Laurens, South Carolina Laurens, South Carolina Location of Laurens in South Carolina Location of Laurens in South Carolina County Laurens Metro 66,537 (Laurens County) Laurens is a town/city in Laurens County, South Carolina, United States.
It is the governmental center of county of Laurens County. Located in the Upstate region of South Carolina, the town/city of Laurens is titled after Henry Laurens of Revolutionary War fame.
The small town of Laurens, South Carolina was established by an act of the General Assembly on March 15, 1785 as a locale for commercial activities.
It was one of the six counties created from the Old Ninety-Six District of South Carolina. Laurens was originally titled Laurensville.
The first appearance of the town titled Laurens was in an 1873 charter. The town of Laurens was chartered in 1900 and in 1916.
The town was titled in the honor of Henry Laurens, the South Carolina statesman. The first inhabitants of Laurens were the Cherokee Indians.
There has been evidence of broken potsherds, weapons, and a mound found linked to Cherokee culture on territory now called Laurens.
There were many treaties made with the Cherokee Indians over the territory known as Laurens County dating back to 1721. Before the America Revolution thousands of immigrants, mainly from Scotland and Ireland, settled in Laurens County.
Later Laurens advanced into a primary intersection of commerce in the colonial America.
In the Battle of Musgrove Mill, Laurens witnessed intense fighting. In 1790, after the Revolutionary War, Laurens was propel as the county seat.
The economic boom thriving wealthy company doers and businessmen to Laurens.
Andrew Johnson, 17th President of the United States, worked as a tailor downtown Laurens from 1824 until 1826. Before the beginning of the Civil War, Laurens provided a great deal of political leaders to the state government.
The fighting of the Civil War never neared Laurens.
But Laurens was affected by the influx of refugees that fled Charleston to avoid the progressing Union Army and Navy.
Several of the refugees settled in Laurens after the Civil War. The years after the Civil War, Reconstruction, the economy of Laurens evolved to include industry.
The recovery of Laurens' economy was dependent upon the creation of the textiles and manufacturing trade after the civil war.
In 1895, Lauren Cotton Mill was founded, and Watts Mill was started in 1902.
Laurens Glass Company was established 1910, which was one of the biggest glass plants in the southeast for over eighty years.
The Laurens Railroad Company was chartered in 1847.
Historic Laurens County Courthouse Laurens and Laurens County is part of the Old 96 District, which also includes Abbeville County, Greenwood County, Mc - Cormick County, and Edgefield County.
Laurens was the town chosen for a makeover in the second season of Town Haul.
Laurens is home to Gary Davis and Pink Anderson, acoustic blues musicians who were born in the city, as well as Redtop Davis, lightweight boxer of the 1940s and 1950s.
Taylor, the lead singer of the funk/R&B band Kool & The Gang, interval up in Laurens.
The Laurens County Courthouse is placed in the center of the square.
Laurens' church precinct has two historic churches, which are positioned on Caroline Street.
The Church of the Epiphany is Lauren's earliest church building still operating.
The church was assembled in 1897. In 1834, the First Baptist Church was originally built.
The present sanctuary was assembled in 1958. The First Presbyterian Church was organized on April 1, 1832, but the present church structure was assembled in 1891.
The home is registered on the National Register of Historic Places. The South Carolina Baptist Ministries for the Aging bought the home in 1970. The Governor Simpson House was originally assembled by one of the first families of Laurens, Christopher Garlington, in 1839.
Another historic home registered on the National Register of Historic Places is the Charles H.
The John Calvin Owings House is one of the landmarks in Laurens.
The design and architecture are accredited to the brother of the builder who was an engineer. Reverend Zelotes Lee Holmes was a Presbyterian minister and educator in Laurens.
The Octagon House, A Home for All by Orson Fowler was presented in 1853 was based upon the assembly of the home. The home was sold to the Holmes family after the death of Reverend Holmes in 1885. Other listings on the National Register of Historic Places are the Albright-Dukes House, Lyde Irby Darlington House, Allen Dial House, Charles H.
William Claudius Irby House, Irby-Henderson-Todd House, Laurens Historic District, Nickels-Milam House, Sitgreaves House, South Harper Historic District, Sullivan House, and Wilson-Clary House. Laurens is positioned at 34 30 3 N 82 1 6 W (34.500717, -82.018271). Climate data for Laurens, South Carolina, normals 1981 2010, extremes 1901-present The Laurens City Hall is positioned on the town square.
Laurens is the home of WLBG-AM 860, which carries a news/talk format as 'Real Radio 860.' This airways broadcast is well-respected and the earliest of the two daily news sources in Laurens, SC.
Laurens also has a daily news website, Go - Laurens.com.
The city's only print newspaper, The Laurens County Advertiser, is a weekly, presented every Wednesday.
Unlike the large version of the Advertiser, the Laurens County Advertiser Extra is distributed no-charge of charge, without subscription to many inhabitants throughout Laurens County.
Laurens is home to the upstate's premier commercial printer, Print-A-Matic, Inc., established by Robert Seymour in 1979.
The Laurens County Community Access Channel, ACCESS 15, a Public, educational, and government access (PEG) cable TV channel is broadcast over Charter Cable channel 15.
Lomax, Louisiana state representative from Lincoln Parish, born in Laurens in 1849 Laurens: Laurens County Historical Society and Laurens County arts Council.
Laurens County Chamber of Commerce.
A Laurens County Sketchbook.
A Laurens County Sketchbook.
"History of Laurens County".
Laurens County Museum Association.
"The Laurens County Advertiser".
Laurens City, SC Official Website Laurens County, SC Official Website Laurens County Chamber of Commerce Laurens County History The Laurens County Advertiser Online ACCESS 15, Laurens County Community Access Channel Municipalities and communities of Laurens County, South Carolina, United States
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