Spartanburg County, South Carolina

Spartanburg County, South Carolina
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 the largest county within the Spartanburg, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC Combined Statistical Area.
History
The county was founded in 1785 and was named after the Spartan Rifles (Spartan Regiment) which was a local militia during the American Revolutionary War. The largest community and the county seat is Spartanburg, which resides in Upstate South Carolina.
The ship is named after the county.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (1.39%) is water.
State and local protected areas/sites
Arcadia Mill No. 1
Arcadia Mill No. 2
Battle of Musgrove Mill State Historic Site (part)
Blackstock Plantation (part)
Converse Heights Historic District
Croft State Park
Daniel Morgan Monument
Emily Dickinson
Glendale Ridge Archaeological Site
Hampton Heights Historic District
Hatcher Garden and Woodland Preserve
Historic Price House
Lake Cooley Park
Nesbitt Shoals Nature Park
Pacolet River Heritage Preserve
Peter's Creek Heritage Preserve
Santee Cooper Tract Wildlife Management Area
Seay House
Tyger River Park
Major water bodies
Enoree River
Lake Craig
Lake William C. Bowan
Lawsons Fork Creek
North Pacolet River
Pacolet River
South Pacolet River
South Tyger River
Tyger Lake
Tyger River
Adjacent counties
Rutherford County, North Carolina – north
Cherokee County – east
Union County – southeast
Laurens County – south
Greenville County – west
Polk County, North Carolina – northwest
Major highways
(Spartanburg 1)
(Spartanburg 2)
Major infrastructure
Greenville–Spartanburg International Airport
Inland Port Greer, major rail depot in the county
Spartanburg Downtown Airport
Spartanburg Station
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, there were 327,997 people, 121,256 households, and 83,432 families residing in the county.
2010 census
At the 2010 census, there were 284,307 people, 109,246 households, and 75,404 families residing in the county. The population density was . There were 122,628 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the county was 72.3% white, 20.6% black or African American, 2.0% Asian, 0.3% American Indian, 3.1% from other races, and 1.7% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 5.9% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 13.6% were American, 10.5% were Irish, 9.6% were English, and 8.8% were German.
Of the 109,246 households, 34.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.9% were married couples living together, 15.1% had a female householder with no husband present, 31.0% were non-families, and 26.2% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.05. The median age was 38.0 years.
The median income for a household in the county was $42,680 and the median income for a family was $53,149. Males had a median income of $41,445 versus $31,602 for females. The per capita income for the county was $21,924. About 11.0% of families and 14.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.5% of those under age 18 and 10.9% of those age 65 or over.
Government and politics
Spartanburg County has long been a Republican stronghold, having not voted for a Democratic presidential nominee since 1976. No Democrat has won 40% of the county’s vote since 1980.
Education
Primary and secondary schools
Spartanburg County is served by the Spartanburg County School System, which is divided into seven districts. Some of the districts share a vocational school, and also share the McCarthy Teszler School, a special education school.
School District One includes Campobello-Gramling, Chapman High School, Holly Springs-Motlow Elementary, Inman Elementary, Inman Intermediate, Landrum High, Landrum Middle, Mabry Middle, New Prospect Elementary, and O.P. Earle Elementary. District One students can also attend Swofford Career Center
School District Two includes Boiling Springs Elementary, Cooley Springs-Fingerville Elementary, Chesnee Elementary, Hendrix Elementary, Carlisle-Foster's Grove Elementary, Mayo Elementary, Oakland Elementary, Boiling Springs Intermediate, Boling Springs Junior High, Rainbow Lake Middle School, Chesnee Middle School, Boiling Springs High 9th grade, Boiling Springs High School, and Chesnee High School. District Two students can also attend Swofford Career Center.
School District Three includes Cannons Elementary, Clifdale Elementary, Cowpens Elementary School, Pacolet Elementary School, Cowpens Middle School, Middle School of Pacolet, and Broome High School. District Three students can attend the Daniel Morgan Technology Center.
School District Four has four schools: Woodruff Primary, Woodruff Elementary, Woodruff Middle and Woodruff High School. High school students also can attend R.D. Anderson Applied Technology Center to learn vocational skills.
School District Five consists of Abner Creek Academy (formerly Abner Creek Elementary), Duncan Elementary, Lyman Elementary, Reidville Elementary, River Ridge Elementary, Wellford Academy of Science and Technology (formerly Wellford Elementary), Beech Springs Intermediate, Berry Shoals Intermediate, D. R. Hill Middle, Florence Chapel Middle, James F. Byrnes Freshman Academy, and James F. Byrnes High School. Vocational school students can attend R. D. Anderson Applied Technology Center.
School District Six comprises Anderson Mill Elementary, Arcadia Elementary, Jesse S. Bobo Elementary, Fairforest Elementary, Lone Oak Elementary, Pauline-Glenn Springs Elementary, Roebuck Elementary, West View Elementary, Woodland Heights Elementary, Fairforest Middle, R. P. Dawkins Middle, L. E. Gable Middle, Dorman Freshman Campus, and Paul M. Dorman High School. District Six students can attend R. D. Anderson Applied Technology Center.
School District Seven consists of Jesse Boyd Elementary, Chapman Elementary, Cleveland Elementary, Houston Elementary, Park Hills Elementary, Pine Street Elementary, Mary H. Wright Elementary, Edwin P. Todd School, George Washington Carver Middle, Joseph G. McCracken Middle, Whitlock Junior High, Spartanburg High School Freshman Academy, and Spartanburg High School. The Daniel Morgan Technology Center, ZL Madden Learning Center, The Myles W. Whitlock Flexible Learning Center, and The Early Learning Center at Park Hills also serve District Seven.
South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind is in an unincorporated area in the county, near Spartanburg.
Spartanburg Day School, a private school, is in an unincorporated area.
Colleges and universities
Spartanburg Community College
University of South Carolina Upstate in Valley Falls
Spartanburg Methodist College in Saxon
Converse University (Spartanburg)
Wofford College (Spartanburg)
Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (Spartanburg)
Sherman College of Chiropractic (Spartanburg)
Healthcare
Spartanburg County's healthcare is mainly provided by Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System. Spartanburg Regional is a public, not-for-profit, integrated health care delivery system with several facilities in Spartanburg, including:
Spartanburg Medical Center (SMC), a research and teaching hospital with two locations: Spartanburg Medical Center campus on East Wood Street and Spartanburg Medical Center — Mary Black Campus on Skylyn Drive. Together, these campuses share a history that stretches back to the 1920s. Spartanburg Medical Center includes a total of 747 beds, and services that include emergency, surgical, maternity, cancer, a Heart Center and inpatient rehabilitation.
Pelham Medical Center, in Greer, S.C., provides emergency services, general surgery, a medical office building and numerous practices.
Spartanburg Hospital for Restorative Care (SHRC), a 97-bed long-term, acute-care hospital with a 25-bed skilled nursing facility.
Gibbs Cancer Center & Research Institute, providing an inpatient oncology unit and outpatient care, along with access to clinical trials and the latest cancer technology. With locations across Upstate S.C., including Spartanburg and Greer in Spartanburg County.
Bearden-Josey Center for Breast Health, a state-of-the-art imaging center for digital mammography, ultrasound, stereotactic breast biopsy and bone densitometry.
Medical Group of the Carolinas, a physician group with offices located throughout Spartanburg and Upstate S.C.
Regional HealthPlus (RHP), a network of hospitals and physicians of every specialty
Woodruff Manor, an 88-bed skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility in Woodruff, S.C.
The Sports Medicine Institute, located at Upward Star Center, where doctors, athletic trainers physical therapists serve professional and recreational athletes
Cancer care expansion
In early 2018, Spartanburg Regional began construction on an expansion of its Gibbs Cancer Center & Research Institute at Pelham location. The 190,000-square-foot expansion is intended to provide cancer care for more patients along the border of Spartanburg and Greenville counties. It is anticipated that the construction will be completed in spring 2020.
Communities
Cities
Chesnee (partly in Cherokee County)
Greer (mostly in Greenville County)
Inman
Landrum
Spartanburg (county seat and largest community)
Wellford
Woodruff
Towns
Campobello
Central Pacolet
Cowpens
Duncan
Lyman
Pacolet
Reidville
Census-designated places
Arcadia
Arkwright
Ben Avon
Boiling Springs
Camp Croft
Clifton
Converse
Cross Anchor
Drayton
Enoree
Fairforest
Fingerville
Glendale
Glenn Springs
Gramling
Hilltop
Inman Mills
Mayo
Pauline
Roebuck
Saxon
Southern Shops
Startex
Valley Falls
Whitney
Other unincorporated communities
Campton
Cashville
Cherokee Springs
Crescent
Holly Springs
Little Africa
Little Chicago
Moore
New Prospect
Pelham (also known as Sugar Tit)
Stone Station
Switzer
Una
White Stone
Notable people
Harold Cohen
Ira Roe Foster
Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones
Marshall Tucker Band
See also
List of counties in South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places listings in Spartanburg County, South Carolina
Tryon County, North Carolina, former county in North Carolina which included modern-day parts of Spartanburg County
Eastern Cherokee, Southern Iroquois, and United Tribes of South Carolina, state-recognized group that resides in the county
Spartanburg County Foundation
References
External links
1785 establishments in South Carolina
Populated places established in 1785
Counties of Appalachia
Upstate South Carolina