Anderson County is located in the Upstate of South Carolina, lying halfway between Charlotte, North Carolina and Atlanta, Georgia. Lake Hartwell is a county landmark and draws many visitors. Advanced materials manufacturing as well as the aerospace and automotive industries form the core of the county’s economy.
“Anderson County and its county seat, Anderson, were named for Revolutionary War general Robert Anderson (1741-1812)." Originally inhabited by Cherokee Indians, the area was later settled by Scotch-Irish farmers. The Cherokees gave control of the land to the United States in the form of a treaty in 1777. Part of this land became Pendleton District, and in 1826 this district was divided, resulting in Anderson and Pickens counties.
Anderson County Today. Accessed June 02, 2016
Welcome to Anderson County. Accessed June 01, 2016.
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Piedmont, whose Main Street and YMCA are pictured here in a 1909 postcard view, was an important mill town in the early 20th century textile industry in Anderson County. Courtesy of the Howard G...
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Belton, in Anderson County, is noted for its unusual standpipe or water tower. Here, the standpipe can be seen in the background of the Belton Square, around 1909. The town, like many other South...
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Anderson public square in the 1930s. From the files of the Works Progress Administration Writer's Program. Photo by Lewis D. Moorhead. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.
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The Anderson town square and county courthouse around 1908. Anderson County was carved out of the old Pendleton District, created in 1789 from Cherokee Native American lands deeded to the state in...
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A "Good Roads Tour," organized around 1914, promoted the building of better highways by traveling across the country dramatizing road conditions. Curious crowds in Anderson inspect the vehicles on the...
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Hotels were a necessary and important business in the principal towns and county seats of South Carolina. Here the Chiquola Hotel and the Confederate monument in front of it were photographed for a...
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The Portman Shoals Power Plant in Anderson County provided electric power for the Upcountry areas of South Carolina. Photographed for the Works Progress Administration in the 1930s. Courtesy of the...
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"S" is for Sayre, Christopher Gadsden. [1876-1935] Architect.
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"P" is for Pickens, William [1881-1954] Educator. Author. Civil Rights Advocate.
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The Old Stone Church, located two miles southeast of Clemson University, is one of the historic landmarks of the upper South Carolina. It was built of native building materials in a vernacular style...
