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(Spartanburg County; 2020 pop. 37,317). The town of Spartanburg was incorporated in 1831, its name originating from a local Revolutionary…

(811 sq. miles; 2020 pop. 326,205). Spartanburg County is located in the northwestern section of South Carolina in the foothills…

Located on South Spring Street in Spartanburg, the Spartanburg County Museum of Art was founded in 1907 with the acquisition…

Spartanburg Methodist College is a two-year institution related to the United Methodist Church and located on 110 acres in western…

The pellagra hospital in Spartanburg was the nation’s first facility dedicated to discovering the cause of that baffling and serious…

Monroe Kirklyndorf Spears was born in Darlington, South Carolina, and educated at the University of South Carolina, where he earned…

Legislator, congressman. Spence was born in Columbia on April 9, 1928, the son of J. W. and Addie Jane Spence…

Legislator, educator. Spencer was born in Charleston on October 23, 1850, the eldest son of James A. Spencer, a porter,…

Novelist, short story writer. Nicknamed “Mickey” by his Irish Catholic father, Spillane was born in Brooklyn, New York, on March…

South Carolina can boast a remarkably dynamic musical landscape. Gospel, bluegrass, blues, and string band all have a long history…

In the mid-1970s no one could have imagined staid, conservative Charleston welcoming an invasion by more than 150,000 people for…

The spotted salamander is a six-to-eight-inch-long cold-blooded amphibian marked by two rows of yellow or yellowish-orange spots on its black or steel-gray back. The animal ranges from southeastern Canada throughout the eastern United States and is found across South Carolina.

Congressman, lawyer. Spratt was born on November 1, 1942, in Charlotte, North Carolina, the son of John Spratt and Jane…

(Lexington County; 2020 pop. 2,732). One of the youngest towns in the Midlands, until World War II this was a…

The springs of South Carolina became popular destinations for the citizens of the state from the late eighteenth century through…

Springs Industries, a cotton textile company, was founded in 1887 by Samuel Elliott White of Fort Mill. Originally named Fort…

Businessman, aviator, author. Springs was born in Lancaster on July 31, 1896, the son of Leroy Springs, a wealthy textile…

Merchant, entrepreneur, manufacturer. Springs was born in Fort Mill on November 12, 1861, the seventh of eight children of Andrew…

On November 30, 1706, St. Andrew’s Day, the South Carolina Commons House of Assembly passed an act establishing the Church…

The St. Andrew’s Society is a social and benevolent organization that was founded in Charleston on November 30, 1729. Its…