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Cherokee Falls is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, South Carolina, United States. [1] It is 5 miles (8 km) south of the town of Blacksburg. A former mill community along the Broad River, Cherokee Falls was a town until disincorporation in the 1990s. The former Cherokee Falls Cotton Mill is now a major fireworks distribution ...
Blacksburg is a small town in Cherokee County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 1,848 at the 2010 census . [ 5 ] The communities of Antioch, Cherokee Falls , Kings Creek, Cashion Crossroads, Buffalo, and Mount Paran are located near the town.
Established as an original state highway, SC 5 originally traveled from SC 9 in Fort Lawn, through Rock Hill and York, to SC 8 in Blacksburg. In 1929 or 1930, SC 5 was extended south along new primary routing to SC 22 in Great Falls. In 1938, SC 5 was extended on both directions, connecting north to SC 18 and south to US 21 in Ridgeway.
In 2008, Blacksburg officials began considering an expansion of the National Register of Historic Places District in the town, likely including the Alexander Black House. [2] Plans began to restore the Alexander Black House for use as the Blacksburg Museum. [3] In 2014 a thorough restoration of the house was completed. [4]
Market Square Park, home of the Blacksburg Farmers Market since 2009. Blacksburg is the site of the Blacksburg Electronic Village or BEV, conceived as a computer networking project of Virginia Tech in 1991 and officially born in 1993 as a way to link the town together using the Internet.
The Calhoun Falls State Recreation Area is located nearby. Lake Richard B. Russell, which straddles the Georgia-South Carolina border, is approximately 3 miles (5 km) west of Calhoun Falls. Calhoun Falls State Park, a South Carolina state park, is within 1 mile (1.6 km); and Bobby Brown State Park, a Georgia state park, is within 5 miles (8 km).