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Spartanburg County, South Carolina

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
77historic places
—earliest paper
1785formed
327,997pop. 2020
242cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 77 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1969. Most listings are in or near Spartanburg, Pacolet, Inman.

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 Spartanburg titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

28 of 77 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

77 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Alexander HouseSpartanburgBuilding2003
American Legion BuildingSpartanburgBuilding2003
Anderson's MillSpartanburgBuilding1978
Apalache MillGreerDistrict2015
Arcadia Mill No. 2SpartanburgBuilding2005
Arcadia Mill No.1SpartanburgDistrict2014
Archeological Site 38SP11PacoletSite1980
Archeological Site 38SP12PacoletSite1980
Archeological Site 38SP13PacoletSite1980
Archeological Site 38SP17PacoletSite1980
Archeological Site 38SP18PacoletSite1980
Archeological Site 38SP19PacoletSite1980
Archeological Site 38SP20PacoletSite1980
Archeological Site 38SP21PacoletSite1980
Archeological Site 38SP23PacoletSite1980
Archeological Site 38SP52PacoletSite1980
Archeological Site 38SP53PacoletSite1980
Archeological Site 38SP54PacoletSite1980
Archeological Site 38SP57PacoletSite1980
Bivings-Converse HouseGlendaleBuilding1995
Bush HouseInmanBuilding2003
Camp HillGlenn SpringsBuilding1970
Central Methodist ChurchSpartanburgBuilding2003
Church of the AdventSpartanburgBuilding2000
Cleveland Law RangeSpartanburgBuilding1973
Converse College Historic DistrictSpartanburgDistrict1975
Converse Heights Historic DistrictSpartanburgDistrict2007
Converse MillSpartanburgBuilding2015
Cowpens DepotCowpensBuilding1997
Davis, James M., HousePelhamDistrict2010
Drayton MillSpartanburgBuilding2012
Duncan Park StadiumSpartanburgDistrict2016
Duncan, Bishop William Wallace, HouseSpartanburgBuilding2009
Evans, Frank, High SchoolSpartanburgBuilding2012
Evans-Russell HouseSpartanburgBuilding2007
Evins-Bivings HouseSpartanburgBuilding1970
First Presbyterian Church of WoodruffWoodruffBuilding2005
Foster's TavernSpartanburgBuilding1970
Fowler, William Dixon, HousePaulineBuilding2012
Fremont SchoolSpartanburgBuilding2000
Glenn Springs Historic DistrictGlenn SpringsDistrict1982
Golightly-Dean HouseSpartanburgBuilding1988
Groce, Augustus Belton and Margaret Wheeler, HouseLymanBuilding2024
Hampton Heights Historic DistrictSpartanburgDistrict1983
Hotel OregonSpartanburgBuilding2001
Hurricane TavernWoodruffDistrict2001
Inman MillsInmanBuilding2016
Marysville SchoolPacoletBuilding2007
McMakin's TavernLymanBuilding1974
Montgomery BuildingSpartanburgBuilding2011
Montgomery Building (Boundary Decrease)SpartanburgBuilding2018
Montgomery, Walter Scott, HouseSpartanburgBuilding1984
Morgan, Daniel, MonumentSpartanburgObject1980
Mountain Shoals PlantationEnoreeBuilding1979
New Hope FarmWellfordBuilding1999
Nicholls-Crook HouseSpartanburgBuilding1973
Pacolet Mill OfficePacoletBuilding2004
Pacolet Mills Cloth Room and WarehousePacoletBuilding2006
Pacolet Mills Historic DistrictPacoletDistrict2007
Palmetto TheaterSpartanburgBuilding1996
Pine Street Elementary SchoolSpartanburgBuilding2016
Price's Post OfficeMooreBuilding1969
Reidville Academy Faculty HouseReidvilleBuilding1997
Schuyler ApartmentsSpartanburgBuilding2014
Seay, Jammie, HouseSpartanburgBuilding1971
Shiloh Methodist ChurchInmanBuilding2005
Smith's TavernRoebuckBuilding1974
Spartanburg Historic DistrictSpartanburgDistrict1983
Spartanburg Historic District (Boundary Increase)SpartanburgDistrict2000
Startex Finishing CompanyStartexDistrict2023
United States Post Office and Court HouseSpartanburgBuilding2017
Walker HallSpartanburgBuilding1977
Walnut Grove PlantationSpartanburgBuilding1970
Williams PlaceGlenn SpringsBuilding1982
Wofford College Historic DistrictSpartanburgDistrict1974
Woodruff High SchoolWoodruffBuilding2006
Wright, Mary H., Elementary SchoolSpartanburgBuilding2007

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Spartanburg was formed in 1785 (1785-03-12) from unknown / original county.

SPARTANBURG created in Ninety-Six District; Non-County Area 3 (former Cherokee lands) was attached to SPARTANBURG.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

328k168k8,800179018001840188019101920196020002020
17901800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
8,80012,12216,98923,66926,91940,40965,56094,265127,733150,349156,830201,861253,791327,997

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

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
Cowpens National BattlefieldPark unit27.7 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

242 cemeteries and 8 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 242 listed
NameLatLon
Abbott Cemetery35.04751-81.88532
Abner Creek Baptist Church Graveyard34.87798-82.14858
Allen Chapel United Methodist Church Graveyard34.89895-81.88092
Allen View United Methodist Cemetery34.86131-82.11726
Alverson Grove Baptist Church Cemetery35.15852-81.98536
Antioch Baptist Church Graveyard34.68876-81.99055
Antioch Graveyard34.85568-81.83871
Antioch Presbyterian Church Graveyard34.8115-82.13879
Arcadia Cemetery34.96206-81.99538
Arrowood Baptist Graveyard35.16481-81.89171
Bagwell Cemetery34.93195-81.85013
Barnette Cemetery34.88699-81.87483
Bethany Church Graveyard34.86038-82.04272
Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery35.11799-82.19329
Bethesda Baptist Church Cemetery34.93813-81.80991
Bethlehem Baptist Church Graveyard34.88575-81.98163
Boiling Springs First Baptist Church Cemetery35.04545-81.97839
Boiling Springs Memorial Gardens35.05195-81.99016
Brooklyn Baptist Church Graveyard35.17616-81.92121
Brooklyn Christian Methodist Episcopal Church Graveyard35.1518-81.93222
Brown Family Cemetery34.94762-81.7676
Browns Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery34.92807-81.74105
Buck Creek Baptist Church Graveyard35.09086-81.88439
Burke Cemetery35.15873-81.87093
Burnsview Baptist Church Graveyard34.84095-82.16817
Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery35.00065-81.79059
Calvary Episcopal Church Graveyard34.82026-81.82859
Campobello First Baptist Cemetery35.12298-82.13788
Campobello United Methodist Church Graveyard35.11731-82.14952
Canaan Baptist Church Cemetery34.89259-81.93258
Cannon CemeteryNoneNone
Carlisle Wesleyan Church Graveyard35.05373-81.93483
Casey Creek Cemetery35.07954-81.90074
Cash Family Cemetery35.06792-81.83934
Cathcart Cemetery34.80817-81.96024
Cedar Grove Baptist Church Graveyard34.67194-81.9235
Cedar Shoals Baptist Church Graveyard34.68709-81.92154
Cedar Spring Cemetery34.91178-81.87915
Center Point Baptist Church Graveyard34.83439-81.99162
Chapel Cemetery34.99233-82.06371
Cherokee Springs Baptist Church Cemetery35.04285-81.89315
Chesnee CemeteryNoneNone
Chestnut Ridge Methodist Church Graveyard34.79936-81.85331
Christ United Methodist Church Cemetery35.02786-81.96797
Christian Fellowship Church Graveyard35.12917-81.91172
Cleveland Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery34.98472-81.91666
Clifton Cemetery34.98353-81.83401
Coles Cemetery34.95213-81.99159
Collins Chapel Cemetery34.9159-81.94001
Cooley Springs Baptist Church Cemetery35.13854-81.94451
Crestview Memorial Gardens34.7512-82.04923
Cross Anchor Yarborough United Methodist Church Graveyard34.64588-81.85853
Crossroads Baptist Church Graveyard35.16469-82.08388
Darby Family Cemetery34.81516-82.08348
Davis Chapel Wesleyan Church Graveyard35.03058-81.87516
Dewberry Cemetery35.0437-81.82276
Duncan First Baptist Church Graveyard34.93533-82.13643
East Spartanburg Cemetery34.92407-81.87944
Episcopal Church of the Advent Graveyard34.94961-81.92436
Evergreen Memorial Gardens35.15372-82.17344
Ezell Cemetery35.11511-81.90982
Fairforest Baptist Church Graveyard34.95918-82.01147
Fairview Baptist Church Graveyard35.02432-81.92489
Fairview Christian Methodist Episcopal Church Graveyard35.17012-82.01744
Finch Family CemeteryNoneNone
Fingerville Baptist Church Cemetery35.14114-81.98764
Fingerville United Methodist Church Cemetery35.13376-82.00635
First Baptist Church North Spartanburg Graveyard35.00469-82.00835
First Baptist Church of Fairforest Graveyard34.95755-82.00624
First Presbyterian Church Columbarium34.95109-81.92304
First Presbyterian Church Graveyard34.73751-82.04026
Fleming Cemetery34.86593-81.86757
Flint Hill Cemetery34.77807-82.08119
Forest Hills Memorial Park34.72671-82.00578
Fort Prince Memorial Gardens34.96408-82.05167
Foster Cemetery34.86274-81.83476
Foster Cemetery34.94612-82.03809
Foster Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery34.86495-81.95498
Foster Family Cemetery34.65093-81.86137
Fosters Grove Baptist Church Graveyard35.06257-81.9005
Historical populated places — 8 of 8
NameLatLon
Andover35.07928-82.20567
Brannons Store35.08012-82.02427
Bryants Store35.14928-82.03678
Crows34.70346-81.95371
Glenwood34.97373-81.95955
Millville34.77513-81.95399
Obed35.15317-82.09317
White Stone Springs34.87291-81.81232

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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