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Greenville County, South Carolina

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100historic places
—earliest paper
1786formed
525,534pop. 2020
119cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 100 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1969; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Greenville, Greer, Fountain Inn.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for South Carolina is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Greenville titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

60 of 100 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

100 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Aiken, Hugh, HouseGreenvilleBuilding2003
Allen Temple A.M.E. ChurchGreenvilleBuilding2010
American Cigar FactoryGreenvilleBuilding1982
American Spinning Company Mill No. 2GreenvilleBuilding2016
Barnwell, Arthur, HouseGreerBuilding1982
Bates, William, HouseGreenvilleBuilding1978
Beattie, Fountain Fox, HouseGreenvilleBuilding1974
Beth Israel SynagogueGreenvilleBuilding2016
Borden Ice Cream FactoryGreenvilleBuilding2023
Brandon MillGreenvilleBuilding2014
Broad MarginGreenvilleBuilding1978
Brushy CreekGreenvilleBuilding1999
Burdette BuildingSimpsonvilleBuilding2003
Burdette Building (Boundary Decrease)SimpsonvilleBuilding2007
Campbell's Covered BridgeGowensvilleStructure2009
Cannon BuildingFountain InnBuilding2005
Carolina Supply CompanyGreenvilleBuilding1997
Chamber of Commerce BuildingGreenvilleBuilding1982
Christ Church (Episcopal) and ChurchyardGreenvilleBuilding1971
Cureton-Huff HouseSimpsonvilleBuilding1983
Davenport ApartmentsGreenvilleBuilding1982
Davenport HouseGreerBuilding1999
Donaldson, T. Q., HouseGreenvilleBuilding1980
Downtown Baptist ChurchGreenvilleBuilding1977
Dunean Mill Historic DistrictGreenvilleDistrict2019
Earle Town HouseGreenvilleBuilding1969
Earle, Col. Elias, Historic DistrictGreenvilleDistrict1982
Earle-Morgan Cabin at Clark's MountainLandrumBuilding2025
East Park Historic DistrictGreenvilleDistrict2005
Ellison Flour MillFountain InnBuilding2022
Fairview Presbyterian ChurchFountain InnBuilding1977
First National BankGreenvilleBuilding1989
Fountain Inn High SchoolFountain InnBuilding2009
Fountain Inn Principal's House and TeacherageFountain InnBuilding2011
Fulmer, James A., HouseFountain InnBuilding2015
Gilfillin and Houston BuildingGreenvilleBuilding2004
Gilreath's MillGreerBuilding1976
Goodwin, John H., HouseTravelers RestBuilding1983
Greenville County CourthouseGreenvilleBuilding1994
Greenville Elks LodgeGreenvilleBuilding2015
Greenville Gas and Electric Light CompanyGreenvilleBuilding1982
Greenville Pepsi-Cola Bottling PlantGreenvilleBuilding2023
Greer DepotGreerBuilding1987
Greer Downtown Historic DistrictGreerDistrict1997
Greer Downtown Historic District (Boundary Increase and Boundary Decrease)GreerDistrict2019
Greer MillGreerDistrict2022
Greer Post OfficeGreerBuilding2011
Hampton-Pinckney Historic DistrictGreenvilleDistrict1977
Hampton-Pinckney Historic District ExtensionGreenvilleDistrict1982
Holly Springs SchoolBeltonBuilding2019
Hopkins FarmSimpsonvilleBuilding2007
Imperial HotelGreenvilleBuilding1985
IsaqueenaGreenvilleBuilding1982
James, Louie, HouseGreerBuilding1996
Judson MillGreenvilleDistrict2018
Kilgore, Josiah, HouseGreenvilleBuilding1975
Lanneau-Norwood HouseGreenvilleBuilding1982
McBee Methodist ChurchConesteeBuilding1972
McBride's Office Supply (Additional Documentation)GreenvilleBuilding2024
McDowell HouseFountain InnBuilding2010
Mills MillGreenvilleBuilding1982
Monaghan MillGreenvilleBuilding2005
Montgomery, E.W., Cotton WarehouseGreenvilleBuilding2012
Old Pilgrim Baptist Church Cemetery and Kilgore Family CemeterySimpsonvilleSite2017
Paris Mountain State Park Historic DistrictGreenvilleDistrict1998
Parker High School Auditorium NHLCity ViewBuilding1996
Pelham Mills Site (38GR165)PelhamSite1987
Pettigru Street Historic DistrictGreenvilleDistrict1982
Piedmont Mill Stores BuildingPiedmontBuilding2020
Poe Hardware and Supply CompanyGreenvilleBuilding2021
Poinsett BridgeTigervilleStructure1970
Poinsett HotelGreenvilleBuilding1982
Quillen, Robert, Office and LibraryFountain InnBuilding2012
Reedy River Falls Historic Park and GreenwayGreenvilleSite1973
Reedy River Falls Historic Park and Greenway (Boundary Increase)GreenvilleSite1978
Reedy River Industrial DistrictGreenvilleDistrict1979
Richardson, Lawrence L., HouseSimpsonvilleBuilding2022
Richland CemeteryGreenvilleSite2005
Salmon, George, HouseTravelers RestBuilding1988
Simpsonville Baptist ChurchSimpsonvilleBuilding1992
Southern Bleachery and Print WorksTaylorsBuilding2012
Spring Park InnTravelers RestBuilding2018
Springwood CemeteryGreenvilleSite2005
St. Andrew's Episcopal ChurchGreenvilleBuilding2025
Stradley and Barr Dry Goods StoreGreenvilleBuilding2008
Taylor, Earle R., House and Peach Packing ShedGreerBuilding2012
Triangle BuildingGreenvilleBuilding2022
TullytonFountain InnDistrict1990
Turner, R. Perry, HouseGreerBuilding1999
Turner, Robert G., HouseGreerBuilding1999
U.S. Post Office and CourthouseGreenvilleBuilding2014
Welborn, F.W., HouseFountiain InnBuilding2010
Wesley, John, Methodist Episcopal ChurchGreenvilleBuilding1978
West End Commercial Historic DistrictGreenvilleDistrict1993
West End Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase)GreenvilleBuilding1998
WhitehallGreenvilleBuilding1969
Wilkins, William and Harriet, HouseGreenvilleBuilding2016
Woodside Cotton Mill Village Historic DistrictWoodsideDistrict1987
Working Benevolent Temple and Professional BuildingGreenvilleBuilding1982
Wyche, C. Granville, HouseGreenvilleBuilding1993

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Greenville was formed in 1786 (1786-03-22) from unknown / original county.

GREENVILLE created from Non-County Area 2 attached to LAURENS, and Non-County Area 3 attached to SPARTANBURG; Non-County Areas 2 and 3 eliminated.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Greenville County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).

526k266k6,503179018001840188019101920196020002020
17901800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
6,50311,50414,53017,83921,89237,49653,49088,498136,580168,152209,776287,913379,616525,534

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

119 cemeteries and 12 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 119 listed
NameLatLon
Antioch Cemetery34.73734-82.349
Bartons Memorial Chapel Cemetery35.01468-82.28526
Beech Springs Cemetery34.59435-82.4044
Beth Israel Cemetery34.84556-82.4439
Bethany Baptist Church Graveyard35.00995-82.47815
Bethel United Methodist Church Graveyard34.77799-82.27198
Bethlehem Baptist Church Graveyard34.7089-82.23402
Blue Ridge Baptist Church Graveyard35.15168-82.25581
Blue Ridge Baptist Church Graveyard35.03663-82.28596
Buena Vista Cemetery34.89011-82.27234
Camp Creek Baptist Church Graveyard35.05455-82.32938
Cannon Memorial Park34.70267-82.22207
Cedar Shoals Baptist Church Graveyard34.574-82.40459
Christ Church Cemetery34.85049-82.39393
Clear Spring Baptist Church Graveyard34.76298-82.19593
Cleveland First Baptist Church Graveyard35.06742-82.51592
Columbia Cemetery34.5232-82.30791
Cool Springs Baptist Church Graveyard35.05736-82.41295
Cooley Whitt Family Cemetery34.53162-82.36177
Cox Chapel Baptist Church Graveyard35.06987-82.48115
Cross Plains Baptist Church Graveyard35.09472-82.41608
Cross Roads Baptist Church Graveyard34.81919-82.20611
Cureton Cemetery34.69347-82.33306
Daventon Baptist Church Graveyard34.57362-82.31846
Double Springs Baptist Church Graveyard34.98153-82.33161
Ebenezer Welcome Baptist Church Graveyard35.09596-82.27976
Enoree Baptist Church Graveyard34.98322-82.4029
Fairview Baptist Church Graveyard34.947-82.2709
Fairview Presbyterian Church Graveyard34.64398-82.25052
Faith Temple Graveyard34.99045-82.34385
Fellowship Cemetery34.69593-82.32807
Fews Chapel United Methodist Church Graveyard35.03584-82.30151
First Baptist Church of Mauldin Graveyard34.77516-82.30939
Five Forks Baptist Church Graveyard34.80883-82.23093
Flat Rock Baptist Church Graveyard34.69522-82.40134
Forestville Cemetery34.94928-82.48762
Fork Shoals Baptist Church Graveyard34.62233-82.31512
Fountain Inn Municipal Cemetery34.69192-82.19278
Friendship Baptist Church Graveyard35.01688-82.58233
Gaines Cemetery34.509-82.304
Gap Creek Baptist Church Graveyard35.12679-82.52442
Glassy Mountain Baptist Church Graveyard35.12224-82.30922
Golden Grove Baptist Church Memorial Gardens35.05613-82.45215
Gowensville First Baptist Church Graveyard35.11792-82.22394
Graceland Cemetery West34.84444-82.44196
Graceland East Memorial Park Cemetery34.81767-82.25363
Greenville Memorial Gardens34.70707-82.39358
Greer City Cemetery34.93899-82.22343
Grove Station Cemetery34.734-82.44707
Gum Springs Pentacostal Holiness Church Graveyard35.02441-82.33151
Hagood - Hightower Family Cemetery35.13782-82.45232
Hall Cemetery35.01205-82.53123
Hardin Cemetery35.06983-82.61531
Harrison Cemetery34.67039-82.29567
Hart Cemetery35.11344-82.55123
Hawkins Hightower Family Cemetery35.11242-82.44447
Highland Baptist Church Graveyard35.08654-82.32329
Hillside Cemetery34.59928-82.25678
Holly Springs Baptist Church Graveyard34.57815-82.39699
Hopewell United Methodist Graveyard34.69253-82.27323
Jackson Grove United Methodist Church Graveyard34.97498-82.35618
John Cooper Family Cemetery34.97087-82.45562
Judson Cemetery34.83298-82.4563
Lebanon United Methodist Church Graveyard34.56151-82.26534
Liberty United Methodist Church Graveyard35.08617-82.24756
Lickville Presbyterian Church Graveyard34.60483-82.36401
Lima Baptist Church Graveyard35.08602-82.45065
Locust Hill Baptist Church Graveyard35.016-82.37953
Mauldin United Methodist Church Graveyard34.77796-82.3071
Meadow Fork Baptist Church Graveyard35.04855-82.39077
Milford Baptist Church Graveyard34.97768-82.28491
Moody Turner Anders Cemetery35.04264-82.58264
Mosteller Cemetery34.97872-82.244
Mount Ararat Baptist Church Graveyard35.01207-82.48336
Mount Lebanon Baptist Church Graveyard35.03141-82.23484
Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery35.11564-82.35442
Mount Sinai Baptist Church Graveyard34.93674-82.44873
Mountain Hill Community Church Graveyard35.1463-82.33094
Mountain View Cemetery34.94483-82.229
Mountain View Memorial Park Cemetery34.97878-82.45541
Historical populated places — 12 of 12
NameLatLon
Kings34.93901-82.2565
Marydell35.05373-82.42734
Mayfield35.01873-82.57207
Merrittsville35.14873-82.4054
Mitchell35.06067-82.26984
Nursery34.91317-82.32206
Paris34.89401-82.36234
Taho35.05706-82.31512
Terry35.12401-82.45568
Tyger35.08456-82.24706
Wildwood Park35.15067-82.4054
Woods34.84428-82.3554

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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