Place:Greer, Greenville, South Carolina, United States

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NameGreer
Alt namesGreers Depotsource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS45005401
TypeCity
Coordinates34.93°N 82.225°W
Located inGreenville, South Carolina, United States
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Greer is a city in Greenville and Spartanburg counties in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The population was 35,308 as of the 2020 Census Greer is part of the Greenville–Anderson–Mauldin Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city is additionally part of the Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC Combined Statistical Area in Upstate South Carolina.

Greer is adjacent to Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport (GSP), which serves Greenville, Spartanburg, and the Upstate. Greer is also the site of the largest BMW manufacturing facility in North America. According to a June 2005 article in The Greenville News, BMW's Greer plant employs about 9,000 people, and has attracted dozens of suppliers in South Carolina, providing jobs for more than 12,000 people. Greer is home to the South Carolina Inland Port, an intermodal facility that receives and sends containers by rail to the Port of Charleston.

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