Lying in the Lower Piedmont of South Carolina’s Upstate, Greenwood County resulted from a merger of Abbeville and Edgefield counties in 1897. Greenwood County was named after its county seat, and the county seat’s name honors area local John McGehee’s plantation.
The county’s railroad augmented the rise of cotton growing and the textile manufacturing industry in the county. Food processing, life science, and advanced materials lead the county’s economy today. The county is also known as the home of Lander University, a small public university, and Lake Greenwood.
Area Info & History. Accessed June 06, 2016. https://www.greenwoodcounty-sc.gov/
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Formed in 1946, this gospel group performed a weekly radio show on WGSW-AM in Greenwood, SC (Greenwood County). The members are Alphonso Devlin, Willie Dye, Pressley Murray, James Bryant Jr., Benny...
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Shape-note singing convention held at Oldfield Bethel Baptist Church in Bradley, SC (Greenwood County) on May 29, 1988. Four choirs - Oldfield Bethel AME Church, Bailey Bethel AME Church, Mt. Sinai...
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Ruby and Estelle discuss how relaxing it is to quilt.
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Benjamin E. Mays (1894-1984) was born in Greenwood County, the son of former slaves, and educated at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, and the University of Chicago, where he received his M.A. and Ph...
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The Legend of Isaqueena blends fact with fantasy. An Indian trade based out of Ninety Six in the early 1750's grew to become the largest business operating outside of Charleston. Alan assisted with...
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A non-fiction writer who has also taught at Clemson University near his home, Vernon Burton has won a number of national and teaching awards. He is the author of more than a hundred articles and the...
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This program features Karen Petit who is the author of Shandon’s Ivy League Mystery Series for children. In 2008, she published her first book for adults. A Paw on My Heart tells the author’s true...
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For the last century, African-American churches in McCormick, Greenwood and Edgefield counties have maintained a fellowship of song through the Springfield Baptist Singing Convention. Led for 25 years...
