo is a lakeside community and census-designated place (CDP) in Clarendon County, South Carolina, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census with a population of 3,661. The CDP is in southern Clarendon County, on both sides of Wyboo Swamp, an arm of Lake Marion, the largest lake in South Carolina. South Carolina Highway 260 passes through the east side of the community, leading north 9 miles (14 km) to Manning, the county seat. The south end of Highway 260 is at the Santee Dam, which forms Lake Marion by impounding the Santee River.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Wyboo, 1880 to 1937
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Wyboo is more historic than 2% of U.S. towns, #155 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.
How old are the homes in Wyboo?
0.0% of Wyboo’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 3.5% for a South Carolina town; the median home was built in 1994.
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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) 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.
