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Bowman residents re-elected their incumbent mayor to another four-year term on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the Town of North elected a 12-year council veteran as mayor.

Bowman residents re-elected their incumbent mayor to another four-year term on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the Town of North elected a 12-year council veteran as mayor. Springfield voters elected a write-in candidate.

A number of municipalities in The T&D Region will be holding elections on Nov. 7.

A number of municipalities in The T&D Region will be holding elections on Nov. 7.

Municipalities in S.C. are supposed to lose their charters if they have fewer than 50 residents.

Municipalities in S.C. are supposed to lose their charters if they have fewer than 50 residents.

The Orangeburg County town of Cope will keep its town status – barely.

COPE – The Orangeburg County town of Cope has the unique distinction of having the smallest population for an incorporated town in the state of South Carolina, according to the 2020 United States Census.

The towns status came into question only last week as one of two cities whose withered populations triggered a state population law declaring “the certificate of incorporation will be forfeited

Two South Carolina towns have so few residents that they will likely be dissolved.