Place:Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States

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Name	Spartanburg
Alt names	Spartan County	source: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS45032132
	Spartan District	source: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS45032132
	Spartanburg District	source: familysearch.org
	Spartanburgh District	source: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS45032132
Type	County
Coordinates	34.917°N 81.983°W
Located in	South Carolina, United States (1785 - )
Also located in	Ninety-Six, South Carolina, United States (1785 - 1790)
	Pinckney, South Carolina, United States (1791 - 1799)
See also	Cherokee, South Carolina, United States	Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)

Contained Places

Census-designated place: Boiling Springs; Inman Mills; Mayo; Roebuck; Saxon; Southern Shops; Startex; Valley Falls
Inhabited place: Allen Acres; Andover; Andrews Farms; Anglewood; Apalache; Arcadia Heights; Arcadia; Arkwright; Arrowwood; Ashley; Bellview Acres; Belvedere; Ben Avon; Bennetts; Bentway Park; Beverly Woods; Bondale; Brannons Store; Branyon Heights; Brookdale; Brookhaven; Brooklyn; Brookside Village; Brown Arrow; Bryants Store; Byron Terrace; Calhoun Lake; Calina Heights; Calvert; Cambridge; Camelot; Camp Croft ( 1940 - 1950 ); Campobello; Campton; Canaan; Canterbury Heights; Carlisle; Carlton Court; Cashville; Central Pacolet; Cherokee Springs; Cherry Hill; Cheryl Fields; Chesnee; Chestnut Lake; Cinder Creek; Clearview Heights; Clifton Station; Clifton; Cold Spring; Converse Heights; Converse; Cooley Springs; Cove; Cowpens; Crescent; Crestview Hills; Cross Anchor; Crows; Cunningham; Cypress Creek; Delmar; Dillard Crossroads; Dodd Hill; Drayton; Dunagin; Duncan; Dutchman; Enola; Enoree; Evans Acres; Evinsville; Fairforest; Fairmont; Fairview Heights; Farmfields; Ferndale; Fernwood Farms; Fingerville; Five Oaks; Forest Park; Fort Prince Farms; Foster Mill; Fosters Grove; Fox Hunt; Franklin Village; Fulton Acres; Gary Creek; Gatewood; Glendale; Glenn Springs; Glenwood; Golightly; Gramling; Green Pond; Greenridge; Hadden Crossroads; Hadden Heights; Hartwell Courts; Harveytown; Hayne Station; Hickory Hills; Hidden Hills; Highland Park; Hillbrook Forest; Hillsville; Hilltop; Hobbyville; Holly Hill Heights; Holly Springs; Holly Tree; Homewood Acres; Hub City Courts; Huntington Hills; Ingleside; Inman; Jackson Mill; Johnson City; Kentwood; Kenwood; Kilgore; Lake Forest; Lake Ridge; Lakeview Manor; Lakewood Hills; Landrum; Lanier Heights; Larkin; Laurelwood; Lawson; Little Africa; Little Chicago; Little Vista Heights; Lone Oak; Luray Hills; Lyman; Lynwood; Manning Acres; Maplewood; Maryville; Mayo Mills; Meadow Spring; Meadowbrook Farms; Montgomery Acres; Moore; Mount Zion; Mountain View; Mountainbrook; New Prospect; North Hill Acres; North Hills; North Pacolet; North Ridge; Northbrook Park; Northgate; Northview Acres; Northwood; Oak Creek; Oak Forest; Oak Hurst; Oakwood; Obed; Pacolet Mills; Pacolet Park; Pacolet; Park Hills; Pauline; Peachtree Gardens; Pebblebrook; Pelham; Phyllis Goins Court; Pierce Acres; Pine Grove; Pinebrook; Pinecrest; Pinedale Acres; Pinewood South; Pinnacle Heights; Ponderosa Gardens; Poplar Springs; Quail Hollow; Quail Ridge; Raintree; Raynell; Reidville Acres; Reidville; Ridgewood Heights; River Edge; River Forest; River Oak Ranchettes; River Oaks; Riverdale; Riverview Park; Rosewood; Serene Heights; Shannon Forest; Sheffield; Sherman Park; Sherwood Acres; Shiloh; Shoally Creek; Shoresbrook; Smiths Tavern; Snoddy; South Meadows Farms; Southern Pines; Spartanburg ( 1785 - ); Spring Hills; Spring Lake; Springdale; Springlake; Stone Creek; Stone Station; Summerhill; Sundance; Sunny Glen; Sunnydale Acres; Switzer; Tidmans Place; Twin Brooks; Twin Creek; Twin Lakes; Tyger River; Tyger; Una; Valley Dale Park; Vanderbilt Hills; Victor Heights; Victor Mills; Victorian Hills; Wade Hampton Heights; Waldrop Crossroads; Walnut Grove; Washington Heights; Water Oaks; Wellford; Wellington West; West Forest; West View; Westhaven; Westview Heights; White Stone Springs; White Stone; Whitney; Willow Wood; Windsor Forest; Woodburn Hills; Woodcreek; Woodfield; Woodfin; Woodland Forest; Woodland Heights; Woodridge; Woodruff; Woodwind; Zoar Heights
Unknown: East Spartanburg

Spartanburg is a county located in the State of South Carolina.

1 History
2 Research Tips
3 Timeline
4 Population History
5 Wikipedia
6 Additional Sources

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History

Spartanburg County was originally called Spartan County and was named for the Spartan Regiment, a local militia unit that fought in the Revolutionary War. Learn more about the history of Spartanburg County from the South Carolina State Library or from Carolana.com.

1755 - Scots-Irish settlers from Pennsylvania and Virginia begin to move into the area
1785 - Thirty-three counties were created within existing South Carolina Districts. Spartan County was created within Ninety-Six District.
1791 - Spartan County was renamed Spartanburg County in honor of the district/county seat (the city of Spartanburg) at the request of the citizens and Spartanburg County became part of Pinckney District.
1800 - Spartanburg was re-christened a district and Ninety-Six District was abolished.
1868 - Spartanburg and all other districts became counties.
1897 - part of Spartanburg County became Cherokee County.

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Research Tips

Outstanding guide to Spartanburg County family history and genealogy resources (FamilySearch Research Wiki). Birth, marriage, and death records, censuses, wills, deeds, county histories, cemeteries, churches, newspapers, libraries, and genealogical societies.

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Timeline

Date	Event	Source
1784	Land records recorded	Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1785	Court records recorded	Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1787	Probate records recorded	Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1790	First census	Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1800	County formed	Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1900	No significant boundary changes after this year	Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1911	Marriage records recorded	Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1915	Birth records recorded	Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources

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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990

Census Year	Population
1790	8,800
1800	12,122
1810	14,259
1820	16,989
1830	21,150
1840	23,669
1850	26,400
1860	26,919
1870	25,784
1880	40,409
1890	55,385
1900	65,560
1910	83,465
1920	94,265
1930	116,323
1940	127,733
1950	150,349
1960	156,830
1970	173,724
1980	201,861
1990	226,800

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Wikipedia

the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

Spartanburg County is a county located on the northwestern border of the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 327,997, making it the fifth-most populous county in South Carolina. Its county seat is Spartanburg.

Spartanburg County is coterminous with the Spartanburg, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Greenville–Spartanburg–Anderson, SC Combined Statistical Area.

is named after the county.

This page uses content from the English Wikipedia. The original content was at Spartanburg County, South Carolina. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with WeRelate, the content of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

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