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Churches in Latta include: New Hope Baptist Church (A), Latta Presbyterian Church (B), Saint John Baptist Church (C), Berean Church of Christ (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in Latta include: Latta Historic District Number 1 (1), Latta Historic District Number 2 (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Post office: Latta Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Tourist attractions: Dillon County Museum (101 South Marion Street), Dial A Story (Cultural Attractions- Events- & Facilities; 101 North Marion Street).
Hotels: Latta Motel (226 South Richardson Street), Patrick Henry Motor Lodge (207 North Richardson Street), Best Western Executive Inn (1534 Highway 38 West).
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Drinking water stations with addresses in Latta and their reported violations in the past:
LATTA TOWN OF (Population served: 2249, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- One minor monitoring violation
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This town: | 21.2% | | Whole state: | 14.1% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This town: | 8.3% | | Whole state: | 6.5% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Latta, SC
Latta compared to South Carolina state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value below state average.
- Unemployed percentage above state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.
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Banks with branches in Latta (2009 data):
- First Bank: Latta Branch at 100 East Leitner Street, branch established on 1934-01-01. Info updated 2008-06-03: Bank assets: $2,753.7 mil, Deposits: $2,078.8 mil, headquarters in Troy, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 74 total offices, Holding Company: First Bancorp
School Enrollment by Level of School
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2004 Presidential Election results in Dillon County South Carolina:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Electricity (46%)
- Utility gas (28%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (15%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Wood (3%)
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Religion statistics for Latta
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | Baha'i | Presbyterian Church (USA) |
| Adherents | 55.1% | 16.5% | 10.0% | 7.5% | 3.0% |
| Congregations | 40.0% | 23.3% | 6.7% | N/A | 11.7% |
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| Name | Presbyterian Church in America | International Pentecostal Holiness Church | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Catholic Church | Other religions |
| Adherents | 2.2% | 1.8% | 1.3% | 0.9% | 1.5% |
| Congregations | 3.3% | 5.0% | 1.7% | 1.7% | 6.7% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center. Tables represent county-level data.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
2 | $3,511 | $21,066 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
0 | $0 | | 6 | $921 |
| Judicial and Legal |
1 | $2,079 | $24,948 | 0 | $0 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
8 | $15,728 | $23,592 | 2 | $474 |
| Firefighters |
0 | $0 | | 20 | $1,377 |
| Solid Waste Management |
6 | $10,098 | $20,196 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
6 | $11,413 | $22,826 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
23 | $42,829 | $22,346 | 28 | $2,772 |
Latta government finances in 2002:
- Charges - All Other: $135,000
Solid Waste Management: $130,000
Parks & Recreation: $35,000
- Current Operations - Water Utilities: $519,000
Police Protection: $398,000
Regular Highways: $299,000
Solid Waste Management: $121,000
Parks & Recreation: $80,000
Central Staff Services: $75,000
Fire Protection: $8,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $31,000
- Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $143,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $323,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $522,000
- Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $59,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $504,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $236,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $87,000
Other, NEC: $77,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $178,000
Interest Earnings: $4,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $453,000
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $123,000
- State Intergovernmental - General Support: $84,000
- Tax - Property: $210,000
NEC: $179,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $581,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $19,000
4.23% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($24,207 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 4.23% | | South Carolina average: | 8.00% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
4.85% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($21,568 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 4.85% | | South Carolina average: | 6.88% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Latta:
- WDSC (800 AM; 1 kW; DILLON, SC; Owner: QANTUM OF FLORENCE LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
- WJMX (970 AM; 10 kW; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: QANTUM OF FLORENCE LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
- WJAY (1280 AM; 4 kW; MULLINS, SC; Owner: THE GREATER HWY CHURCH OF CHRIST)
- WCEO (840 AM; daytime; 50 kW; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: EASTERN BROADCASTING GROUP, INC.)
- WBSC (1550 AM; 10 kW; BENNETTSVILLE, SC; Owner: D-MITCH BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WBAJ (890 AM; daytime; 50 kW; BLYTHEWOOD, SC; Owner: FAMILY FIRST)
- WPTF (680 AM; 50 kW; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: FIRST STATE COMMUNICATIONS)
- WBT (1110 AM; 50 kW; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATNS CO. OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- WFNC (640 AM; 10 kW; FAYETTEVILLE, NC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WAGL (1560 AM; daytime; 50 kW; LANCASTER, SC; Owner: PALMETTO BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC.)
- WEWO (1460 AM; 5 kW; LAURINBURG, NC; Owner: SERVICE MEDIA, INC.)
- WTRU (830 AM; 50 kW; KERNERSVILLE, NC; Owner: TRUTH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WYRU (1160 AM; 5 kW; RED SPRINGS, NC; Owner: WDAS LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
Strongest FM radio stations in Latta:
- WEGX (92.9 FM; DILLON, SC; Owner: QANTUM OF FLORENCE LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
- WCMG (94.3 FM; LATTA, SC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WHLZ (100.5 FM; MARION, SC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WQSD (107.1 FM; BRIARCLIFF ACRES, SC; Owner: QANTUM OF MYRTLE BEACH LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
- WYNN-FM (106.3 FM; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WFLB (96.5 FM; LAURINBURG, NC; Owner: WFLB LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WKML (95.7 FM; LUMBERTON, NC; Owner: WKML LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WHMC-FM (90.1 FM; CONWAY, SC; Owner: SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL TV COMMISSION)
- WSIM (93.7 FM; BISHOPVILLE, SC; Owner: MILLER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WJMX-FM (103.3 FM; CHERAW, SC; Owner: QANTUM OF FLORENCE LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
- WUKS (107.7 FM; ST. PAULS, NC; Owner: WDAS LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WLPG (91.7 FM; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: AUGUSTA RADIO FELLOWSHIP INSTITUTE, INC.)
- WSTS (100.9 FM; FAIRMONT, NC; Owner: PRO-MEDIA, INC.)
- WDAR-FM (105.5 FM; DARLINGTON, SC; Owner: QANTUM OF FLORENCE LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
- WURV (102.9 FM; SCRANTON, SC; Owner: QANTUM OF FLORENCE LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
TV broadcast stations around Latta:
- WPDE-TV (Channel 15; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: GRAND STRAND COMMUNICATIONS)
- WWMB (Channel 21; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: ATLANTIC MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
- WBTW (Channel 13; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL BROADCASTING OF SO. CAROLINA HOLDINGS, INC.)
- W66DE (Channel 50; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: CAROLINA CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WSFX-TV (Channel 26; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: SOUTHEASTERN MEDIA HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WJPM-TV (Channel 33; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL TV COMMISSION)
- WFXB (Channel 43; MYRTLE BEACH, SC; Owner: GE MEDIA, INC.)
- WECT (Channel 6; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: RAYCOM AMERICA, INC.)
- WUNU (Channel 31; LUMBERTON, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- WHMC (Channel 23; CONWAY, SC; Owner: SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL TV COMMISSION)
- WPDF-LP (Channel 56; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: GE MEDIA, INC.)
- W67DU (Channel 67; LUMBERTON, NC; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
Latta, South Carolina:
- Fatal accident count: 8
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 11
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 1
- Fatalities: 8
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 30
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 1
South Carolina average:
- Fatal accident count: 82
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 125
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 26
- Fatalities: 90
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 211
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 11
See more detailed statistics of Latta fatal car crashes and road traffic accidents for 1975 - 2008 here
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 1 (See the full list of FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers in Latta)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 11 (See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 7- St School Bus Maintenance Shop Us Hwy 501 3.5 Mi S, Call Sign: KFK623, Licensee ID: L00012124
Assigned Frequencies : 154.980 MHz Grant Date: 12/01/2001, Expiration Date: 02/10/2012
Registrant: State Of South Carolina, 1429 Senate St 209 Rutledge Bldg, Columbia, SC 29201, Phone: (803) 734-8255 - St School Bus Maintenance Shop Us Hwy 501 3.5 Mi S, Call Sign: KRX23, Licensee ID: L00012124
Assigned Frequencies : 155.760 MHz Grant Date: 12/01/2001, Expiration Date: 02/11/2012
Registrant: State Of South Carolina, 1429 Senate St 209 Rutledge Bldg, Columbia, SC 29201, Phone: (803) 734-8255 - West Railroad Ave, Call Sign: KTK604
Assigned Frequencies : 39.1800 MHz Grant Date: 03/27/2002, Expiration Date: 02/04/2012
Registrant: Universal Licensing Service, 4401 A Connecticut Ave Nw 232, Washington, DC 20008-2322, Phone: (877) 677-3639, Fax: (949) 515-2544 - Latta Tower Us Hwy 301, Call Sign: KIB358, Licensee ID: L00135262
Assigned Frequencies : 159.270 MHz, 159.300 MHz, 159.450 MHz Grant Date: 02/25/1998, Expiration Date: 02/26/2003, Cancelation Date: 06/01/2003
Registrant: State Of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29221 - Town Hall, Call Sign: WAX601, Licensee ID: L00085752
Assigned Frequencies : 465.225 MHz, 465.475 MHz Grant Date: 11/11/2004, Expiration Date: 02/01/2015
Registrant: Latta, Town Of, 107 Nw Railroad Ave, Latta, SC 29565, Phone: (843) 752-4718, Fax: (843) 752-5494 - Lat: 34.331944 Lon: -79.435833, Call Sign: WPYQ717
Assigned Frequencies : 152.435 MHz, 157.695 MHz Grant Date: 09/30/2003, Expiration Date: 09/30/2013, Certifier: George Liebenroad
Registrant: Pee Dee Communications Inc, 1522 Siesta Dr, Florence, SC 29504, Phone: (843) 662-0741, Fax: (843) 662-0024 - Lat: 34.343167 Lon: -79.426556, Call Sign: WQDL624
Assigned Frequencies : 72.2600 MHz, 72.1000 MHz, 72.1800 MHz Grant Date: 09/26/2005, Expiration Date: 09/26/2015, Certifier: Robert Mcintyre
Registrant: Primex Wireless, 965 Wells Street, Lake Geneva, WI 53147, Phone: (800) 537-0464
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 2- DILLON, Rt 3 Box 376, Overall height: 97.5 m, Call Sign: WMK664
Assigned Frequencies : 2123.20 MHz Grant Date: 03/06/2001, Expiration Date: 02/01/2011, Cancelation Date: 03/14/2008, Certifier: Glenn S Rabin
Registrant: Alltel Communications, LLC, One Allied Drive, B1f02-D, Little Rock, AR 72202, Phone: (501) 905-8555, Fax: (501) 905-6193, Email:
- LATTA, 1062 Free States Rd., Type: Tower, Structure height: 56.4 m, Overall height: 63.4 m, Call Sign: WPUS628
Assigned Frequencies : 6750.00 MHz Grant Date: 04/24/2002, Expiration Date: 04/24/2012, Certifier: John E Rooney
Registrant: Holland & Knight LLP, 2099 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Suite #100, Washington, DC 20006-6801, Phone: (202) 955-3000, Fax: (202) 955-5564, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 10 (See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Latta)
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:- Fire: 5
- Hazardous Condition: 1
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