Sturkey House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

[8] According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 3.8 square miles (9.8 km2), all land.

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 2,232 people, 912 households, and 477 families residing in the town.

At the 2000 census there were 1,489 people, 657 households, and 400 families living in the town.

There were 737 housing units at an average density of 196.2 per square mile (75.8/km2).

It serves the educational needs of the local community, providing a variety of academic programs and extracurricular activities to support student growth and development.

The South Carolina Governor's School for Agriculture at John de la Howe (JDLH) is a state-funded public residential high school that offers a unique and challenging agricultural education program.