Spartanburg County(811 sq. miles; 2020 pop. 326,205). Spartanburg County is located in the northwestern section of South Carolina in the foothills…
Spartanburg County Museum of ArtLocated on South Spring Street in Spartanburg, the Spartanburg County Museum of Art was founded in 1907 with the acquisition…
Spartanburg Methodist CollegeSpartanburg Methodist College is a two-year institution related to the United Methodist Church and located on 110 acres in western…
Spartanburg Pellagra HospitalThe pellagra hospital in Spartanburg was the nation’s first facility dedicated to discovering the cause of that baffling and serious…
Spears, Monroe K.Monroe Kirklyndorf Spears was born in Darlington, South Carolina, and educated at the University of South Carolina, where he earned…
Spence, Floyd DavidsonLegislator, congressman. Spence was born in Columbia on April 9, 1928, the son of J. W. and Addie Jane Spence…
Spencer, James AlexanderLegislator, educator. Spencer was born in Charleston on October 23, 1850, the eldest son of James A. Spencer, a porter,…
Spillane, Frank MorrisonNovelist, short story writer. Nicknamed “Mickey” by his Irish Catholic father, Spillane was born in Brooklyn, New York, on March…
SpoletoIn the mid-1970s no one could have imagined staid, conservative Charleston welcoming an invasion by more than 150,000 people for…
Spratt, John McKee, Jr.Congressman, lawyer. Spratt was born on November 1, 1942, in Charlotte, North Carolina, the son of John Spratt and Jane…
Springdale(Lexington County; 2020 pop. 2,732). One of the youngest towns in the Midlands, until World War II this was a…
Springs IndustriesSprings Industries, a cotton textile company, was founded in 1887 by Samuel Elliott White of Fort Mill. Originally named Fort…
Springs, Elliott WhiteBusinessman, aviator, author. Springs was born in Lancaster on July 31, 1896, the son of Leroy Springs, a wealthy textile…
Springs, LeroyMerchant, entrepreneur, manufacturer. Springs was born in Fort Mill on November 12, 1861, the seventh of eight children of Andrew…
St. Andrew's ParishOn November 30, 1706, St. Andrew’s Day, the South Carolina Commons House of Assembly passed an act establishing the Church…
St. Andrew's Society of CharlestonThe St. Andrew’s Society is a social and benevolent organization that was founded in Charleston on November 30, 1729. Its…
St. Bartholomew's ParishOne of the ten original parishes established by the Church Act of 1706, St. Bartholomew’s Parish, located in modern Colleton…
St. Cecilia SocietyNamed for the patron saint of music, the St. Cecilia Society of Charleston was formed in 1766 as a private…
St. David's Church(Cheraw). Old St. David’s was the parish church for St. David’s Parish, established in 1768 from portions of St. Mark’s…
St. David's ParishThe backcountry parish of St. David’s was established on April 12, 1768, and included the area of modern Marlboro, Darlington,…
