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The location of The City of Denmark had an enormous
influence upon its early development. The first railroad which
ran from Charleston to Hamburg was built form 1830-1833. This
railway ran through Captain Z. G. Graham's Turnout. When a new
railroad running from Columbia to Savannah crossed Graham's, the
town continued to grow. The beginning of railroads was an
extremely important factor in the origin of Denmark City. The early
name of Denmark changed from Graham's Turnout to Graham's. When
a different railroad crossed the original in 1893, a new town
was formed. The older section of town was referred to as East
Denmark, and the new area was called West Denmark.
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The Denmark City was named in honor of the
president of Southbound Construction Company, Colonel
Isadore Denmark. Because of some confusion with
switching trains, East Denmark was named Sato after a
Japanese general who served during the Russo-Japanese
War. The name Denmark eventually overcame Sato because
the community of West Denmark was far more prosperous
than the section named Sato.
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The schools of Graham's turnout began
after the War between the states. The class of 1908 was
the last graduating class in Graham's. E. H. Hall was
the superintendent of the school built in 1907 on North
Palmetto Avenue of Denmark. In 1911, an eleventh grade
was added, and in 1948-1949, the twelfth grade was
added. When the Denmark and Olar schools were unified in
1957, a new high school was built on Walnut Avenue.
Denmark has two schools of higher education: Denmark
Tech, which was called the South Carolina Area Trade
School in earlier years, and Voorhees College. Voorhees
College was started in 1897 by
Elizabeth
Wright. It was named in honor of Mr. Ralph Voorhees
who was very helpful to Ms. Wright.
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