Newry, South Carolina
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Seneca census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29672. It stands on Cane Creek. The Survey maps it on the Seneca quadrangle. 199 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 689 feet above sea level.
On record in Newry
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 1 record
Newry Historic Districtlisted 1982
Population over time
2 figuresNewry grew from 172 to 199 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 | 172 | |
| 2020 | 199 | +27 (+16%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1888 USGS Pickens quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Pickens quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Seneca quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
133 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Newry between 1992 and 2019, burning about 478 acres in total. None started naturally. 16 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 | 46 |
| Debris and open burning | 35 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 30 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Newry: 8 prospects, 4 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Gold, Garnet, Talc-Soapstone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Garnet Prospect | Garnet | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Talc Prospect | Talc-Soapstone | Prospect | ||
| Calhoun Placer | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Pickens Prospect | Gold | Unknown | Vein | |
| Sloan Placer | Gold | Unknown | Placer | |
| Sloan Prospect | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Amos L Honeycutt Deposit | Mica | Occurrence | ||
| Head Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| J B Smith Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| John Dyer Prospect | Mica | Prospect |
Storms near this place
10 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newry in 10 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newry | $20,000 | A 130-year-old tree fell and destroyed a garage and the vehicle inside. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newry | - | Public reported a large tree blown down and blocking the intersection at Lawrence Bridge Rd and Alpine Dr. Additionally, a power pole was snapped along Highway 183 near the Pickens County line. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newry | - | Fire dept reported numerous trees blown down in the area around Old Clemson Highway and Lawrence Bridge Rd. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newry | - | Ham radio operator reported trees blown down on Forest Dr at Creekside Dr. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Newry | - | Public reported 3/4 inch hail. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newry | - | EM reported multiple trees and power lines blown down in the Forest Dr area. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newry | - | FD reported multiple trees blown down and blocking the road around Doug Hollow Rd and Rochester Highway. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Newry | - | Hail up to the size of golf balls fell from near Six Mile to Norris and Liberty. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Newry | - | Nickel size hail was reported at Oconee Nuclear Station. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newry | - | no account filed |
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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Courtenay | 1.0 miles | 16 | |
| Corinth | 1.1 miles | 16 | |
| Enchanted Hills | 1.2 miles | 16 | |
| Keowee Shores | 1.3 miles | 16 | |
| Hanover Hills | 1.4 miles | 16 | |
| Cherokee Gardens | 1.4 miles | 16 | |
| Indian Hills | 1.4 miles | 16 | |
| Ridgewood | 1.5 miles | 16 |
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 Newry | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q11695539 | 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 1231589. 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.






