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South Carolina Counties
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South Carolina Counties
South Carolina is made up of 46 counties. They range in size from 392 square miles (1,016
square kilometers) in the case of Calhoun County to 1,358 square miles (3,517 square kilometers) in the case of
Charleston County. The least populous county is McCormick County, with only 9,958 residents, while the most
populous county is Greenville County, with a population of 395,357, despite the state's most populous city,
Columbia, being located in Richland County. |
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Spartanburg County, South Carolina
Spartanburg County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Spartanburg
Year Organized: 1785
Square Miles: 811 |
Court House: 366 N. Church Street
County Courthouse
Spartanburg, SC 29303-3637
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Spartanburg was named for the Spartan Regiment of the American Revolutionary War.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Spartanburg County and its county seat were named for the Spartan Regiment, a local militia unit that fought in the
Revolutionary War. The county was formed in 1785 as a part of Ninety Six District, and from 1791 to 1799 it was part of
Pinckney District. A part of Spartanburg County later went to form Cherokee County in 1897. European settlers, primarily
Scotch-Irish, began moving into this area from Pennsylvania and Virginia in the late eighteenth century. For many years
the primary occupations were small scale cattle raising and cotton farming. Areas with mineral springs, such as Glenn
Springs, were also popular summer resorts for lowcountry residents. Following the Civil War, textile manufacturing
became the dominant industry, and Spartanburg County remains an important manufacturing center today. Some well known
Spartanburg residents are hymn writer and publisher William Walker (1809-1875), U.S. Army General William C.
Westmoreland, and industrialist Roger Milliken
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 819 square miles (2,122 kmē), of which, 811
square miles (2,100 kmē) of it is land and 8 square miles (21 kmē) of it (1.00%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- Rutherford County, North Carolina - north
- Cherokee County, South Carolina - east
- Union County, South Carolina - southeast
- Laurens County, South Carolina - south
- Greenville County, South Carolina - west
- Polk County, North Carolina - northwest
Cities and Towns:
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- Campobello |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Central Pacolet |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Chesnee |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Cowpens |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Duncan |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Greenville |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Inman |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Landrum |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Lyman |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Pacolet |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Reidville |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Spartanburg
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Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Wellford |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Woodruff |
city |
Incorporated Area |
County Resources:
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County Resource Guide
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
act locally." |
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