Despite the word “service” on this building outside Walterboro, S.C., there’s no service because this old Pontiac-Buick-GMC dealership is closed, just as many similar dealerships across the South closed during the recent recession.
Walterboro, which has lost about 100 people since 2010, has a population of 5,309 people. 38 percent of whom live in poverty. Walterboro is the county seat of Colleton County, a Southern Crescent county split by Interstate 95.
Colleton County, which also has a small piece of coastline, is home to 38,153 people, 21 percent of whom live at or below the federal poverty level.
- Quickfacts on Colleton County from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Photo taken Jan. 4, 2014, by Andy Brack. All rights reserved.