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Cherokee County is a county in the U.S. state of South Carolina.As of the 2020 census, the population was 56,216. [1] The county seat is Gaffney. [2] The county was formed in 1897 from parts of York, Union, and Spartanburg counties.
Anderson is a city in and the county seat of Anderson County, South Carolina, United States. [6] The population was 28,106 at the 2020 census, making it the 16th-most populous city in South Carolina. [7]
Anderson County is included in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area. [4] Anderson County contains 55,950-acre (22,640 ha) Lake Hartwell, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers lake with nearly 1,000 miles (1,600 km) of shoreline for residential and recreational use. The area is a growing industrial, commercial and tourist center.
Pelzer is located in Anderson County, beside the Saluda River. On the town's western border is the town of West Pelzer , and the town of Williamston is 2 miles (3 km) to the south. Anderson , the county seat, is 17 miles (27 km) to the southwest, and the center of Greenville is 17 miles (27 km) to the north.
South Carolina Highway 11 (SC 11), also known as the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, is a 119.850-mile (192.880 km) state highway through the far northern part of the U.S. state of South Carolina, following the southernmost peaks of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The route is surrounded by peach orchards, quaint villages, and parks.
Along with the major parks, there are also a few popular tourist attractions, including the Chattooga River, Sumter National Forest, Lake Jocassee and the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Parkway. Further south, Paris Mountain, a monadnock separated from the main part of the Blue Ridge Mountains, is located just north of Greenville and home to Paris ...
The city is situated near the northwestern corner of South Carolina in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains while also on the shores of Lake Hartwell. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has an area of 7.9 square miles (20.5 km 2 ), of which 7.5 square miles (19.3 km 2 ) is land and 0.46 square miles (1.2 km 2 ), or 5. ...
Pendleton is located in northwestern Anderson County at (34.650672, -82.780736 Its northwestern edge touches the Anderson County/ Pickens County line and borders the city of Clemson . U.S. Route 76 passes through the southwest part of town, bypassing the town center and leading northwest to Clemson and southeast 14 miles (23 km) to Anderson ...