BlockBefore

Spartanburg County, South Carolina

89 topographic sheets and 15 fire insurance atlases across 2 places.

Research this county

From the record

64 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the county history on the Internet Archive · the National Register database, National Park Service

South Carolina within the United States
Spartanburg County within South Carolina
Explore by year 1844 1917

What the record shows

  • 2 places in this county were surveyed for fire insurance: Spartanburg, Woodruff, between 1884 and 1953.
  • 15 fire insurance atlases survive for the county. Topographic coverage is national; fire insurance survey reached only incorporated places with something worth insuring.
  • 4,348 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 64 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 49 buildings, 14 districts and 1 object.
  • 15 of the 64 listings were added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 296 populated places in this county; 293 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Photographs

39 photographs, 1937 to 1943

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Farmer who had to move out of the Camp Croft area. He had a job at the camp. Whitestone, South Carolina
Farmer who had to move out of the Camp Croft area. He had a job at the camp. Whitestone, South Carolina
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Getting up the walls on a prefabricated house being built by FSA (Farm Security Administration) to house some of the farmers when they move out of the Spartanburg Army camp area. Pacolet, South Carolina region
Getting up the walls on a prefabricated house being built by FSA (Farm Security Administration) to house some of the farmers when they move out of the Spartanburg Army camp area. Pacolet, South Carolina region
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Tenant farmer moving the last load of his belongings out of the Camp Croft area near Pacolet, South Carolina
Tenant farmer moving the last load of his belongings out of the Camp Croft area near Pacolet, South Carolina
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
This road is the Camp Croft boundary. The family who lived in the house at the left is moving into the barn on the right
This road is the Camp Croft boundary. The family who lived in the house at the left is moving into the barn on the right
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
This farmer owned one acre of land and small improvised trailer in which he and his wife lived. The only place they could find to move was a small farm they rented which had only a barn on it Near Pacolet, South Carolina region
This farmer owned one acre of land and small improvised trailer in which he and his wife lived. The only place they could find to move was a small farm they rented which had only a barn on it Near Pacolet, South Carolina region
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Farmer who had to move out of the Camp Croft area. He had a job at the camp. Whitestone, South Carolina
Farmer who had to move out of the Camp Croft area. He had a job at the camp. Whitestone, South Carolina
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
While water pipes are being laid families had to get their water at one of the wells nearby. When water system is completed there will be a pump at every house. Pacolet, South Carolina. At the FSA (Farm Security Administration) prefabricated houses
While water pipes are being laid families had to get their water at one of the wells nearby. When water system is completed there will be a pump at every house. Pacolet, South Carolina. At the FSA (Farm Security Administration) prefabricated houses
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Children of a "squatter" family who were preparing to move out of the Spartanburg Army camp area. Near Whitestone, South Carolina
Children of a "squatter" family who were preparing to move out of the Spartanburg Army camp area. Near Whitestone, South Carolina
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Mrs. Jennings, tired out after a day of moving into her new prefabricated house in Pacolet, South Carolina
Mrs. Jennings, tired out after a day of moving into her new prefabricated house in Pacolet, South Carolina
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Tenant farmer moving the last of his load out of his farmer home in Camp Croft area. Near Whitestone, South Carolina
Tenant farmer moving the last of his load out of his farmer home in Camp Croft area. Near Whitestone, South Carolina
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Sharecropper wife and mother of seven children. Near Chesnee, South Carolina
Sharecropper wife and mother of seven children. Near Chesnee, South Carolina
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1937. Library of Congress
Landscape in Camp Croft showing trailer family moving out. Near Pacolet, South Carolina
Landscape in Camp Croft showing trailer family moving out. Near Pacolet, South Carolina
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Assembling the fourth wall of a prefabricated house at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) project in Pacolet to house some of the farmers moving out of the Camp Croft area. Pacolet, South Carolina
Assembling the fourth wall of a prefabricated house at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) project in Pacolet to house some of the farmers moving out of the Camp Croft area. Pacolet, South Carolina
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Declaration of taking posted on a tree at an abandoned farmhouse near Whitestone, South Carolina in the Camp Croft area region
Declaration of taking posted on a tree at an abandoned farmhouse near Whitestone, South Carolina in the Camp Croft area region
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
House occupied by "squatter" family that was preparing to move out of the Spartanburg Army camp area. Near Whitestone South Carolina
House occupied by "squatter" family that was preparing to move out of the Spartanburg Army camp area. Near Whitestone South Carolina
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Putting up the first walls for FSA (Farm Security Administration) prefabricated houses for farmers who had to move out of the area. Pacolet, South Carolina
Putting up the first walls for FSA (Farm Security Administration) prefabricated houses for farmers who had to move out of the area. Pacolet, South Carolina
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
In the home of a "squatter" family that was preparing to move off the Camp Croft area. Near Whitestone, South Carolina
In the home of a "squatter" family that was preparing to move off the Camp Croft area. Near Whitestone, South Carolina
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
A tenant family in the Camp Croft area watching their belongings being moved out. Near Whitestone, South Carolina
A tenant family in the Camp Croft area watching their belongings being moved out. Near Whitestone, South Carolina
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
A pasture behind the prefabricated houses at Pacolet, South Carolina is being provided for cattle brought by many of the farmers out of the Camp Croft area
A pasture behind the prefabricated houses at Pacolet, South Carolina is being provided for cattle brought by many of the farmers out of the Camp Croft area
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Negro family moving out of Camp Croft area collecting some belongings from a relative. Near Spartanburg, South Carolina region
Negro family moving out of Camp Croft area collecting some belongings from a relative. Near Spartanburg, South Carolina region
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Old tenant house seen thru window of the prefabricated houses on the FSA (Farm Security Administraton) project in the Pacolet, South Carolina region
Old tenant house seen thru window of the prefabricated houses on the FSA (Farm Security Administraton) project in the Pacolet, South Carolina region
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Negro landowner who lived just outside the Camp Croft area. The new Army road was to come just outside his porch. Near Whitestone, South Carolina
Negro landowner who lived just outside the Camp Croft area. The new Army road was to come just outside his porch. Near Whitestone, South Carolina
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Tenant farmer who has to move out of the Camp Croft area. Near Pacolet, South Carolina
Tenant farmer who has to move out of the Camp Croft area. Near Pacolet, South Carolina
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
The family of Mr. B. B. West having lunch in their new prefabricated house at Pacolet, South Carolina
The family of Mr. B. B. West having lunch in their new prefabricated house at Pacolet, South Carolina
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Prefabricated house built by FSA (Farm Security Administration) to house some of the farmers who had to move out of the Spartanburg Army camp area.  Pacolet, South Carolina
Prefabricated house built by FSA (Farm Security Administration) to house some of the farmers who had to move out of the Spartanburg Army camp area. Pacolet, South Carolina
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Preparing to move for the first time in her life out of the Camp Croft area. Near Whitestone, South Carolina
Preparing to move for the first time in her life out of the Camp Croft area. Near Whitestone, South Carolina
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Negro family moving their belongings out of the Camp Croft area. Near Whitestone, South Carolina
Negro family moving their belongings out of the Camp Croft area. Near Whitestone, South Carolina
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Prefabricated houses being built to house some of the farmers who had to move out of the Camp Croft area. Pacolet, South Carolina
Prefabricated houses being built to house some of the farmers who had to move out of the Camp Croft area. Pacolet, South Carolina
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Spartanburg (vicinity), South Carolina. Truck driver pulled over to side of road along U.S. Highway 29 for a sleep
Spartanburg (vicinity), South Carolina. Truck driver pulled over to side of road along U.S. Highway 29 for a sleep
Vachon, John, 1943. Library of Congress
Children of a "squatter" family who were preparing to move out of the Spartanburg Army camp area. Near Whitestone, South Carolina region
Children of a "squatter" family who were preparing to move out of the Spartanburg Army camp area. Near Whitestone, South Carolina region
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Arranging furniture at the new prefabricated house of the Lee family. Near Pacolet, South Carolina
Arranging furniture at the new prefabricated house of the Lee family. Near Pacolet, South Carolina
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Putting up a wall in one of the prefabricated houses being built at Pacolet, South Carolina for farmers moved out of Camp Croft area
Putting up a wall in one of the prefabricated houses being built at Pacolet, South Carolina for farmers moved out of Camp Croft area
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Building porch on prefabricated houses to be used to house some of the farmers that had to move out of Camp Croft area. Pacolet, South Carolina
Building porch on prefabricated houses to be used to house some of the farmers that had to move out of Camp Croft area. Pacolet, South Carolina
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Prefabricated houses built by FSA (Farm Security Administration) for farmers who had to move out of the Camp Croft area. Pacolet, South Carolina
Prefabricated houses built by FSA (Farm Security Administration) for farmers who had to move out of the Camp Croft area. Pacolet, South Carolina
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Completed prefabricated houses at Pacolet, South Carolina for farmers who have had to move out of the Camp Croft Army camp area
Completed prefabricated houses at Pacolet, South Carolina for farmers who have had to move out of the Camp Croft Army camp area
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Negro family moving their belongings out of the Camp Croft area. Near Whitestone, South Carolina region
Negro family moving their belongings out of the Camp Croft area. Near Whitestone, South Carolina region
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Family living in this converted trailer owned one acre of land adjoining their house. They are moving out of the Camp Croft area to a place which they have rented where there is no house. Near Whitestone, South Carolina region
Family living in this converted trailer owned one acre of land adjoining their house. They are moving out of the Camp Croft area to a place which they have rented where there is no house. Near Whitestone, South Carolina region
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Mrs. Harvey and a neighbor watching her belongings being moved out of her house in the Camp Croft area near Whitestone, South Carolina
Mrs. Harvey and a neighbor watching her belongings being moved out of her house in the Camp Croft area near Whitestone, South Carolina
Delano, Jack, 1941. Library of Congress
Sharecropper boy near Chesnee, South Carolina
Sharecropper boy near Chesnee, South Carolina
Lange, Dorothea, photographer, 1937. Library of Congress

Places on the National Register

64

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Alexander Housebuilding200303000205
American Legion Buildingbuilding200303000271
Anderson's Millbuilding197878002529
Apalache Milldistrict201515000616
Arcadia Mill No. 2building200505001158
Arcadia Mill No.1district201414000819
Bivings-Converse Housebuilding199595000638
Bon Havenbuilding197676001711
Bush Housebuilding200303000695
Camp Hillbuilding197070000600
Central Methodist Churchbuilding200303001002
Church of the Adventbuilding200000000553
Cleveland Law Rangebuilding197373001730
Converse College Historic Districtdistrict197575001706
Converse Heights Historic Districtdistrict200707001021
Converse Millbuilding201515000709
Cowpens Depotbuilding199797001104
James M. Davis Housedistrict201010000317
Drayton Millbuilding201212000882
Duncan Park Stadiumdistrict201615001009
Bishop William Wallace Duncan Housebuilding200976001712
Frank Evans High Schoolbuilding201212000373
Evans-Russell Housebuilding200707000183
Evins-Bivings Housebuilding197070000601
First Presbyterian Church of Woodruffbuilding200504001563
Foster's Tavernbuilding197070000602
William Dixon Fowler Housebuilding201212000016
Fremont Schoolbuilding200000001234
Glenn Springs Historic Districtdistrict198282001526
Golightly-Dean Housebuilding198888001845
Augustus Belton and Margaret Wheeler Groce Housebuilding2024100009889
Hampton Heights Historic Districtdistrict198383002208
Hotel Oregonbuilding200101000311
Hurricane Taverndistrict200101000755
Inman Millsbuilding201616000090
Marysville Schoolbuilding200706001231
McMakin's Tavernbuilding197474001876
Montgomery Buildingbuilding201808000760
Walter Scott Montgomery Housebuilding198484000345
Daniel Morgan Monumentobject198080003711
Mountain Shoals Plantationbuilding197979002394
New Hope Farmbuilding199998000558
Nicholls-Crook Housebuilding197373001731
Pacolet Mill Officebuilding200404000760
Pacolet Mills Cloth Room and Warehousebuilding200605001571
Pacolet Mills Historic Districtdistrict200707001207
Palmetto Theaterbuilding199696000405
Pine Street Elementary Schoolbuilding201616000731
Price's Post Officebuilding196969000174
Reidville Academy Faculty Housebuilding199797001105
Schuyler Apartmentsbuilding201414000208
Jammie Seay Housebuilding197171000807
Shiloh Methodist Churchbuilding200504001591
Smith's Tavernbuilding197474001878
Spartanburg Historic Districtdistrict198383002209
Spartanburg Historic District (Boundary Increase)district200000000019
Startex Finishing Companydistrict2023100008528
United States Post Office and Court Housebuilding2017100000619
Walker Hallbuilding197777001232
Walnut Grove Plantationbuilding197070000603
Williams Placebuilding198282001527
Wofford College Historic Districtdistrict197474001879
Woodruff High Schoolbuilding200606000578
Mary H. Wright Elementary Schoolbuilding200707000798

Digitised newspapers

16 issues

Sampled issues, machine-read from the Library of Congress scan and published page by page, so every headline and column is searchable text.

The Carolina Spartan

Spartanburg, S.C., 1852 to 1896. Machine-read from the Library of Congress scan.

The Spartan

Spartanburg, S.C., 1843 to 1852. Machine-read from the Library of Congress scan.

The Spartan

Spartanburg, S.C., 1896 to 1898. Machine-read from the Library of Congress scan.

Spartanburg Journal

Spartanburg, S.C., 1900 to 1906. Machine-read from the Library of Congress scan.

The Carolina Spartan

Spartanburg, S.C., 1898 to 1913. Machine-read from the Library of Congress scan.

The Journal and the Carolina Spartan

Spartanburg, S.C., 1913 to 1920. Machine-read from the Library of Congress scan.

Photographs from libraries nationwide

21 of 52 shown

Selected from the Digital Public Library of America's 52 image records catalogued for this county. Every one shown here carries a public-domain status or a licence that permits reuse on a site that carries advertising; non-commercial, share-alike and restricted images are excluded. The selection is spread across the county's towns (at most eight per town), so no single institution's bulk upload crowds out the rest. Each opens the holding library's record, and the complete set at the Digital Public Library of America is one click away.

Hotel Richmond, Spartanburg, S. C., Boston Public Library - undated
Hotel Richmond, Spartanburg, S. C.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Schuyler Apartments, Spartanburg, S. C., Boston Public Library - undated
Schuyler Apartments, Spartanburg, S. C.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Peach blossoms time in Spartanburg County, S. C., Boston Public Library - undated
Peach blossoms time in Spartanburg County, S. C.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Main Street Motel, Spartanburg, South Carolina, Boston Public Library - undated
Main Street Motel, Spartanburg, South Carolina. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Cleveland Hotel, Spartanburg, S. C., Boston Public Library - undated
Cleveland Hotel, Spartanburg, S. C.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Heart of Spartanburg, Business District, Spartanburg, S. C., Boston Public Library - undated
Heart of Spartanburg, Business District, Spartanburg, S. C.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Episcopal Church of the Advent. Spartanburg, S. C., Boston Public Library - undated
Episcopal Church of the Advent. Spartanburg, S. C.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
General Hospital and Nurses' home, Spartanburg, S. C., Boston Public Library - undated
General Hospital and Nurses' home, Spartanburg, S. C.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Main building, Converse College, Spartanburg, S. C., Boston Public Library - undated
Main building, Converse College, Spartanburg, S. C.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Central Methodist Church, Spartanburg, S. C., Boston Public Library - undated
Central Methodist Church, Spartanburg, S. C.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Spartanburg, South Carolina the city of success ; city map and street directory, Boston Public Library - undated
Spartanburg, South Carolina the city of success ; city map and street directory. Willis, W. N, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
General Hospital from the air, Spartanburg, S. C., Boston Public Library - undated
General Hospital from the air, Spartanburg, S. C.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
First Baptist Church, Spartanburg, S. C., Boston Public Library - undated
First Baptist Church, Spartanburg, S. C.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Morgan Monument, Spartanburg, S. C., Boston Public Library - undated
Morgan Monument, Spartanburg, S. C.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Rainbow Lake, Spartanburg, S. C., Boston Public Library - undated
Rainbow Lake, Spartanburg, S. C.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Main Street looking east at night, Spartanburg, S. C., Boston Public Library - undated
Main Street looking east at night, Spartanburg, S. C.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium, Spartanburg, S. C., Boston Public Library - undated
Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium, Spartanburg, S. C.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Aerial views, Spartanburg, S. C., Boston Public Library - undated
Aerial views, Spartanburg, S. C.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Main building, Wofford College, Spartanburg, S. C., Boston Public Library - undated
Main building, Wofford College, Spartanburg, S. C.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
First Baptist Church, Spartanburg, S. C., Boston Public Library - undated
First Baptist Church, Spartanburg, S. C.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Spartanburg Coca Cola Bottling Co., Spartanburg, S. C., Boston Public Library - undated
Spartanburg Coca Cola Bottling Co., Spartanburg, S. C.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.

The county from the air

45 shown

Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 1,418 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 45 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1947-02-02, scale 1:27200
1947-02-02, scale 1:27200. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1947-02-02, scale 1:27200
1947-02-02, scale 1:27200. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1947-02-02, scale 1:27200
1947-02-02, scale 1:27200. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1947-02-02, scale 1:27200
1947-02-02, scale 1:27200. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1949-11-11, scale 1:57000
1949-11-11, scale 1:57000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1949-11-11, scale 1:57000
1949-11-11, scale 1:57000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1949-11-11, scale 1:57000
1949-11-11, scale 1:57000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1949-11-11, scale 1:57000
1949-11-11, scale 1:57000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-01-26, scale 1:59000
1951-01-26, scale 1:59000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-03-09, scale 1:59000
1951-03-09, scale 1:59000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-05-10, scale 1:59000
1951-05-10, scale 1:59000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-05-10, scale 1:59000
1951-05-10, scale 1:59000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1955-03-27, scale 1:33000
1955-03-27, scale 1:33000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1955-03-27, scale 1:33000
1955-03-27, scale 1:33000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1955-03-27, scale 1:33000
1955-03-27, scale 1:33000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1955-03-27, scale 1:33000
1955-03-27, scale 1:33000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1956-03-31, scale 1:60000
1956-03-31, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1956-03-31, scale 1:60000
1956-03-31, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1956-03-31, scale 1:60000
1956-03-31, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1956-03-31, scale 1:60000
1956-03-31, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-06-23, scale 1:60000
1961-06-23, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-06-23, scale 1:60000
1961-06-23, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-06-23, scale 1:60000
1961-06-23, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1961-06-23, scale 1:60000
1961-06-23, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-04-01, scale 1:50000
1964-04-01, scale 1:50000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-04-01, scale 1:50000
1964-04-01, scale 1:50000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-04-01, scale 1:50000
1964-04-01, scale 1:50000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-04-01, scale 1:50000
1964-04-01, scale 1:50000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-03-05, scale 1:19000
1966-03-05, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-03-05, scale 1:19000
1966-03-05, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-03-05, scale 1:19000
1966-03-05, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-03-05, scale 1:19000
1966-03-05, scale 1:19000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-08-25, scale 1:119095
1969-08-25, scale 1:119095. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-08-25, scale 1:118921
1969-08-25, scale 1:118921. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-08-25, scale 1:122346
1969-08-25, scale 1:122346. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-08-25, scale 1:122287
1969-08-25, scale 1:122287. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-04-01, scale 1:78000
1975-04-01, scale 1:78000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-04-01, scale 1:78000
1975-04-01, scale 1:78000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-04-01, scale 1:78000
1975-04-01, scale 1:78000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-04-01, scale 1:78000
1975-04-01, scale 1:78000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-02-23, scale 1:33000
1976-02-23, scale 1:33000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-02-23, scale 1:33000
1976-02-23, scale 1:33000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-02-23, scale 1:33000
1976-02-23, scale 1:33000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-02-23, scale 1:33000
1976-02-23, scale 1:33000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-03-01, scale 1:41000
1978-03-01, scale 1:41000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

89 stations, 31 gages

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.

The 1950 census, district by district

177 districts

Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.

  • 42-1Inman town, comprising parts of Beech Springs and Campobello townships: Inman town - That part in Beech Springs township
  • 42-2Inman town - That part in Campobello township
  • 42-3Inman Mills, unincorporated, comprising parts of Beech Springs and Campobello townships: Inman Mills, unincorporated - That part in Beech Springs township Bounded by Township line, Inman town limits, Township line; County Rd. 27, County Rd. 239; E. branch of Lawsons Fork Creek; E. branch of Lawsons Fork Creek
  • 42-4Inman Mills, unincorporated - That part in Campobello township Bounded by U.S. Hwy. 176; Inman town limits; Township line; County Rd. 260
  • 42-5Valley Falls, unincorporated, comprising parts of Beech Springs and Spartanburg townships: Valley Falls,unincorporated - That part in Beech Springs township (See boundaries shown on aerial photo ATB 5-115)
  • 42-6Valley Falls, unincorporated - That part in Spartanburg township (See boundaries shown on aerial photo ATB 5-115)
  • 42-7Beech Springs township, outside Inman town and the unincorporated places of Inman Mills and Valley Falls: Duncan town
  • 42-8Greer town - That part in Spartanburg County, comprising part of Beech Springs township some (Remainder of Greer town is in Chick Springs and O'Neal townships Greenville County)
  • 42-9Beech Springs township, outside Inman town and the unincorporated places of Inman Mills and Valley Falls - Wellford town
  • 42-10Arcadia, unincorporated: Arcadia, unincorporated - That part Bounded by County Rd. 5; Township line; County Rd. 371; County Rd. 406
  • 42-11Arcadia, unincorporated - That part Bounded by County Rd. 360, County Rd. 356, Unnamed road, County Rd. 371; Township line; Southern Railway, County Rd. 406; County Rd. 222
  • 42-12Arcadia, unincorporated - That part Bounded by County Rd. 362, Southern Railway; Township line; Piedmont and Northern Railroad; County Rd. 372, County Rd. 375
  • 42-13Lyman (Pacific Cotton Mills), unincorporated Bounded by County Rd. 4, U.S. Hwy. 29, County Rd. 732, Power line; Unnamed stream; Piedmont and Northern Railroad, County Rd. 738, Middle Tiger River; Southern Railway
  • 42-14Startex, unincorporated: Startex, unincorporated - That part Bounded by Piedmont and Northern Railroad; Unnamed road, Unnamed road, Unnamed road, Unnamed road, Unnamed branch of Middle Tiger River; Middle Tiger; River Main
  • 42-15Startex, unincorporated - That part Bounded by Piedmont and Northern Railroad; Main; Middle Tiger River; Unnamed branch of Middle Tiger River
  • 42-16Startex, unincorporated - That part Bounded by Middle Tiger River; A southwesterly line from junction of Middle Tiger River and branch of river to junction of S. Main and County Rd. 708; County Rd. 708, County Rd. 708 extended
  • 42-17Victor Mills, unincorporated: Victor Mills, unincorporated - That part Bounded by Bailey Rd. extended, Bailey Rd., Apalache Rd., Arlington Rd.; Elmer road, Elmer road extended, Wardo creek, Unnamed road extended, Unnamed road, Unnamed road extended Piedmont and Northern Railroad; Greer town limits, county line
  • 42-18Victor Mills, unincorporated - That part Bounded by Piedmont and Northern Railroad; Unnamed road extended, Moore, 11th; Victor Ave.; Greer town limits
  • 42-19Victor Mills, unincorporated - That part Bounded by Greer town limits, Victor Ave.; 10th, Unnamed street, 27th, Unnamed street, 10th; Unnamed street; County line
  • 42-20Beech Springs township - That part outside Valley Falls, unincorporated Bounded by Township line; Township line, Boundary of Valley Falls, unincorporated; Rd. 454, U.S. Hwy. 176, Rd. 356; Southern Railway (See aerial photo A.T.B 5-115 for boundaries of Valley Falls)
  • 42-21Beech Springs township - unincorporated Bounded by Township line; Southern Railway; State Hwy. 60, Rd. 218; Jordan Creek, State Hwy. 292, E. branch of Lawsons Fork Creek, County Rd. 27
  • 42-22Beech Springs township - That outside Inman Mills, unincorporated Bounded by Township line, E. branch of Lawsons Fork Creek; State Hwy. 292; Jordan Creek; Jordan Creek
  • 42-23Beech Springs township - That part Bounded by Township line; Jordan Creek; North Tiger River
  • 42-24Beech Springs township - That part Bounded by Township line; North Tiger River, Rd. 165, Rd. 196; Middle Tiger River, Meadow Creek; County line
  • 42-25Beech Springs township - That part outside Wellford town and Lyman (Pacific Cotton Mills), unincorporated Bounded by North Tiger River; North Tiger River; Southern Railway, Wellford town limits, Southern Railway, Middle Tiger River; Rd. 196, Rd. 165
  • 42-26Beech Springs township - That part Bounded by Rd. 218, State Hwy. 60; Southern Railway, Rd. 232, State Hwy. 44, Rd. 359; Southern Railway, North Tiger River; Jordan Creek
  • 42-27Beech Springs township - That part Bounded by U.S. Hwy. 176, Rd. 454; Township line; Southern Railway; Rd. 356
  • 42-28Beech Springs township - That part outside Arcadia, unincorporated Bounded by Southern Railway; Township line, County Rd. 5, County Rd. 406, County Rd. 371, Unnamed road, County Rd. 356, County Rd. 360, County Rd. 222, County Rd. 406; Southern Railway; Rd. 359, State Hwy. 41, Rd. 232 (See separate map for boundaries of Arcadia)
  • 42-29Beech Springs township - That part outside Arcadia, unincorporated Bounded by Southern Railway, County Rd. 362, County Rd. 375, County Rd. 372, Piedmont and Northern Railroad; Township line; State Hwy. 296, State Hwy. 64, U.S. Hwy. 29; Grays Creek
  • 42-30Beech Springs township - That part Bounded by Southern Railway, Grays Creek, U.S. Hwy. 29, State Hwy. 64, State Hwy. 296; Township line; Township line; Middle Tiger River, Rd. 640, Rd. 641, Rd. 776
  • 42-31Beech Springs township - That part outside Wellford town and the unincorporated places of Lyman (Pacific Cotton Mills) and Startex Bounded by Southern Railway, Wellford town limits, Southern Railway; Rd. 776, Rd. 641, Rd. 640; Middle Tiger River, Unnamed branch of Middle Tiger River, Unnamed road, Unnamed road, Unnamed road, Unnamed road, Piedmont and Northern Railroad, Unnamed branch of Middle Tiger River County; Rd. 738, Piedmont and Northern Railroad, Unnamed stream, Power line, County Rd. 732, U.S. Hwy. 29, County Rd. 4, Southern Railway (See separate maps for boundaries of Lyman (Pacific Cotton Mills) and Startex)
  • 42-32Beech Springs township - That part outside Duncan town and the unincorporated places of Lyman (Pacific Cotton Mills) and Startex Bounded by State Hwy. 290, Duncan town limits, State Hwy. 292 Middle Tiger River, County Rd. 708 extended, County Rd. 708, Northeasterly line from junction of S. Main and County Rd. 708 to junction of Middle Tiger River and branch of river, Middle Tiger River; Township line; Rd. 666, Rd. 723 (See separate maps for boundaries of Lyman (Pacific Cotton Mills) and Startex)
  • 42-33Beech Springs township - That part outside Lyman (Pacific Cotton Mills), unincorporated Bounded by Meadow Creek, Middle Tiger River; Middle Tiger River; State Hwy. 292, Duncan town limits, State Hwy. 290; Rd. 301, South Tiger River
  • 42-34Beech Springs township - That part outside Greer town and Victor Mills, unincorporated Bounded by South Tiger River; South Tiger River, Rd. 301; State Hwy. 290; Unnamed road, Unnamed stream, Elmer road extended, Elmer road, Arlington Rd., Apalache Rd., Bailey Rd., Greer town limits, County line (See separate map for boundaries of Victor Mills)
  • 42-35Beech Springs township - That part outside Victor Mills, unincorporated Bounded by State Hwy. 230; Rd. 723, Rd. 666; Township line; County line, Unnamed street, 10th, Unnamed street, 27th, Unnamed street, 10th, Victor Ave., 11th, Moore, Unnamed road extended (See separate map for boundaries of Victor Mills) (Remainder of Beech Springs township is in Inman town and the unincorporated places of Inman Mills and Valley Falls)
  • 42-36Campobello township, outside Inman town and the unincorporated place of Inman Mills: Campobello town
  • 42-37Landrum town: Landrum town - That part north of Rutherfordton Rd. and west of Greenville Rd.
  • 42-38Landrum town - That part south of Rutherfordton Rd. and east of Greenville Rd.
  • 42-39Campobello township - That part east of State Hwy. 9 and north and east of North Pacolet River
  • 42-40Campobello township - That part south and west of North Pacolet River, north of South Pacolet River and east of State Hwy. 9
  • 42-41Campobello township - That part west of State Hwy. 9, north of State Hwy. 11 and east of Rds. 48, 96, 61, and 111
  • 42-42Campobello township - That part north of State Hwy. 11, east of Southern Railway and west of Rds. 48, 96, 61, and 111, outside Landrum and Campobello towns
  • 42-43Campobello township - That part southwest of Southern Railway and north of State Hwy. 11, outside Campobello and Landrum towns
  • 42-44Campobello township - That part south of State Hwy. 11, west of State Hwy. 9, north of South Pacolet River and east of Southern Railway, outside Campobello town
  • 42-45Campobello township - That part south of South Pacolet River and east and northeast of State Hwy. 9
  • 42-46Campobello township - That part southwest of State Hwy. 9 and southeast of State Hwy. 54, outside Inman town
  • 42-47Campobello township - That part south of South Pacolet River, west of State Hwy. 9, northwest of State Hwy. 54 and north and east of Southern Railway, outside Inman town
  • 42-48Campobello township - That part south of Motlow Creek, south and west of Southern Railway, northeast of State Hwy. 38 and east of State Hwy. 36, outside Inman town and the unincorporated place of Inman Mills (See separate map for boundaries of Inman Mills)
  • 42-49Campobello township - That part south of State Hwy. 11, north of Motlow Creek, west of State Hwy. 36 and northeast of State Hwy. 52, outside Campobello town
  • 42-50Campobello township - That part southwest of State Hwy. 52 and State Hwy. 38 (Remainder of Campobello township is in Inman town and the unincorporated place of Inman Mills)
  • 42-51Cherokee township: Chesnee town
  • 42-52Cherokee township - That part north of State Hwy. 43 and east of State Hwy. 58, outside Chesnee town
  • 42-53Cherokee township - That part west of State Hwy. 58 and north of State Hwy. 11
  • 42-54Cherokee township - That part south of State Hwy. 11, west of State Hwy. 58 and State Hwy. 43 and north of South Pacolet River
  • 42-55Cherokee township - That part south of State Hwy. 43, west of U.S. Hwy. 221, northeast of South Pacolet River and east of State Hwy. 43, outside Chesnee town
  • 42-56Cherokee township - That part east of U.S. Hwy. 221 and east of State Hwy. 46 and Unnumbered road from State Hwy. 46 to U.S. Hwy. 221 via Piney Grove Church across Island Creek, outside Chesnee town
  • 42-57Cherokee township - That part west of State Hwy. 46 and Unnumbered road from State Hwy. 46 to U.S. Hwy. 221 via Piney Grove Church across Island Creek and east of U.S. Hwy. 221
  • 42-58Cherokee township - That part south of South Pacolet River, west of U.S. Hwy. 221 and east of State Hwy. 43
  • 42-59Cherokee township - That part south of South Pacolet River, and west of State Hwy. 43
  • 42-60Cross Anchor township: Enoree, unincorporated: Enoree, unincorporated - That part Bounded by Unnamed road, Unnamed road extended, Two Mile Creek, Hannah branch, County Rd. 1234, County Rd. 1488; County Rd. 1488, State Hwy. 92; County line; Charleston and Western Carolina Railway
  • 42-61Enoree, unincorporated - That part Bounded by State Hwy. 92; County Rd. 1485; Southwesterly line from junction of County Rds. 1486 and 1485 to junction of Enoree River and Unnamed stream, County line
  • 42-62Cross Anchor township - That part northeast of State Hwy. 146 and north of State Hwy. 92
  • 42-63Cross Anchor township - That part southwest of State Hwys. 146, 92, and 10 and south of Shoals Creek, outside the unincorporated place of Enoree (See separate map for boundaries of Enoree)
  • 42-64Cross Anchor township - That part southwest of State Hwy. 146, south of State Hwy. 92, north of Shoals Creek, and northeast of State Hwys. 10 and 92
  • 42-65Glenn Springs township: Glenn Springs township - That part northwest of State Hwy. 18 and east of State Hwy. 56 and U.S. Hwy. 176
  • 42-66Glenn Springs township - That part west of U.S. Hwy. 176 and State Hwy. 56
  • 42-67Glenn Springs township - That part southeast of State Hwy. 18 and east of State Hwy. 56
  • 42-68Cowpens town, comprising parts of Pacolet and Spartanburg townships: Cowpens town - That part in Pacolet township Bounded by Township line; Town limits; Township line
  • 42-69Cowpens town - That part in Spartanburg township Bounded by Town limits; Township line; Church, Main, Foster
  • 42-70Cowpens town - That part in Spartanburg township Bounded by Foster, Main, Church; Township line; Town limits
  • 42-71Pacolet township, outside Cowpens town: Pacolet town
  • 42-72Pacolet Mills, unincorporated: Pacolet Mills, unincorporated - That part Bounded by County line; County line; Pacolet River; Pacolet River, Unnamed stream
  • 42-73Pacolet Mills, unincorporated - That part Bounded by Pacolet River; Limestone, Montgomery, Southern Railway (spur); Pacolet town limits; Unnamed stream
  • 42-74Pacolet Mills, unincorporated - That part Bounded by Pacolet River; Unnamed stream; County Rd. 1270; Montgomery, Limestone
  • 42-75Pacolet township - That part north of Lawsons Fork Creek and Pacolet River, outside Cowpens town and the unincorporated place of Pacolet Mills (See separate map for boundaries of Pacolet Mills)
  • 42-76Pacolet township - That part south of Lawsons Fork Creek and Pacolet River and north of Southern Railway, outside Pacolet town and the unincorporated place of Pacolet Mills (See separate map for boundaries of Pacolet Mills)
  • 42-77Pacolet township - That part south of Southern Railway and northeast of Isons Creek, outside Pacolet town
  • 42-78Pacolet township - That part south of Southern Railway and southwest of Isons Creek (Remainder of Pacolet township is in Cowpens town)
  • 42-79Reidville township: Reidville town
  • 42-80Reidville township - That part southeast of State Hwy. 296 and east of South Tiger River
  • 42-81Reidville township - That part northwest of State Hwy. 296 and northeast of South Tiger River
  • 42-82Reidville township - That part southwest of South Tiger River, north of State Hwy. 296 and northeast of State Hwy. 101, outside Reidville town
  • 42-83Reidville township - That part southwest of State Hwy. 101, and north of State Hwy. 63
  • 42-84Reidville township - That part south of State Hwy. 63, west of State Hwy. 101 and north of State Hwy. 29
  • 42-85Reidville township - That part south of State Hwys. 296 and 29, east of State Hwy. 101, and west of South Tiger River, outside Reidville town
  • 42-86Spartanburg township, outside Cowpens town and the unincorporated place of Valley Falls: Spartanburg city: Spartanburg city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by E. Main; City limits; Otis Blvd.; Mills Ave.
  • 42-87Spartanburg city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Otis Blvd.; City limits; Pine; Boyd, Mills Ave.
  • 42-88Spartanburg city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Palmetto; Mills Ave.; Boyd; Pine
  • 42-89Spartanburg city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by E. Main; Mills Ave.; Palmetto; Pine
  • 42-90Spartanburg city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by E. Main; Pine; Marion Ave.; Union, Dean
  • 42-91Spartanburg city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by E. Main; Dean, Union; Cudd; S. Converse
  • 42-92Spartanburg city - That part of Ward 1, excluding Franklin Hotel Bounded by E. Main; S. Converse; Elford, S. Liberty, E. Lee; S. Church
  • 42-93Franklin Hotel (In Spartanburg city, Ward 1)
  • 42-94Spartanburg city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by E. Lee, S. Liberty, Elford; S. Converse; E. Hampton Ave.; S. Church
  • 42-95ASpartanburg city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by E. Hampton Ave.; S. Converse, Alexander Ave., Bomar; Unnamed stream, Valley, S. Liberty, E. Clark; S. Church
  • 42-95BSpartanburg city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Valley, Unnamed stream; Bomar; Winsmith Ave., Cemetery; S. Liberty
  • 42-96Spartanburg city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Cudd; Union; Winsmith Ave.; Bomar, Alexander Ave., S Converse
  • 42-97Spartanburg city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Winsmith Ave., Union, Marion Ave.; Pine; City limits, Park Dr., S. Converse, Collins Ave.; Cemetery
  • 42-98Spartanburg city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Duncan; Cemetery, Collins Ave., S. Converse, Park Drive; City Limits; Collins Ave., Caulder Ave.
  • 42-99Spartanburg city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by E. Clark, S. Liberty, Cemetery; Duncan; Caulder Ave.; S. Church
  • 42-100Spartanburg city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Caulder Ave.; Collins Ave.; City limits; S. Liberty
  • 42-101Spartanburg city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Caulder Ave.; S. Liberty; City limits; S. Church
  • 42-102Spartanburg city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by W. Main; S. Church; W. Lee; Hydrick, W. Henry, Morgan Ave., Ross, Groce
  • 42-103Spartanburg city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by Carlise, Hydrick, W. Lee; S. Church; W. Hampton Ave.; Exchange
  • 42-104Spartanburg city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by W. Main; Grose, Ross, Morgan Ave., W. Henry, Hydrick, Carlise, Exchange; W. Hampton Ave.; Greenville Branch
  • 42-105Spartanburg city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by W. Main; Greenville Branch; W. Hampton Ave.; Beacon, Garden, S. Thompson
  • 42-106Spartanburg city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by Garden, Beacon, W. Hampton Ave.; Greenville Branch; Fair Forest Creek; S. Thompson
  • 42-107Spartanburg city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by Fair Forest Creek; Fair Forest Creek; City limits; Reidville Rd., S. Thompson
  • 42-108Spartanburg city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by W. Hampton Ave.; Perineau, Seay, Charleston and Western Carolina Railway; City limits; Fair Forest Creek, Greenville Branch
  • 42-109Spartanburg city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by W. Hampton Ave.; S. Church; City limits; Charleston and Western Carolina Railway, Seay, Perineau
  • 42-110Spartanburg city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by City limits; N. Liberty; Southern Railway; Cutting, Clinchfield Railway, Chinquepin Creek
  • 42-111Spartanburg city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by City limits; Chinquepin Creek, Serpentine Dr.; E. Pearl; N. Church
  • 42-112Spartanburg city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by E. Pearl, Edgewood Ave.; Jefferson, McDowell, Jefferson; Evins; N. Church
  • 42-113BSpartanburg city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by Chinquepin Creek; Clinchfield Railway; Cutting, Evins; Little John Ct. extended, Little John Ct., Little John Ct. to intersection of Edgewood Ave. end 2nd Alley, 2nd Alley, Serpentine Dr.
  • 42-113ASpartanburg city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by 2nd Alley, Intersection of 2nd Alley and Edgewood Ave. to Little John Ct., Little John Ct., Little John Ct. extended, Evins, Cutting; Clinchfield Railway; N. Church; Evins, Jefferson, Edgewood Ave., Pearl
  • 42-114Spartanburg city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by Clinchfield Railway, Cutting, Southern Railway; N. Liberty, N. Converse; E. Main; N. Church
  • 42-115Spartanburg city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by N. Liberty; Dean; St. John; N. Converse
  • 42-116Spartanburg city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by Southern Railway; N. Fairview Ave., Linder, Oakland Ave.; St. John; Dean
  • 42-117Spartanburg city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by St. John; Oakland Ave.; E. Main; N. Converse
  • 42-118Spartanburg city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by Linder; N. Fairview Ave.; E. Main; Oakland Ave.
  • 42-119Spartanburg city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by Southern Railway; City limits; E. Main; N. Fairview Ave.
  • 42-120Spartanburg city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by N. Liberty; City limits; Southern Railway
  • 42-121Spartanburg city - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by City limits; N. Church; U.S. Hwy. 176
  • 42-122Spartanburg city - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by City limits; U.S. Hwy. 176, Magnolia; Fremont Ave., Aden Howard
  • 42-123Spartanburg city - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by Brawley, Aden, Fremont Ave.; Magnolia; College; Greenville Branch
  • 42-124Spartanburg city - That part of Ward 5, excluding Morgan Hotel Bounded by N. Church; N. Main; Magnolia
  • 42-125Morgan Hotel (In Spartanburg city, Ward 5)
  • 42-126Spartanburg city - That part of Ward 5, excluding Cleveland Hotel Bounded by College; Magnolia; W. Main; Greenville Branch
  • 42-127Cleveland Hotel (In Spartanburg city, Ward 5)
  • 42-128Spartanburg city - That part of Ward 6 Bounded by Howard, Brawley, Greenville Branch; Arch; N. Center, Front, Saxon Ave.; City limits
  • 42-129Spartanburg city - That part of Ward 6 Bounded by Saxon Ave.; Front; S. Center; City limits
  • 42-130Spartanburg city - That part of Ward 6 Bounded by S. Center, Front, N. Center, Arch; Southern Railway, Wolfe; Wofford; City limits
  • 42-131Spartanburg city - That part of Ward 6 Bounded by Arch; Greenville Branch; College; Southern Railway
  • 42-132Spartanburg city - That part of Ward 6 Bounded by College; Greenville Branch; Wofford; Wolfe, Southern Railway
  • 42-133Spartanburg city - That part of Ward 6 Bounded by Wofford; Greenville Branch; W. Main, S. Thompson; N. Thompson
  • 42-134Spartanburg city - That part of Ward 6 Bounded by Wofford; N. Thompson; W. Main, U.S. Hwy. 29; City limits
  • 42-135Spartanburg city - That part of Ward 6 Bounded by U.S. Hwy. 29, W. Main; S. Thompson, Reidville Rd.; City limits
  • 42-136Arkwright, unincorporated Bounded by Spartanburg city limits; Unnamed stream (branch of Fairforest Creek), A line due south from junction of unnamed stream and Fairforest Creek to Charleston and Western Carolina Railway, Charleston and Western Carolina Railway; Conan Church Rd., U.S. Hwy. 221, County Rd. 596; County Rd. 597, County Rd. 599, Fairforest Creek
  • 42-137Clifton, unincorporated: Clifton, unincorporated - That part Bounded by Power line; Township line; Turkey Hen Branch, Pacolet River
  • 42-138Clifton, unincorporated - That part Bounded by Pacolet River; Turkey Hen Branch; Power line, Prospect; Spartanburg, Spartanburg extended
  • 42-139Converse, unincorporated (See boundaries shown on aerial photo ATB-16-1)
  • 42-140Drayton, unincorporated (See boundaries shown on aerial photo ATB-247)
  • 42-141Glendale, unincorporated (See boundaries shown on aerial photo ATB-8-3)
  • 42-142Saxon, unincorporated Bounded by State Rd. 295; Southern Railway; Spartanburg city limits; Piedmont and Northern Railroad; Township line
  • 42-143Whitney, unincorporated: Bounded by U.S. Hwy. 221; County Rd. 1324, Unnamed stream, Lawsons Fork Creek, Clinchfield Railway; Spartanburg city limits; State Hwy. 9
  • 42-144Whitney, unincorporated - That part Bounded by Point-to-point connection from intersection of State Hwy. 9 and unnamed road, to junction of Lawsons Fork Creek and Betty Green Creek (branch); Lawsons Fork Creek; U.S. Hwy. 221; State Hwy. 9
  • 42-145Woodburn Hills, unincorporated Bounded by Southern Railway, Unnamed branch of Lawsons Fork Creek; County Rd. 1205, Four Mile Branch, Unnamed unimproved road; County Rd. 1179, and offset line 1/2 mile south of U.S. Hwy. 176; Duncan Park Lake, Unnamed stream, Spartanburg city limits
  • 42-146Spartanburg township - That part north of Southern Railway and Peters Creek, and east of Clinchfield Railroad, outside Cowpens town
  • 42-147Spartanburg township - That part west of Clinchfield Railroad, north of Rds. 1039 and 1020, east of Rd. 1016, west of U.S. Hwy. 221 and east of State Hwy. 43
  • 42-148Spartanburg township - That part west of State Hwy. 43, east of State Hwy. 9, northwest of Rds. 11 and 14, outside the unincorporated place of Valley Falls (See aerial photo ATB-5-115 for boundaries of Valley Falls)
  • 42-149Spartanburg township - That part southeast of Rds. 11, 14, and 454, west of State Hwy. 9, and northeast of U.S. Hwy. 176, outside Spartanburg city and the unincorporated places of Valley Falls and Whitney (See aerial photo ATB 5-115 for boundaries of Valley Falls)
  • 42-150Spartanburg township - That part southwest of U.S. Hwy. 176, outside Spartanburg city and the unincorporated place of Saxon (See separate map for boundaries of Saxon)
  • 42-151Spartanburg township - That part south of Rds. 1020, and 1039, east of State Hwy. 43 and U.S. Hwy. 221, and west of Rd. 1016 and Clinchfield Railroad, outside the unincorporated places of Drayton and Whitney (See separate map for boundaries of Whitney)
  • 42-152Spartanburg township - That part south of Peters Creek, east of Clinchfield Railroad, and northwest of U.S. Hwy. 29, outside Spartanburg city and the unincorporated places of Converse and Drayton (See aerial photo ATB 24-7 for boundaries of Drayton and aerial photo ATB 16-1 for boundaries of Converse)
  • 42-153Spartanburg township - That part southeast of U.S. Hwy. 29 and Southern Railway, and north of Rds. 1187, 1188, and State Hwy. 30, outside the unincorporated places of Clifton and Converse (See separate map for boundaries of Clifton, and aerial photo ATB 16-1 for boundaries of Converse)
  • 42-154Spartanburg township - That part south of U.S. Hwy 29, Rds. 1187, 1188 and State Hwy. 30 and north of Lawsons Fork Creek, outside the unincorporated places of Clifton and Glendale (See separate map for boundaries of Clifton and aerial photo ATB 8-3 for boundaries of Glendale)
  • 42-155Spartanburg township - That part south of U.S. Hwy. 29 and Lawsons Fork Creek, north of State Hwy. 9 and Rd. 1204, northwest of Rd. 1184 and east of U.S. Hwy. 176, outside the unincorporated places of Glendale and Woodburn Mille (See separate map for boundaries of Woodburn Mills, and aerial photo ATB 8-3 for boundaries of Glendale)
  • 42-156Spartanburg township - That part south of State Hwy. 9 and Rd. 1204 and southeast of Rd. 1184
  • 42-157Spartanburg township - That part west of U.S. Hwy. 176 and east of Charleston and Western Carolina Railway, outside Spartanburg city and the unincorporated places of Arkwright and Woodburn Hills (See separate maps for boundaries of Arkwright and Woodburn Hills)
  • 42-158Spartanburg township - That part south of State Hwy. 296 and west of Charleston and Western Carolina Railway, outside Spartanburg city and the unincorporated place of Arkwright (See separate map for boundaries of Arkwright)
  • 42-159Spartanburg township - That part north of State Hwy. 296, outside Spartanburg city and the unincorporated place of Saxon (See separate map for boundaries of Samo) (Remainder of Spartanburg township is in Cowpens town and the unincorporated place of Valley Falls)
  • 42-160Walnut Grove township: Walnut Grove township - That part east of U.S. Hwy. 221 and State Hwy. 49 and north of Rd. 1302
  • 42-161Walnut Grove township - That part west of U.S. Hwy. 221 and State Hwy. 49, north of Rds. 1226, 1224, U.S. Hwy. 221, and North Tiger River and east of Rd. 1225
  • 42-162Walnut Grove township - That part south of North Tiger River, U.S. Hwy. 221, Rd. 1224, Rd. 1226, Rd. 1302, and west of Rd. 1225 and State Hwy. 49
  • 42-163Woodruff township: Woodruff town: Woodruff town - That part comprising Ward 1 Bounded by N. Main; W. Georgia; Wofford, Church, Mill Creek, Town limits; Town limits
  • 42-164Woodruff town - That part comprising Ward 2 Bounded by Mill Creek, Church; Wofford; W. Georgia; Town limits
  • 42-165AWoodruff town - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by W. Georgia; S. Main; Allen; Town limits
  • 42-165BWoodruff town - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Allen; S. Main; Town limits; Town limits
  • 42-166Woodruff town - That part comprising Ward 4 Bounded by E. Georgia, E. Hayne; Town limits; Town limits, S. Main; S. Main
  • 42-167Woodruff town - That part comprising Ward 5 Bounded by Town limits, Jimmies Creek; Town limits, S. Hayne; E. Georgia; N. Main
  • 42-168Woodruff town - That part of Ward 6 Bounded by Town limits; Town limits; Jimmies Creek, Pearson, Buncombe
  • 42-169Woodruff town - That part of Ward 6 Bounded by Buncombe; Pearson; Jimmies Creek; Town limits
  • 42-170Woodruff township - That part north of Ferguson Creek
  • 42-171Woodruff township - That part south of Ferguson Creek, west of Charleston and Western Carolina Railway, and north of State Hwys. 101, 50, and 51
  • 42-172Woodruff township - That part south of State Hwys. 101, 50, and 51 and southwest of Charleston and Western Carolina Railway, outside Woodruff town
  • 42-173Woodruff township - That part south of Jimmies Creek, and northeast of Charleston and Western Carolina Railway, outside Woodruff town
  • 42-174Woodruff township - That part south of Ferguson Creek, north of Jimmies Creek and east of Charleston and Western Carolina Railway, outside Woodruff town

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

1,059 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 1,059 of them, burning about 4,353 acres. 14 started naturally and 69 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined501
Debris and open burning283
Arson/incendiarism69
Misuse of fire by a minor67
Equipment and vehicle use52
Smoking25
Natural14
Railroad operations and maintenance14
Power generation/transmission/distribution13
Recreation and ceremony11
Other causes7
Fireworks3

The five largest, by the area the report gives. One of them was set deliberately.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
21 February 2011Equipment and vehicle use80 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined80 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 February 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined70 acresSouth Carolina Forestry CommissionWOOD MEMORIAL PARK
5 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined60 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 March 2013Equipment and vehicle use58 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 April 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined55 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 June 2004Arson/incendiarism53 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 February 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1952 to 2026

60 of 1,079 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 1,079 reports for this county, causing 8 deaths, 126 injuries and about $55,677,340 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind582
Hail349
Flash Flood44
Tornado35
Lightning34
Flood20
Heavy Rain13
Funnel Cloud2

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1989Tornado (F4)not stated2 killed, 35 hurt, $2,500,000no account filed
May 1952Tornado (F3)not stated2 killed, 4 hurt, $30no account filed
October 2015Flash FloodSaxon1 killed, 1 hurt, $200,000County comms and FD reported significant flash flooding developed on the north side of the city of Spartanburg after 3 to 5 inches of rain fell in only a couple of hours. Multiple roads were closed due to poor drainage flooding and due to Chinquapin Creek and other small tributaries overflowing their banks. A 56-year-old woman drowned in her vehicle when she drove into water on New Cut Rd. A man was injured when he drove his truck into a collapsed culvert on Hayne St near Ethel Rd. Water from Chinquapin Creek entered homes on Pearson St. Water from an overflowing tributary of Lawsons Fork Creek entered about a dozen apartment units at USC Upstate. Closed roads included Asheville Highway, Howard St, Valley Falls Rd, New Cut Rd and I-85 Business. Wet soil and erosion caused a tree to fell on a home in the Una Community.
August 2007LightningSpartanburg1 killed, 1 hurtno account filed
September 2024Flash FloodLandrum1 killed, $30,000Stream gauges across the Pacolet River basin indicated flash flooding developed after 10-15 inches of rain fell across northern Spartanburg County over three days, with even heavier rainfall occurring over the headwaters in the mountains. The North Pacolet inundated several roads in the north part of the county, including Highway 14, roads near the water treatment plant. Several tributaries of also overflowed their banks, including Buck Creek, which inundated several secondary roads, and Lawsons Fork Creek in Spartanburg, which overflowed onto Heathwood Dr and Lake Forest Dr, as well as at least one private drive. Additionally, the South Pacolet flooded areas of Depot St and Highway 11 in Campobello, while backwater effects into Motlow Creek caused inundation of Old Mill Rd. Other tributaries flooded throughout the norther part of the county, including a tributary of Dillard Creek, which flooded East Howell Rd in Greer. An 88-year-old male was killed when his vehicle was submerged in floodwater near Landrum.
August 2006LightningLyman1 killedLightning struck a tree on Vernon St in Lyman, killing a 40-year-old woman who was tending to her dogs. Four dogs were killed as well.
August 1985Tornado (F2)not stated39 hurt, $2,500,000no account filed
May 1973Tornado (F3)not stated16 hurt, $2,500,000no account filed
July 2008LightningCooley Spgs8 hurtEight men were struck by lightning in a peach orchard near the intersection of Burnetts Rd and Martin Camp Rd.
March 1994Tornado (F1)Lyman to Blackburg4 hurt, $500,000no account filed
April 1990Tornado (F1)not stated4 hurt, $250,000no account filed
July 2012Thunderstorm WindSaxon2 hurtA tree fell on a vehicle and trapped three occupants on Briarwood Rd. Two of the occupants were treated for minor injuries. Multiple large trees, limbs and power lines|were blown down across Fernwood Dr near Bellwood Dr. Large limbs fell on two homes on Fernwood Dr.
April 1990Thunderstorm Windnot stated2 hurtno account filed
April 1990Thunderstorm Windnot stated2 hurtno account filed
October 2017Tornado (EF2)Una1 hurt, $1,000,000Nws survey found that a second, more intense tornado touched down on the northwest side of Spartanburg, along Business 85 near Spartanburg Community College. The tornado reached its peak intensity almost immediately upon touching down, as a warehouse building near the intersection of Spring St and Simuel Rd suffered extensive damage, with the collapse of an exterior wall, and much of the roof removed. Multiple trailers were damaged or destroyed and several cars flipped in a parking lot at an adjacent business at|Garrett Rd and Spring St. A person who sought shelter in a glass booth under a metal awning structure at this location was hospitalized with burst ear drums due to the extreme change in air pressure. A warehouse building also lost much of its roofing here. The tornado continued east/northeast, paralleling Business 85, snapping trees along New Cut Rd, and collapsing a wall at another warehouse style building on Buffington Rd. The tornado appeared to weaken considerably from this point, with damage primarily limited to downed trees and limbs until the path ended near the intersection of Business 85 and Highway 9.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindSpartanburg1 hurt, $50,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down, some of which fell on structures. Two mobile homes had their roofs blown off in Roebuck. A female was injured by a fallen tree.
July 2014LightningStartex1 hurtMedia reported a teenage male received minor injuries and a dog was killed when lightning struck a nearby chain link fence on Blue Springs Dr.
June 2004LightningBoiling Spgs1 hurtA 13-year-old boy suffered minor injuries when lightning struck nearby while he was holding his bicycle.
May 2003LightningSpartanburg1 hurtno account filed
December 1991Thunderstorm Windnot stated1 hurtno account filed
April 1990Thunderstorm Windnot stated1 hurtno account filed
August 1986Hailnot stated1 hurtno account filed
February 2020Tornado (EF1)Clevedale$10,000,000NWS storm survey found the path of an EF1 tornado that began in the west Spartanburg/Clevedale area, near the intersection of Willis Rd and Harvest Brook Way. Damage was primarily limited to downed trees in this residential area, although one tree fell on and damaged a home. Structural damage increased as the tornado moved through the Westgate Mall and Dorman Center areas near the Highway 29/I-26 intersection, with business signs being damaged and roof damage occurring to several homes and apartment buildings just east of Westgate Mall. This same neighborhood was impacted by another EF1 tornado in October 2017. The tornado strengthened as it moved east of this area, along West Main St toward downtown. Businesses lost roof panels, and at least one small outbuilding was destroyed. Tree damage was observed in downtown Spartanburg and in the Converse Heights neighborhood east of downtown. Though the tornado was not as intense by that time, trees continued to be uprooted along the path of the tornado until it dissipated near Zion Hill Rd on the eastern outskirts of the city. In all, more than 400 homes and businesses were damaged, either directly by wind or by falling trees.
August 1999HailSpartanburg$9,000,000no account filed
June 2007Thunderstorm WindCampobello$8,000,000A large manufacturing building under construction (about 90 percent complete) near the highway 11/I-26 intersection collapsed due to strong winds. Some construction equipment was heavily damaged or destroyed by the collapsing building. Large tree limbs were also blown down nearby.
May 2014HailSpartanburg$3,000,000Public reported up to golf ball size hail from the west side of Spartanburg to the area around Spartanburg Regional Hospital.
August 1998Flash FloodSpartanburg$2,500,000A flash flood developed rapidly late in the evening following 4 to 5 inches of rainfall in a short time. The flash flood affected several creeks from the city of Spartanburg southward to Roebuck, Walnut Grove, and Pauline. The most damage may have occurred along Timms Creek and Lawson Fork Creek. Several roads were washed out, several people required rescue from their homes, a country club experienced severe damage, and a restaurant was destroyed. Most of the severe flooding was in the first 2 hours.
August 2005Flash FloodBoiling Spgs$1,500,000Flash flooding developed along several creeks in the Boiling Springs area, including Shoally Creek. A pond also overflowed. Water entered 10-15 homes in a new subdivision.
July 2005Flash FloodNorth Portion$1,100,000By 10 AM, flooding became severe, with several vehicles trapped in water. A woman required rescue when she abandoned her flooded car on Bryant Rd in Inman and clung to a tree to escape flood water. Another woman required rescue when she climbed on the roof of her car to avoid flood water on Chapman Rd near Boiling Springs. At least one other woman was rescued from her vehicle in Inman. Water entered several homes in the Boiling Springs area. Numerous roads were closed due to flooding or being washed out, mainly in the Greer, Inman, and Fingerville areas. A portion of Beechwood Dr in Inman was washed out, isolating about 15 homes. In all, about 30 roads were damaged across the county.
May 2014HailDuncan$1,000,000Spotters and the public reported up to golf ball size hail in the Duncan/Reidville/ Moore area.
July 2012HailSaxon$1,000,000An intense hail storm slowly back-built over the southwest side of Spartanburg. Quarter to golf ball size hail fell in the West Spartanburg and Roebuck areas. Two |auto dealerships on Reidville Rd just to the west in Interstate 26 had extensive damage to their inventory. Several residences in this area received roof damage from hail as well.
September 2004LightningCampobello$1,000,000Lightning struck an industrial plant, igniting a fire which destroyed about 2/3 of the facility.
August 1999HailSpartanburg$1,000,000no account filed
February 2020Flash FloodCampobello Arpt$500,000Stream gauges indicated flash flooding developed within all of the major watersheds of Spartanburg County after 4 to 6 inches of rain fell in about an 18-hour period, with much of that falling in less than six hours during the morning of the 6th. The Pacolet basin experienced its worst flooding since Tropical Storm Jerry in 1995, while a gauge on the North Pacolet near Fingerville reached its highest stage since 1940. Numerous roads were flooded adjacent to these rivers. The Middle Tyger River flooded from the Greenville County line to below Lake Lyman, where several roads were flooded, including Mount Lebanon Rd. Lawsons Fork Creek overflowed its banks on the east side of Spartanburg and flooded several roads. The Enoree River also flooded multiple roads from the Greenville County border through the Woodruff area, including Kilgore Bridge Rd.
February 2020FloodCampobello Arpt$500,000Although rainfall rates steadily tapered off across Spartanburg County through the evening, stream gauges reported runoff from earlier heavy rainfall resulted in continued flooding across the Enoree, Tyger, and Pacolet watersheds until after sunrise on the 7th.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindClevedale$500,000Three large trees were blown down on Anderson Mill Rd, about 5 miles southwest of downtown Spartanburg. Several hangars and ten aircraft were damaged at the Spartanburg Memorial Airport. A tree was blown down on a shed near Spartanburg and multiple trees were blown down from the south side of Spartanburg to near Pacolet.
August 1998Flash FloodSpartanburg$500,000For the second consecutive night a flash flood hit Spartanburg. This time the primary flood occurred along Fairforest Creek and the communities affected were the west side of the city, Arcadia, Una, and Reidville Road. A road buckled leaving a 6 to 8 foot crater, rescues of motorists were required at Una, and a motel was flooded which required evacuation of the residents.
March 1994Tornado (F2)Inman to to 3 SE Ches$500,000no account filed
February 1997Tornado (F2)Roebuck$330,000no account filed
June 2011HailPelham$250,000Several homes along Abners Creek Rd were severely damaged by wind-driven hail.
April 1990Tornado (F0)not stated$250,000no account filed
April 1989Tornado (F2)not stated$250,000no account filed
May 1980Tornado (F2)not stated$250,000no account filed
May 1969Tornado (F1)not stated$250,000no account filed
April 2022LightningValley Falls$200,000Media reported lightning struck a house in the Boiling Springs area which ignited a fire that destroyed the structure.
July 1997Flash FloodEnoree$200,000no account filed
June 2015Thunderstorm WindBoiling Spgs$150,000Parts of roofing were torn from 6 adjacent businesses at a shopping center off Rainbow Lake Rd on the northwest side of Boiling Springs. Heavy rain falling into the open roofs caused significant damage to the interiors of the businesses.
May 1998LightningSpartanburg$150,000no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindHolly Spgs$110,000Numerous trees were blown down. Some trees fell on houses, causing extensive damage to at least one home and trapping residents inside. In addition, the steeple was blown off a church. Some locations were without power for 24 hours.
May 2003HailSpartanburg$100,000Hail on the east side of Spartanburg was responsible for extensive damage to vehicles on auto dealership lots.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindGreer$100,000Most of the roof was blown off of a truck terminal at the intersection of I-85 and highway 101. A gust to 50 knots was measured at the National Weather Service office at GSP Airport.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindBoiling Spgs$100,000A house was heavily damaged. Roofs and porches were removed from several mobile homes. Several barns and outbuildings were also destroyed. In addition, numerous trees and powerlines were blown down.
July 1997LightningSpartanburg$100,000no account filed
July 2008LightningWoodruff$75,000Lightning ignited a fire on Breezy Hill Lane, causing extensive damage to the structure.
July 1995Thunderstorm Windwest Spartanburg$62,000,,,,,,,,Urban Flooding
May 1996Thunderstorm WindInman$60,000no account filed
January 2024Flash FloodCampobello Arpt$50,000Ham radio operators and other sources reported flash flooding developed across northern and central Spartanburg County after around 4 inches of rain fell in around 12 hours. Impacts were mainly due to inundation of roads via small stream flooding or poor drainage. Impacts were especially noteworthy in and near the city of Spartanburg, where multiple vehicles were submerged in floodwater, including at S Irwin Ave Ext at Carolina Dr, S Church St Ext and Staley Dr, New Cut Rd at Caldwell Rd, and Willis Rd at Rossin Ln. Additionally, water from Holston Creek inundated Old Mill Rd near Campobello and Vines Creek overflowed onto Bennetts Bridge Rd near Reidville.
August 2024Flash FloodUna$50,000Ham radio operators reported flash flooding developed across portions of Spartanburg County, particularly in the Boiling Springs area, after 2.5 to 4.5 inches of rain fell in just a couple of hours. The primary impacts were along a couple of tributaries of Lawsons Fork Creek on the north side of Spartanburg. Vehicles were submerged in flood waters from these streams at Yellow Brick Rd and Lone Oak Rd, at Monks Grove Church Rd and Asheville Highway, and at Shadow Dance Lane and Old John Dodd Rd. A home was also flooded on Shadow Dance Lane. Additionally, street flooding due to poor drainage was reported at Asheville Highway and White Ave, and in areas around Lake Cooley and Apalachee Lake.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindCampobello$50,000Public reported more than a dozen trees blown down along Farmer Rd, with media reporting siding and shingle damage to homes in the same area. Public also reported siding and shingle damage to homes in the area around New Cut Rd and Gowan Rd.
October 2017Tornado (EF1)Enoree$50,000NWS storm survey and dual pol radar data indicated a tornado crossed into Spartanburg County from Laurens County, just north of Highway 49. Damaged outbuildings and downed trees and large limbs were observed on Highway 92 and along Watson Rd near Cross Anchor Highway. The most significant damage in Spartanburg County was found in the Glenn Springs community, at the intersection of Highway 215 and Glenn Springs Rd, where an outbuilding was destroyed and others damaged, numerous trees were downed, and homes received minor structural damage.

Mines and quarries

89 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 89 workings inside this county. 23 still produce and 66 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Vermiculite51
Sand and Gravel, Construction7
Stone, Crushed/Broken6
Sand6
Kyanite5
Gold4
Mica3
Iron2
Feldspar2
Titanium, Iron1
Thorium, Titanium, Zirconium1
Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken1
Copper1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hammet Mine, Crocker MineGold, CopperUnknown1818, 1825, 1857
North SpartanburgTitanium, IronUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Tyger RiverThorium, Titanium, ZirconiumUnknownPlacer-Modern-Fluvial
Unnamed Granite QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknownMetamorphic
I L Tigert ProspectIronOccurrence
Pacolet MillFeldsparPlant
Pacolet MineFeldsparProducer
Stanley Adkins ProspectIronOccurrence
Cowpens MineMicaPast Producer
E W. Foster ProspectMicaProspect
H L Shelton DepositMicaOccurrence
Hammet Grove MineGoldPast ProducerMetamorphic Stratform
Wolf & Tyger PlacerGoldUnknownPlacer
Wolf and Tyger PlacerGoldPast Producer
Alexander Sillimanite ProspectKyaniteProspect
Alexander Sillimanite ProspectKyaniteUnknownMetamorphic
Barber Sillimanite ProspectKyaniteProspect
Barber Sillimanite ProspectKyaniteUnknownMetamorphic
Gideon Sillimanite ProspectKyaniteProspect
Chapman Sand Plant #6 (Converse)SandUnknownSedimentary
Deaton's Sand PitSandUnknownSedimentary
Fairforest Creek Sand MineSandUnknownSedimentary
Inman QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerMetamorphic
Inman QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
North Pacolet River MineSandUnknownSedimentary
North Pacolet SandSandUnknownSedimentary
Pacolet QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerIgneous
Pacolet QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pelham QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerMetamorphic
Pelham QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
South Pacolet RiverSandUnknownSedimentary
Cresent DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mcmillan MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Merredith Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pacolet River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Pacolet River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Tyger River MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Tyger River No. 2 DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Allen #1 MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Belk MineVermiculiteProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Brown #1 and #2 MineVermiculiteUnknownMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Brown Mine EastVermiculitePast Producer
Brown Mine WestVermiculitePast Producer
C. Casey MineVermiculiteUnknownMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Canal MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Deshields #1 & #2 MineVermiculiteUnknownMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Deshields #2 MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Dillard-Waldrep #3 MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Foster #3VermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Foster MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Fountain Inn #2 MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Freeman Casey MineVermiculiteUnknownMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
GideonVermiculiteProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Gideon MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Grace MineVermiculitePast Producer
Hanna #1, #2, #3 MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Hanna #5 MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Hanna #6 MineVermiculiteUnknownMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Hanna Mine Number 5VermiculitePast Producer
Hines-Suber MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
JohnsonVermiculiteProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
L.B. CaseyVermiculiteUnknownMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Lanford Central Mine and Southern ExtensionVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Martin MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Mason #1 MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Mason #2 MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Meadows MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Miller-Thompson MineVermiculiteProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Myers MineVermiculiteUnknownMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Patterson Vermiculite--Enoree, ScVermiculiteProducer
Poole #1 & #2 MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Poole #7 MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Poole Number 3 MineVermiculitePast Producer
Providence MineVermiculiteProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Rodger Casey MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Rodgers MineVermiculiteProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Schumacher MineVermiculiteProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Simmons MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Spartanburg County MinesVermiculiteProducer
Sumner #1VermiculiteProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Sumner MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Waldrep #2 and #4 MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Warren Dillard MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Watson MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Whitmore MineVermiculiteUnknownMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Williams ProspectVermiculiteProspect
Wr Grace, Enoree, S.C.VermiculiteProducer
Yarbourough MineVermiculiteUnknownMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion
Young MineVermiculitePast ProducerMetamorphosed Igneous Intrusion

The county's history books

178,568 words

One book written about this county, cut here where the book itself is cut, at its printed chapters: 39 chapters in all. Every chapter is public domain, machine-read from the scan and reproduced complete. A chapter already given under one of the county's towns is not repeated in this list.

History of Spartanburg County; Embracing an Account of Many Important Events, and Biographical Sketches of Statesmen, Divines and Other Public Men .. (1900)

ChapterLength
Chapter 1: Introductory4,070 words
Chapter 2: Continued Review of County Court Proceedings1,781 words
Chapter 31,852 words
Chapter 4: ^spartanburg City - Beginning of Her Growth and3,324 words
Chapter 57,710 words
A General Review of the Progress of Education^ in Spartanburg County Continued5,281 words
Chapter 7: A General Review of the Progress of the Christian Religion in Spartanburg County, During the 19th Century5,010 words
Chapter 8: A General Review of the Progress of Temperance in Spartanburg County from Time to Time3,242 words
Chapter 9: A General Review of Political Events, Elections R Appointments, Etc., in Spartanburg District, from the Year 183o to the Year 1860, Inclusive7,604 words
Chapter 10: Review of the Progress of Manufactures in Spartanburg County During the Nineteenth Century3,692 words
General Elijah Clarke2,875 words
Chapter 12: Colonel John Thomas, Sr3,860 words
Chapter 13: The Moore Family2,295 words
Chapter 14: The Barry Family1,130 words
Chapter 15: The Smith Family3,948 words
Chapter 16: The Wofford Family5,295 words
Chapter 17: The Hampton Family3,676 words
Chapter 18: The Anderson Family3,292 words
Chapter 19: The Earle Family3,075 words
Chapter 20: Smith Family1,839 words
Chapter 21: The Foster Family1,415 words
Chapter 22: The Foster Family1,219 words
Chapter 23: The Snoddy Family3,351 words
Chapter 24: Hon. James Jorden3,165 words
Chapter 25: The Montgomery Family3,741 words
Chapter 26: The Dean Family4,940 words
The Bomar Family2,619 words
Chapter 28: The Wilkins Family3,292 words
Chapter 29: The Ballenger Family2,775 words
Chapter 30: The Bowden Family2,174 words
Chapter 31: The Wingo Family1,580 words
The Turner Family2,631 words
Chapter 33: The Collins Family7,851 words
Chapter 34: Captain Benjamin Kilgore5,638 words
Chapter 35: Professor David Duncan12,114 words
Hon. John Hamilton Evins8,487 words
Chapter 37: Captain Harrison P. Griffith13,539 words
Chapter 38: Rev. J. S. Burnett9,554 words
Chapter 3913,632 words

Every populated place in the county

296

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on. The 2 places that were also surveyed for fire insurance come first, with the number of atlases and photographs held for them.

The vanished settlements of Spartanburg County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

Recorded here

Spartanburg, South Carolina

18 topographic sheets and 10 fire insurance atlases, 1884 to 1953

Woodruff, South Carolina

8 topographic sheets and 5 fire insurance atlases, 1898 to 1943

Everything this county holds

The complete index, with nothing left out. Each of these is a separate record with its own page: a federal survey report, or the case file that argued a property on to the National Register. Both are public domain and reproduced word for word.

Surveyed structures

18 structures

The vanished settlements of Spartanburg County, the places these records name that are no longer on the map.

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.