Denmark, SC (DNK)

200 West Baruch Street
Denmark, SC 29042

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Annual Ticket Revenue (FY 2023): $296,623
Annual Station Ridership (FY 2023): 2,681

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• Facility Ownership: City of Denmark
• Parking Lot Ownership: City of Denmark
• Platform Ownership: CSX Transportation
• Track Ownership: CSX Transportation

• Silver Star

Todd Stennis
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• Bamberg County, S.C.

This 1920s red brick passenger station formerly served the Atlantic Coast Line, Seaboard Air Line and Southern railways. Amtrak initiated service to the community on October 29, 1978, via the Champion (New York-St. Petersburg). According to Amtrak NEWS, the company’s employee newsletter, Denmark was added to the schedule because there was no stop between Columbia and Savannah, although Denmark and the surrounding area had a sizable population.

A station renovation in the early 2000s began as part of the South Carolina Heritage Corridor project and continued with landscaping and reconstruction supported by the Denmark Depot Restoration Society and the city. In 2004, Denmark received a $200,000 federal Transportation Enhancement grant through the South Carolina Department of Transportation to restore the building. The Denmark Depot Restoration Society also launched a fund-raising campaign for the project. Along with landscaping, work began in 2008 on the building’s interior to showcase Denmark and its history. Outside, about 75 commemorative bricks have been laid as part of the continuing fundraising effort.

Captain Z. G. Graham sold 17 acres of land for a turnout and station to the South Carolina Canal and Railroad Company in 1830. This company ran the Best Friend of Charleston, the first steam locomotive in the United States, along the Charleston-Hamburg line, which passed through what became known as “Graham’s Turnout.” The Best Friend of Charleston never made it to Hamburg, as it exploded in a boiler accident less than a year later.

Graham’s Turnout was officially established as a town in 1837. Sited at the crossing of two major railroads, the settlement was renamed in 1890-91 for Captain Isadore Denmark of Savannah. He was an official of the Seaboard Air Line who had shown special interest in developing the area.

The Voorhees Normal and Industrial School was begun in Denmark in 1897 by Tuskegee graduate Elizabeth E. Wright, a former student of Booker T. Washington. The institute, named for its patrons, Ralph and Elizabeth Voorhees of New Jersey, was one of the few schools for Black youth at the time. Since then, the school has become a four-year liberal arts college and maintains its ties with the Episcopal Church.

Denmark is also home to nationally-recognized artist Jim Harrison, known for his realistic painted landscapes depicting the South Carolina lowlands and his Coca-Cola art. His gallery is close by the Denmark depot.

Station Building (with waiting room)