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SC Picture Project / Beaufort County / Lobeco

Lobeco, located in Beaufort County, takes its name from Long, Bellamy and Company, a vegetable packing plant that operated here in the early twentieth century. Vegetable packing was an important component of truck farming, or growing crops to be to be packaged locally and shipped by train to remote places on refrigerated cars. The Seaboard Air Line added a stop in Lobeco expressly for shipping its packaged produce along its Charleston-to-Savannah line.

Allen Funeral Home

Gazie Nagle of Charleston, 2016 © Do Not Use Without Written Consent

Truck farming involved a different business model than market farming, which relied on nearby consumers to purchase produce locally. Though many farms – such as the McLeod Farmstead in Seabrook – packaged produce on site, others utilized businesses such as the packing house in Lobeco.

Lobeco Schools


Lobeco South Carolina School

Rebekah Dobrasko of Austin, TX, 2007 © Do Not Use Without Written Consent

As Lobeco’s truck farming industry grew, the need arose for a school. Around 1925, this school (pictured above and below) was built to serve local white students. Later, a gymnasium was added to the school grounds. A new school (shown below) was built on the other side of the gymnasium in 1953, and students from the Lobeco School began attending classes in the new facility instead. Black students attended Dale-Lobeco School, built the same year. Today the Lobeco School is closed, and students from Lobeco attend school elsewhere in Beaufort County.

Lobeco Elementary School

Rebekah Dobrasko of Austin, TX, 2007 © Do Not Use Without Written Consent

Lobeco SC School Gym

Rebekah Dobrasko of Austin, TX, 2007 © Do Not Use Without Written Consent

Lobeco School

Gazie Nagle of Charleston, 2016 © Do Not Use Without Written Consent

Allen Funeral Home


Allen Funeral Home

Gazie Nagle of Charleston, 2016 © Do Not Use Without Written Consent

Built in 1910, this former home in Lobeco is now occupied by the Allen Funeral Home. Established in 1978 by the Reverend Dr. W. Allen and Vivian Galloway, the business has expanded to four locations: Lobeco, Beaufort, Ridgeland, and Walterboro.

Plan Your Trip: Lobeco

Where is Lobeco located?
Address: Trask Parkway, Lobeco, SC 29940
GPS Coordinates: 32.550994,-80.744530
Website: http://www.allenfunerals.com/
What else should I see?
Whale Branch 1.2 miles
McLeod Farmstead 3.2 miles
Highway 21 Drive-In 8.2 miles
Sheldon Church Ruins 8.2 miles
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