  spartanburg county is a county located in the state of south carolina. as of the 2010 census, the population was 284,307. its county seat is spartanburg. spartanburg county is included in the spartanburg, sc metropolitan statistical area, which is also included in the greenville-spartanburg-anderson, sc combined statistical area. the uss spartanburg county (lst-1192) 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  (1.00%) is water. ===adjacent counties=== *rutherford county, north carolina - north *cherokee county, south carolina - east *union county, south carolina - southeast *laurens county, south carolina - south *greenville county, south carolina - west *polk county, north carolina - northwest  ==demographics== {{uscensuspop |1790= 8800 |1800= 12122 |1810= 14259 |1820= 16989 |1830= 21150 |1840= 23669 |1850= 26400 |1860= 26919 |1870= 25784 |1880= 40409 |1890= 55385 |1900= 65560 |1910= 83465 |1920= 94265 |1930= 116323 |1940= 127733 |1950= 150349 |1960= 156830 |1970= 173724 |1980= 201861 |1990= 226800 |2000= 253791
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