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Clinton is located at (34.471257, -81.875023 The city is concentrated around the intersection of U.S. Route 76 and South Carolina Highway 72, south of Spartanburg and northwest of Columbia.
Clinton Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Clinton, Laurens County, South Carolina. It encompasses 37 contributing buildings in the central business district of Clinton. The district predominantly comprises late-19th and early-20th century commercial buildings, and also contains two bank buildings; a five ...
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.
Thornwell opened in Clinton, South Carolina on October 1, 1875, to ten orphaned children. [1] It was founded by Reverend William Plumer Jacobs and named for noted theologian James Henley Thornwell. Dr. Jacobs went on to found Presbyterian College and his son Thornwell Jacobs revitalized Oglethorpe University. [2]
Laurens County was formed on March 12, 1785. [4] It was named after Henry Laurens, the fifth president of the Continental Congress.. One of nine modern counties of the Colonial Ninety-Six District, Laurens County hosted more "official" (i.e. officially recognized and contemporaneously documented by competent governments) battles than did half of the original colonies.
Duncan's Creek Presbyterian Church, also known as Old Rock Church, is a historic Presbyterian church located near Clinton, Laurens County, South Carolina.It was built in 1842 and is a simple rectangular building constructed of irregular stones.
South Carolina has forgotten history of its own. For the first time, there will be an event to commemorate the 1876 Hamburg Massacre, a violent attack on the Reconstruction era rights of Black ...
Presbyterian College (PC) is a private liberal arts college in Clinton, South Carolina, United States. It was founded in 1880 and is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA) . History