Greenville, South Carolina

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Greenville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29601. It stands on Richland Creek. The Survey maps it on the Greenville quadrangle. 70,720 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 965 feet above sea level.

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Greenville within Greenville County

On record in Greenville

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 12 of 57 shown

Hugh Aiken Houselisted 2003
Allen Temple A.M.E. Churchlisted 2010
American Cigar Factorylisted 1982
William Bates Houselisted 1978
Fountain Fox Beattie Houselisted 1974
Beth Israel Synagoguelisted 2016
Brandon Milllisted 2014
Broad Marginlisted 1978
Carolina Supply Companylisted 1997
Chamber of Commerce Buildinglisted 1982
Christ Church (Episcopal) and Churchyardlisted 1971
Davenport Apartmentslisted 1982

Every listing in Greenville County

Surveyed buildings and structures 8 records

Broad Margin, 9 West Avondale Drive, Greenvillefederal building survey, 30 photographs
Christ Episcopal Church, North Church Street, Greenvillefederal building survey, 15 photographs
Joel Poinsett House, Greenvillefederal building survey, 1 photograph
Lanneau-Norwood House, 417 Belmont Avenue, Greenvillefederal building survey, 17 photographs
Lanneau-Norwood House, Carriage House & Garage, 417 Belmont Avenue, Greenvillefederal building survey, 1 photograph
Main Street, Main Street, Greenvillefederal building survey, 1 photograph
Paris Mountain State Park, Bathhouse, Paris Mountain State Park, off SC Route 253, Greenvillefederal building survey, 10 photographs
Road S-455 Bridge, Spanning Reedy River on Road S-455, Greenvillefederal building survey, 6 photographs

Population over time

2 figures

Greenville grew from 58,409 to 70,720 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

Year	People	Change
2010	58,409
2020	70,720	+12,311 (+21%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

1935 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:48000
1938 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:62500
1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
1983 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1984 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
1991 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000

Photographs

8 of 27 photographs shown, 1943 to 2017

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.

Greenville, South Carolina. Air Service Command. Men of the 35th service squadron of the 25th service group, enacting an "alert" during a simulated defense of the airfield from attack
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress

Greenville, South Carolina. Air Service Command. Men of the Quartermaster Truck Company of the 25th service group having a card game in one of the barracks
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress

The Liberty pedestrian bridge at Falls Park on the Reedy River in Greenville, South Carolina
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress

Greenville, South Carolina. Air Service Command. Men of the 35th service squadron of the 25th service group removing the propeller of a plane
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress

Fluor Field, a minor-league baseball park in Greenville, South Carolina,and not an ordinary one
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress

Greenville, South Carolina. Air Service Command. Men of the ordnance, supply and maintenance company of the 25th service group taking 2000 pound bombs out of the revetment area
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress

Greenville, South Carolina. Air Service Command. In the welding shop of the 35th service squadron of the engineering line
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress

Greenville, South Carolina. Air Service Command. Men of the 1067th signal company of the 25th service group, checking the calibration of an airborn radio transmitter. Left is Private Lester Mehlmen, of 1319 Carmen Street, Chicago, Illinois, and right, Private Charles Nasopust, 2222 South Hainsworth Street, North Riverside, Illinois
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress

Every photograph of Greenville County

Fires near this place

52 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Greenville between 1992 and 2018, burning about 277 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	20
Debris and open burning	9
Arson/incendiarism	6
Misuse of fire by a minor	6
Railroad operations and maintenance	5
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
Smoking	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
4 September 1999	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
25 September 1999	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 2005	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 1998	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
14 September 2009	Railroad operations and maintenance	2.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
20 July 2009	Arson/incendiarism	1.5 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
20 July 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	20 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
15 July 2001	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greenville County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Greenville: 1 prospect, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Iron, Aluminum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Edgcomb Steel--Greenville, S.C.	Iron, Aluminum	Producer
Boling Mine	Mica	Past Producer
R S Berry Prospect	Mica	Prospect

Every working recorded in Greenville County

Storms near this place

60 of 124 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greenville in 124 storm reports between 1993 and 2018: 52 thunderstorm wind, 36 hail, 25 flash flood, 4 heavy rain. The reports record 1 death and 2 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenville	1 killed	A large oak tree was blown down at Roper Mountain Rd and Blacks Dr. The tree fell on a moving vehicle, killing the 39-year-old man who was driving. Another tree was blown down on I-385.
May 2003	Hail	Greenville	1 hurt	A person received a minor head injury when he was struck by wind driven hail.
July 1994	Hail	Greenville	1 hurt	Lightning struck man who went into yard to collect hail during a thunderstorm.
July 2004	Flash Flood	Greenville	$3,500,000	A thunderstorm developed over the headwaters of the Reedy River during the morning, then remained nearly stationary for several hours, producing rainfall of 4 to 9 inches in approximately 4 hours. This resulted in major flooding in areas from Berea to downtown Greenville. The Reedy River reached 19.2 feet in downtown Greenville, the second highest level on record. Several businesses along the river in downtown incurred major damage, as did numerous homes in the Berea and Sans Souci areas. At least 30 homes were condemned. Numerous roads and bridges were damaged or washed out. Hundreds of vehicles were damaged or destroyed. Flooding was much less severe on the east side of the metro area, although the Enoree River and several of its tributaries, including Brushy Creek, did overflow their banks.
June 2000	Lightning	Greenville	$400,000	no account filed
July 1997	Flash Flood	Greenville	$100,000	no account filed
June 2002	Flash Flood	Greenville	$50,000	Severe urban flooding developed quickly when more than 3 inches of rain fell in a short time. Clogged storm drains resulted in flooding of I-185, which was closed for 2 hours. Water was several feet deep along parts of the roadway. Water entered several homes and at least one store in nearby areas.
April 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenville	$25,000	County reported numerous trees and power lines blown down, mainly from the north and east sides of Greenville to Taylors and Greer. At least 2 trees fell on houses and several fell on vehicles. A piece of sheet metal was peeled from the roof of a building on Trade St in downtown Greer. In addition, a 51 knot gust was measured at Donaldson Center at 2:51 PM EST.
September 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenville	$20,000	no account filed
January 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenville	$15,000	no account filed
July 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenville	$15,000	no account filed
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenville	$10,000	Powerlines were blown down near Memorial Hospital and along Augusta Road. Trees were also blown onto houses.
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenville	$10,000	Trees and powerlines were blown down. At least one tree fell on a vehicle.
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenville	$10,000	Numerous trees and large limbs were blown down across the city. At least one tree fell on a house.
August 2007	Lightning	Greenville	$5,000	Lightning struck a unit at an apartment complex, igniting a fire that damaged the attic area.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenville	$3,000	Numerous trees and power lines were blown down in areas from the east side of Greenville, to Taylors, to Greer.
April 2008	Dust Devil	Greenville	$2,000	A dust devil affected a residence on Emile St. on the west side of Greenville. Thirty feet of awning on their house and garage was torn off, several shingles were lifted, a dog house was destroyed and other items were thrown about the yard.
August 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenville	$2,000	Trees were blown down in scattered locations throughout the city, particularly on the west side. One tree fell on an automobile.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenville	$2,000	Wind lifted and destroyed a tarp covering a baseball field. Trees and power lines were blown down in scattered locations from Mauldin to southeast Greenville. Some light structural damage also occurred.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenville	$1,000	Several trees and power lines blown down across the city. A power line fell on a car on Laurens Rd, trapping the driver inside for a while. Large limbs were blown onto a house on Arlington Ave near Anderson Rd, bending the gutters.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenville	$1,000	Two trees were blown down in the Leewood Rd area, including a 60 to 70 foot oak. One tree was blown onto a house.
February 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenville	$1,000	Three lanes of the north end of Interstate 385 were blocked by fallen power lines. Two trees were blown down in the southern part of Greenville, while several large tree limbs were blown down throughout the city.
April 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenville	$1,000	no account filed
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenville	-	NWS employee reported numerous large tree limbs blown down near Half Mile Lake.
September 2015	Hail	Greenville	-	Public reported quarter size hail in Downtown Greenville.
May 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenville	-	A tree was blown down on Main Street in Greenville.
August 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenville	-	A tree was blown down at East North St and Haywood Rd.
June 2008	Hail	Greenville	-	Reported by state park employee.
August 2008	Hail	Greenville	-	Several reports of large hail ranging from quarter size to golf ball size were received from the west side of Greenville.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenville	-	A wind gust of 59 mph was recorded at Greenville Downtown Airport. A tree fell across I-385 near the Stone Ave intersection. Trees and power lines were blown down on Rutherford Rd. Also, a tree was split and large limbs downed along Devenger Rd with several trees blown down at a golf course in this same area.
January 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenville	-	A tree was blown down on Rison Rd off highway 123 and another at I-185 and Frontage Rd. Also, a tree was blown down at Old Laurens Rd and Dalewood Rd.
March 2007	Flood	Greenville	-	Flooding in Greenville County included the Reedy River near Greenville, the Enoree River near Taylors, and the Middle Tyger River north of Greer.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenville	-	A 69 mph gust was measured at the Greenville downtown airport. Several trees and large limbs were blown down in the Haywood Mall area. Scattered damage to trees and limbs was also reported from the Haywood Mall area to the Hudsons corner area.
June 2007	Hail	Greenville	-	Pea to quarter size hail reported throughout southern and eastern sections of Greater Greenville.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenville	-	A traffic light was blown down on Pleasantburg Dr. Part of a large tree was blown onto an automobile at Pelham Rd and the Parkway. Also, \|quite a few trees and power lines were blown down around the county.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenville	-	A microburst impacted the area near the intersection of Pelham Rd and I-85. The siding was stripped off a hotel. Also, an awning was torn off a television studio building and a mobile sign was blown over. Also, windows were blown out of a home near this location.
August 2006	Hail	Greenville	-	Pea to nickel size hail near the intersection of Mauldin Rd and I-85.
July 2006	Heavy Rain	Greenville	-	Very heavy rain from a thunderstorm caused some flooding of typical poor drainage areas in Greenville. Several intersections were closed on the east and south side of the city, including a couple of spots on Laurens Rd. High water developed on other roads in the city, including on Pleasantburg Dr, where a woman was rescued from her automobile after driving into high water. At least 1 car stalled out in high water on Laurens Rd. Debris-clogged drains played a major role in the flooding.
June 2006	Flash Flood	Greenville	-	Flash flooding on Brushy Creek, along with severe urban flooding, prompted closure of several roads, including the bridge over Boiling Springs Rd, Devenger Rd, and Lake Fairfield Dr. The worst flooding was on Lake Fairfield Dr, where water entered at least 2 homes.
March 2005	Flash Flood	Greenville	-	After an evening of moderate to occasionally heavy rain, increasing thunderstorm activity during the late evening and early morning hours led to rapid rises on creeks and small streams, especially around the city. Flash flooding developed on the Reedy River in downtown Greenville, as well as on Brushy and Gilder Creeks.
April 2005	Hail	Greenville	-	Public report on highway 253 between North Greenville College and Greenville.
June 2005	Hail	Greenville	-	Reported on highway 14.
June 2005	Hail	Greenville	-	Reported at Paris Mountain.
June 2005	Flash Flood	Greenville	-	A creek backed up into a yard north of Greer. Gages indicated Brushy Creek flooded at Del Norte, and the Reedy River flooded downtown. Additionally, Gilder Creek was observed in flood at its lower end.
May 2005	Flash Flood	Greenville	-	The Reedy River in downtown Greenville flooded. Also, Edwards Rd flooded in Taylors.
June 2005	Hail	Greenville	-	Reported along Saluda Dam Rd.
July 2005	Hail	Greenville	-	Hail reported near the intersection of Pleasantburg and Wade Hampton Rd.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenville	-	Eight inch daimater trees snapped off in the Travelers Rest and Tigerville area around 5:15. Spotter reported large trees down in the Pebble Creek area near Taylors around 5:30.
August 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenville	-	Report of 7 to 10 trees blown down on Duke St.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenville	-	Non-specific report of damage and trees down on Chapman Rd off Augusta Rd in Pelzer.
August 2004	Heavy Rain	Greenville	-	Heavy rainfall caused Brushy Creek to overflow its banks. Urban flooding developed in the middle of Greenville, with several automobiles stalling in high water near downtown.
July 2004	Hail	Greenville	-	Hail was reported on Whitehorse Rd.
July 2004	Heavy Rain	Greenville	-	Parts of Laurens Rd were covered with water.
July 2004	Heavy Rain	Greenville	-	Heavy rainfall caused some street flooding to develop in areas from Greenville, to Taylors, to Greer.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenville	-	Several trees were blown down across the city. Scattered power outages also occurred.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenville	-	Some power lines were blown down near Pleasant Ridge Park.
July 2004	Flash Flood	Greenville	-	For the second consecutive night, heavy rainfall produced by strong thunderstorms produced severe urban flooding in Greenville. Several vehicles were once again stalled or stranded in high water. The Reedy River flooded again near downtown. In addition, some creeks flooded on the northwest side of the city, in the Brandon area.
July 2004	Flash Flood	Greenville	-	Very heavy rainfall produced severe flooding of poor drainage areas in Greenville and Taylors. Vehicles were stranded in high water, and several roads and intersections were closed. In addition, the Reedy River and Brushy Creek flooded in spots.
July 2004	Hail	Greenville	-	Hail was reported on Mills Ave.
July 2003	Flash Flood	Greenville	-	The Reedy River rose rapidly and flooded portions of downtown Greenville. Concrete benches were swept away and a stage destroyed in Cleveland Park. Numerous roads around the city were closed, and several vehicles were trapped in high water. Water entered homes in Greenville, as well as in Berea and Sans Souci. Gilder Creek flooded on the east side of Greenville. Several roads were closed in Taylors and Greer, and as far north as Tigerville. Particularly hard hit was the area near the intersection of Greenville, Taylors, and Greer, where water entered a nursing home up to its second home, and several major roads were closed or covered with water, including Riley Smith, Poinsett Highway, Wade Hampton Bvd, and Old Spartanburg Rd.

Every storm recorded in Greenville County

Newspapers printed here

68,693 digitised pages

2 papers published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read: 7,337 issues, 68,693 pages. Every page is searchable, so a name or a street can be looked for directly in what the town printed about itself at the time.

Newspaper	Published
The Southern Enterprise	1854 to 1870
The Greenville Enterprise	1870 to 1873

What the paper printed

16,461 words

Front pages of the local paper, read from the Library of Congress scans: 9 issues spread across its run from 1854 to 1870, 16,461 words in total. Each is reproduced on its own page, exactly as the recogniser returned it.

These pages read less well than anything else here, and the number is worth stating: about three words in four come through cleanly, against nine in ten for the building records. An 1896 broadsheet sets eight-point type in seven columns on microfilm, which is the hardest thing in this archive to read by machine. We tested our own recognisers against the Library's and they were not better, so the Library's text is what appears, with the wholly unreadable columns removed. Read it as a guide to what the paper covered, and follow the link to the scan before quoting anything.

Issue	Paper	Length
1870-03-30	The Greenville Enterprise	1,380 words
1870-06-08	The Greenville Enterprise	1,874 words
1870-08-10	The Greenville Enterprise	1,891 words
1870-11-09	The Greenville Enterprise	1,685 words
1854-05-19	The Southern Enterprise	644 words
1854-07-14	The Southern Enterprise	2,019 words
1854-09-01	The Southern Enterprise	2,245 words
1854-10-27	The Southern Enterprise	2,444 words
1854-12-15	The Southern Enterprise	2,279 words

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Boyce Lawn	0.3 miles	14
North Hills	0.8 miles	14
University Ridge Homes	0.9 miles	14
Cleveland Forest	0.9 miles	14
Overbrook	1.0 miles	14
Carver Park	1.0 miles	14
Roosevelt Heights	1.1 miles	14
Elleston Acres	1.1 miles	12

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Greenville	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q574192	The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1245842. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.