Spartanburg
| Spartanburg | |
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| Nickname : The Hub City, Sparkle City | |
 Donald S. Russell Federal Building 1931 |
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| Location of Spartanburg in South Carolina | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1831 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | South carolina |
| County : | Spartanburg County |
| Coordinates : | 34 ° 57 ′ N , 81 ° 56 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
37,876 (as of 2016) 329,136 (as of 2016) |
| Population density : | 763.6 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 49.9 km 2 (approx. 19 mi 2 ) of which 49.6 km 2 (approx. 19 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 246 m |
| Postal code : | 29306 |
| Area code : | +1 864 |
| FIPS : | 45-68290 |
| GNIS ID : | 1250982 |
| Website : | www.cityofspartanburg.org |
| Mayor : | Junie L. White |
Spartanburg is a city in the US state of South Carolina and the county seat of the county of the same name . It has 37,013 inhabitants (status: 2010 census ) on an area of 49.9 km 2 . The annual average temperature is 15.9 ° C.
economy
The headquarters of the global companies Milliken & Company and Denny’s are located in Spartanburg .
The only North American BMW plant in neighboring Greer is also of economic importance for Spartanburg .
traffic
Spartanburg is connected to the trunk road network via Interstate 85 and several regional highways .
The city has two airports: The Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport is used by various companies in regular service with larger cities of the East Coast and the Midwest connected; the Spartanburg Downtown Airport , however, is only for general aviation .
education
Spartanburg is a university town (College Town), there are six institutions here that offer university-level education.
- Converse College , founded in 1889
- Sherman College of Straight Chiropractic , South Carolina's only training center for chiropractors
- Spartanburg Community College
- Spartanburg Methodist College , the only two-year private classroom in South Carolina
- University of South Carolina Upstate , formerly University of South Carolina Spartanburg (USCS)
- Founded in 1854, Wofford College is a Phi Beta Kappa Liberal Arts College with approximately 1450 students enrolled.
sons and daughters of the town
- Jay E. Adams (born 1929), Presbyterian theologian, evangelical psychologist and author
- Pink Anderson (1900–1974), blues musician
- Heather Bright (* 1982), singer-songwriter in the field of EDM , also known as "Bright Lights"
- David Daniels (* 1966), opera singer and one of the most famous contemporary countertenors
- George Gray (* 1960), professional wrestler
- Lee Haney (born 1959), bodybuilder
- James A. Johnson (1829-1896), politician
- Roger Mandeville (* 1941), racing car driver
- Angela Nikodinov (* 1980), figure skater
- David Pearson (1934-2018), NASCAR racing driver
- Earl Alexander Powell III (born 1943), art historian
- Don Reno (1927–1984), bluegrass musician
- Laura Story (* 1978), musician, singer and songwriter of Christian pop songs
- William Westmoreland (1914–2005), General in the US Army, Commander in Chief of US Forces in the Vietnam War between 1964 and 1968
- Celia Weston (born 1951), actress
- Rex White (* 1929), racing car driver
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ "College Town" ( memento of the original from October 29, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
