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Location of Laurens County in South Carolina. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Laurens County, South Carolina.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Laurens County, South Carolina, United States.
Formerly, US 76 followed a longer route from Westminster to Pendleton.From Westminster, the old route followed S-37-13 through the Richland community, then its current alignment to SC 59 into downtown Seneca, then SC 130 out of Seneca to S-37-1, then its current alignment to SC 93 toward Clemson University, then SC 28 Business through Pendleton.
The first SC 72 was established in 1925 or 1926 as a new primary routing, from SC 7 at the Saluda River, north to SC 10 in Waterloo. In 1932, this routing became part of U.S. Route 221 (US 221). The second SC 72 appeared in 1940 as a new primary routing from SC 7, near the Broad River , to Leeds .
South Carolina Highway 104 (SC 104) was a state highway that was established in 1939 from SC 43 (now U.S. Route 378 (US 378)) in McCormick northeast for about 4 miles (6.4 km). The next year, its northern terminus was extended to the north-northwest to SC 10 northeast of Troy .
South Carolina Highway 252 Truck (SC 252 Truck) is a 6.868-mile (11.053 km) truck route of SC 252 that has its routing within Ware Shoals, within Greenwood County. About half of it is also in Laurens County. SC 252 Truck begins at an intersection with the SC 252 mainline (North Greenwood Avenue/East Fleming Street). It travels to the southeast ...
The 20 years from 1948 to 1968 were a highly transitional time for the politics of South Carolina and Laurens County, largely in part due to the Democratic Party's increasing support for African-American civil rights and enfranchisement. South Carolinian Dixiecrat Strom Thurmond won the county in 1948, and Democrats won it back from 1952 to 1960.
South Carolina Highway 418 (SC 418) is a 24.740-mile (39.815 km), east–west state highway in upstate South Carolina. It travels between U.S. Route 25 (US 25) in southern Greenville County and SC 101 / SC 146 in southern Spartanburg County ; it also travels through northern Laurens County .
Laurens Glass Company was established in 1910, and was one of the largest glass plants in the southeast for over 80 years. The Laurens Railroad Company was chartered in 1847. The Columbia-Newberry-Laurens Railroad and the Charleston-Western Carolina Railroad are the two major intersections provided by the railroad. [10]