Newberry County is a county in South Carolina, United States, roughly halfway between Columbia and Greenville. It had a population of 37,719 at the 2020 census and covers 630 square miles (1,632 km2) of land centred near 34\u00b017\u2032N 81\u00b036\u2032W.<\/p>\n
Newberry is the county seat, postal code is 29108. The county has six incorporated towns (Little Mountain, Peak, Pomaria, Prosperity, Silverstreet, Whitmire) plus Helena and several unincorporated communities. South Carolina has no civil townships. The county sits in the Eastern time zone.<\/p>\n
Newberry County has one incorporated city (its seat) and six incorporated towns, plus a census-designated place and a handful of long-standing unincorporated communities and crossroads. CDP = census-designated place; Unincorp. = unincorporated community.<\/p>\n
| Place<\/th>\n | Type<\/th>\n | Pop.<\/th>\n | ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newberry<\/td>\n | City · seat<\/td>\n | 10,691<\/td>\n | 29108<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Whitmire<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 29178<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Prosperity<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 29127<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Little Mountain<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 29075<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Silverstreet<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 29145<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Pomaria<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 29126<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Peak<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 29122<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Helena<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Chappells<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 29037<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Kinards<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 29355<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Jalapa<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Stoney Hill<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Fairview<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Bush River<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Macedonia<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Smyrna<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Trinity<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Gary<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Kibler<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Boyd<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Maybinton<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Southeast Newberry<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n Several old crossroads names on this list — Bachman Chapel, Beth Eden, Brickhouse Crossroads, Browns Crossroads, Cromer Crossroads, Deadfall Crossroads, Devils Cross Roads, Eison Crossroads, Jug Hole, Keitts Crossroads, Living Inn, Longshore, Mudlick, Saint Phillips, Scurry, Slighs, Taylors Crossroads, Union, Vaughanville and Wheeland — are historic rural place names without a confirmed 2020 census presence; they are omitted from the table above pending verification but remain locally recognized locality names.<\/p>\n ZIP Codes<\/h2>\nHelena and the smaller unincorporated crossroads communities share ZIP codes with the nearest post office town rather than carrying their own.<\/p>\n Geography<\/h2>\nNewberry County lies in the South Carolina Piedmont, a rolling landscape of pasture, pine forest and row crops cut by the Broad River, which forms much of its eastern edge, and the Saluda River along part of its southern edge. Lake Greenwood, a reservoir on the Saluda, laps the county’s southwestern corner. Of the county’s 647 square miles, 630 square miles are land and 17 square miles are water.<\/p>\n Newberry County borders Union County<\/a> to the north, Fairfield County<\/a> to the east, Lexington County<\/a> and Richland County<\/a> to the southeast, Saluda County<\/a> to the south, Greenwood County<\/a> to the southwest, and Laurens County<\/a> to the northwest.<\/p>\n Newberry County had 37,719 residents at the 2020 census, a density of roughly 60 people per square mile. Newberry, the county seat, is by far the largest place, followed by Whitmire and Prosperity. Median household income in Newberry County runs below the South Carolina median of $67,804, reflecting the county’s mix of manufacturing and agricultural employment outside the city of Newberry itself.<\/p>\n Manufacturing anchors the county’s economy: Caterpillar, Komatsu, Georgia-Pacific and Kraft Heinz all operate plants here, alongside Samsung’s electrical-equipment facility and Valmont Industries. Newberry College, a small private liberal-arts college founded in 1856, is the city of Newberry’s largest institution and employer outside industry. Farming — cattle, soybeans, cotton and timber — remains part of daily life in the county’s rural townships, and Whitmire and Prosperity both host long-running fall festivals tied to the harvest season.<\/p>\n Newberry County was formed in 1785 out of the old Ninety Six District. Its name has no firmly documented origin; the most common local account credits an early settler or a place called Newberry in England, though county historians note no records confirm either story. The county seat, Newberry, grew up around the courthouse and the rail line that reached it in the 1850s, and the restored 1882 Newberry Opera House remains a landmark of the town’s downtown historic district.<\/p>\n Interstate 26 crosses the county, alongside US 76 and US 176 and a network of state highways (SC 34, 39, 56, 66, 72, 121, 202, 213, 219, 391, 395 and 560).<\/p>\n Columbia Metropolitan Airport is the nearest commercial airport.<\/p>\n Where is Newberry County?<\/strong> What is the population of Newberry County?<\/strong> How big is Newberry County?<\/strong> What is the Newberry County seat?<\/strong> How many towns are in Newberry County?<\/strong> |