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Dorchester County (where Saint George is located) consumes more grits per capita than any other place in the world. In 1986, the first annual World Grits Festival was held. During the festival, which takes place in mid-April, close to 10,000 people flock to the tiny town for
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food, music, and games. Until 2019, the festival featured a contest in which people rolled in a vat of grits, vying to have the largest quantity of grits (by weight) stick to them. The festival is held annually; it was not held in 2020 or 2021 because of the
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81:Motto:
26:
1669:Spartanburg
1524:Bishopville
1358:Summerville
1343:Reevesville
1332:Harleyville
1276:County seat
1210:WCBD News 2
1181:"About WGF"
1064:November 1,
1017:January 31,
991:January 31,
963:October 15,
938:October 15,
907:Quaker Oats
852:other races
825:2000 census
787:Other/Mixed
694:2020 census
402: /
331:county seat
327:2000 census
323:2010 census
123: /
1724:Categories
1699:Walterboro
1674:St. George
1649:Orangeburg
1589:Greenville
1584:Georgetown
1559:Darlington
1534:Charleston
1395:Dorchester
1387:Ghost town
1353:St. George
1348:Ridgeville
1283:St. George
918:References
829:As of the
817:As of the
390:80°34.46′W
287:feature ID
207:Population
164:Dorchester
111:80°34.46′W
1704:Winnsboro
1659:Ridgeland
1634:McCormick
1619:Lexington
1609:Lancaster
1604:Kingstree
1594:Greenwood
1569:Edgefield
1494:Allendale
1484:Abbeville
1404:Footnotes
1096:0033-8842
889:Education
838:, 47.22%
376:Geography
275:FIPS code
229:Time zone
199:Elevation
1694:Walhalla
1644:Newberry
1574:Florence
1549:Columbia
1514:Beaufort
1509:Barnwell
1499:Anderson
1216:April 9,
1190:April 9,
1161:. SCIWAY
856:Hispanic
846:, 0.72%
842:, 0.19%
800:Hispanic
279:45-62530
263:ZIP Code
1654:Pickens
1624:Manning
1614:Laurens
1599:Hampton
1579:Gaffney
1539:Chester
1504:Bamberg
1165:June 8,
1039:June 7,
742:40.97%
387:33°11′N
348:History
295:Website
290:1250508
137:Country
108:33°11′N
1684:Sumter
1664:Saluda
1629:Marion
1564:Dillon
1554:Conway
1529:Camden
1377:Grover
1094:
860:Latino
831:census
811:1.74%
804:Latino
794:4.72%
781:0.16%
768:1.09%
755:0.43%
728:50.9%
680:−11.6%
485:125.4%
440:Census
364:, and
159:County
1689:Union
1489:Aiken
1324:Towns
848:Asian
836:White
761:Asian
720:White
713:Perc.
704:Race
675:1,843
665:−0.4%
660:2,084
645:2,092
635:−2.7%
630:2,077
620:18.2%
615:2,134
605:−1.5%
600:1,806
590:−5.4%
585:1,833
570:1,938
560:16.3%
555:1,906
545:18.3%
540:1,639
530:44.8%
525:1,386
515:66.1%
500:−8.4%
268:29477
257:(EDT)
255:UTC−4
234:UTC−5
215:1,843
147:State
1709:York
1293:City
1218:2022
1192:2022
1167:2019
1145:2021
1092:ISSN
1066:2023
1041:2011
1019:2008
993:2008
965:2022
940:2022
739:755
725:938
708:Num.
671:2020
656:2010
650:0.7%
641:2000
626:1990
611:1980
596:1970
581:1960
575:1.7%
566:1950
551:1940
536:1930
521:1920
506:1910
491:1900
476:1890
461:1880
449:Note
444:Pop.
415:and
302:.org
285:GNIS
170:Area
72:Seal
44:Town
1471:of
1369:CDP
858:or
808:32
802:or
791:87
765:20
510:957
495:576
480:629
465:279
333:of
248:DST
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