{"id":7402,"date":"2023-08-31T09:21:47","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T09:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=7402"},"modified":"2026-08-07T18:59:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T18:59:41","slug":"greenwood-county-south-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/greenwood-county-south-carolina\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenwood County, South Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Greenwood County is a county in South Carolina, United States, about 51 miles south of<br \/>\nGreenville. It had a population of 69,351 at the 2020 census, an estimated 70,379 by 2025, and<br \/>\ncovers 455.60 square miles (1,180.0 km2) centred near 34\u00b010\u2032N 82\u00b008\u2032W.<\/p>\n<p>Greenwood is the county seat and the county&#8217;s largest city; its postal code is 29646. The county<br \/>\nholds 1 city, 4 incorporated towns, 4 census-designated places and 7 unincorporated communities,<br \/>\nand it runs on Eastern Time.<\/p>\n<h2>Towns &amp; Villages in Greenwood County<\/h2>\n<p>Greenwood County has 16 named places on record: 5 incorporated cities and towns, 4<br \/>\ncensus-designated places tracked separately by the Census Bureau, and 7 unincorporated<br \/>\ncommunities with no local government of their own. CDP stands for census designated place;<br \/>\nUnincorp. covers crossroads and rural communities with no formal boundary.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tv-table-scroll\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Type<\/th>\n<th>Pop.<\/th>\n<th>ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Greenwood<\/td>\n<td>City &middot; seat<\/td>\n<td>22,545<\/td>\n<td>29646<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ninety Six<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>2,076<\/td>\n<td>29666<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ware Shoals<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>1,701<\/td>\n<td>29692<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hodges<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>162<\/td>\n<td>29653<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Troy<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>83<\/td>\n<td>29848<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Promised Land<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>378<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cokesbury<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>212<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bradley<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>160<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Coronaca<\/td>\n<td>CDP<\/td>\n<td>156<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Callison<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Epworth<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kirksey<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Phoenix<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Pittsburg<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Shoals Junction<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Verdery<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ware Shoals is one place to watch on a map: its corporate limits straddle Greenwood, Abbeville<br \/>\nand Laurens counties, a legacy of the mill town&#8217;s 1902 founding on the Saluda River. As of the<br \/>\n2020 census every one of its residents lived in the Greenwood County portion, so its full<br \/>\npopulation is counted here rather than split three ways.<\/p>\n<h2>ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>29646 &mdash; Greenwood (also serves 29647, 29648 and 29649, the city&#8217;s other post office and PO box ZIPs)<\/li>\n<li>29666 &mdash; Ninety Six<\/li>\n<li>29692 &mdash; Ware Shoals<\/li>\n<li>29653 &mdash; Hodges (also serves 29695, a Hodges-area rural-route ZIP)<\/li>\n<li>29848 &mdash; Troy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Promised Land, Cokesbury, Bradley, Coronaca, Callison, Epworth, Kirksey, Phoenix, Pittsburg,<br \/>\nShoals Junction and Verdery have no ZIP code of their own; mail there is delivered under the<br \/>\nnearest incorporated town&#8217;s code.<\/p>\n<h2>Geography<\/h2>\n<p>Greenwood County sits in South Carolina&#8217;s Piedmont, an upland belt of rolling hills that runs<br \/>\nacross the state&#8217;s midsection and has long supported agriculture and textile manufacturing. The<br \/>\ncounty lies in the basins of the Savannah and Saluda rivers, and Lake Greenwood, formed by the<br \/>\nBuzzard&#8217;s Roost Dam on the Saluda River as a 1930s New Deal project, covers a large stretch of<br \/>\nits eastern side. Duke Power Company operates the dam for hydroelectric generation and manages<br \/>\nthe lake for recreation today.<\/p>\n<p>Laurens County lies to the north, Newberry County to the northeast, Edgefield and Saluda<br \/>\ncounties to the southeast, McCormick County to the southwest, and Abbeville County to the west.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/laurens-county\/\">Laurens County<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/newberry-county\/\">Newberry County<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/edgefield-county\/\">Edgefield County<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/saluda-county\/\">Saluda County<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/mccormick-county\/\">McCormick County<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/abbeville-county\/\">Abbeville County<\/a> all border Greenwood directly.<\/p>\n<h2>Demographics<\/h2>\n<p>Greenwood County had a population of 69,351 at the 2020 census, slightly below its 69,661 count<br \/>\nin 2010, and the latest estimate puts the county near 70,379 residents. Greenwood and Ninety Six<br \/>\nare the county&#8217;s two largest communities, together holding well over a third of the county&#8217;s<br \/>\npopulation. Greenwood County is the largest county in the Greenwood Micropolitan Statistical Area<br \/>\nand one of 22 counties that make up South Carolina&#8217;s Piedmont region. Population density works<br \/>\nout to roughly 152 people per square mile of land.<\/p>\n<h2>Economy &amp; Local Life<\/h2>\n<p>Manufacturing accounts for about a quarter of jobs in Greenwood County, a legacy of the textile<br \/>\nmills that built towns like Ware Shoals and Greenwood itself. Self Regional Healthcare, a<br \/>\nregional hospital system, and Fujifilm Manufacturing and Eaton Corporation, both with plants in<br \/>\nthe county, rank among the largest employers. Lander University, a public university in<br \/>\nGreenwood, is the county&#8217;s largest educational employer. The county&#8217;s biggest annual event is the<br \/>\nSouth Carolina Festival of Flowers each June, which has drawn more than 80,000 visitors in recent<br \/>\nyears and centers on Uptown Greenwood and Park Seed&#8217;s historic Victorian display gardens; the<br \/>\nFestival of Discovery, a companion event, celebrates the region&#8217;s history, culture, music and<br \/>\ncuisine.<\/p>\n<h2>History<\/h2>\n<p>South Carolina&#8217;s General Assembly formed Greenwood County in 1897, carving it out of Abbeville<br \/>\nand Edgefield counties. The land had earlier been Cherokee territory crossed by the Cherokee<br \/>\nPath, a trading route; the town of Ninety Six took its name from traders&#8217; distance markers along<br \/>\nthat route. Greenwood itself grew from a summer residence built in 1823 by planter John McGehee,<br \/>\nbecame the village of Woodville by 1837, was renamed Greenwood by 1850, and was incorporated in<br \/>\n1857 after the Greenville &amp; Columbia Railroad reached it in 1852.<\/p>\n<p>Ninety Six holds a central place in Revolutionary War history: from 22 May to 19 June 1781,<br \/>\nContinental Army troops under Major General Nathanael Greene laid a 28-day siege against Loyalist<br \/>\ndefenders of a star-shaped British fort there, with Polish military engineer Tadeusz Ko\u015bciuszko<br \/>\nserving as Greene&#8217;s chief engineer and being wounded during the siege. The National Park Service<br \/>\nnow preserves the battlefield as the Ninety Six National Historic Site.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting There<\/h2>\n<p>No interstate highway crosses Greenwood County. US 25, US 178 and US 221 run through the<br \/>\ncounty, along with SC 10, SC 34, SC 72, SC 246, SC 248, SC 252 and SC 702.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Greenville &mdash; about 51 miles north<\/li>\n<li>Anderson &mdash; about 42 miles northwest<\/li>\n<li>Augusta, Georgia &mdash; about 63 miles south<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Greenwood County Airport, just outside the city of Greenwood, handles general aviation traffic<br \/>\nonly and has no scheduled commercial airline service; Greenville&#8217;s airports are the nearest with<br \/>\nregular commercial flights.<\/p>\n<h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where is Greenwood County located?<\/strong><br \/>\nIt sits in South Carolina&#8217;s Piedmont, about 51 miles south of Greenville, bordered by Laurens,<br \/>\nNewberry, Edgefield, Saluda, McCormick and Abbeville counties.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the population of Greenwood County?<\/strong><br \/>\n69,351 at the 2020 census, with a 2025 estimate near 70,379.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How big is Greenwood County?<\/strong><br \/>\n455.60 square miles (1,180.0 km2) of land, plus 8.21 square miles of water.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the county seat of Greenwood County?<\/strong><br \/>\nGreenwood, incorporated in 1857, is the county seat and largest city.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many towns and cities are in Greenwood County?<\/strong><br \/>\nFive incorporated places &mdash; Greenwood, Ninety Six, Ware Shoals, Hodges and Troy &mdash; plus<br \/>\nfour census-designated places (Promised Land, Cokesbury, Bradley and Coronaca) and seven<br \/>\nunincorporated communities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What ZIP codes does Greenwood County use?<\/strong><br \/>\n29646, 29647, 29648 and 29649 for Greenwood; 29666 for Ninety Six; 29692 for Ware Shoals; 29653<br \/>\nand 29695 for Hodges; and 29848 for Troy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is Greenwood County known for?<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Ninety Six National Historic Site, where a 28-day Revolutionary War siege took place in 1781,<br \/>\nand the annual South Carolina Festival of Flowers each June.<\/p>\n<p>More counties in this state: <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/category\/south-carolina\/\">Towns and villages in South Carolina<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greenwood County is a county in South Carolina, United States, about 51 miles south of Greenville. It had a population of 69,351 at the 2020 census, an estimated 70,379 by 2025, and covers 455.60 square miles (1,180.0 km2) centred near 34\u00b010\u2032N 82\u00b008\u2032W. 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