Seneca, South Carolina Seneca, South Carolina Location in Oconee County and the state of South Carolina.
Location in Oconee County and the state of South Carolina.
State South Carolina Seneca is a town/city in Oconee County, South Carolina, United States.
It is the principal town/city of the Seneca Micropolitan Travel Destination (population 74,273 at the 2010 census), an (MSA) which includes all of Oconee County and which is further encompassed in the greater Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, South Carolina Combined Travel Destination (population 1,266,995 at the 2010 census).
Seneca was titled for the close-by Cherokee town of Isunigu, known to the English as "Seneca Town".
Seneca was established as Seneca City and titled for a close-by Native American village and the Seneca River.
The improve was the home of the Seneca Institute - Seneca Junior College, which was an black school from 1899 to 1939.
Jordon assembled another textile plant and foundry village east of Seneca.
With the assembly of Lake Hartwell in 1963, Lake Keowee in 1971, and Lake Jocassee in 1974, Seneca and the region saw dramatic changes.
In an around Seneca, there are a number of historic buildings and districts that are on the National Register of Historic Places: Seneca Historic District Main article: Seneca Historic District (Seneca, South Carolina) Seneca Historic District was listed in 1974.
The South Carolina Department of Archives and History has additional pictures and information, a copy of the nomination form, and a map. Newry, South Carolina:Newry Historic District was listed in 1982.
It is a historic textile foundry village near Seneca.
Also listed on the National Register of Historic Places are the: Alexander-Hill House, Faith Cabin Library at Seneca Junior College, Mc - Phail Angus Farm, and Old Pickens Presbyterian Church. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 7.1 square miles (18 km2), of which, 7.1 square miles (18 km2) of it is territory and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2) of it (0.56%) is water.
Seneca, SC, town/city hall Seneca City Hall is positioned on North First Street, in the center of the historic (downtown) region of Seneca.
The City Hall Complex is also the locale of the Seneca Police Dept, Seneca Light and Water, as well as the offices of the Mayor and City Administrator.
Seneca Fire Department is homed on West South Fourth Street, in a new complex.
The Fire House is just athwart the street from the Shaver Complex that homes the Shaver Civic Center, and the sports fields for the Seneca Recreation Department, as well as a park for lesser children, and a rubberized soft walking track.
The City of Seneca also owns and operates a enhance pool positioned on North Fairplay Street.
Louise Matheson Bell, Seneca: Visions of Yesterday, 2003, ISBN 0-9763843-0-2.
The South Carolina Encyclopedia, University of South Carolina Press, 2006, p.
Pictures of the Seneca Historic District Seneca Historic District nomination form I Seneca Historic District nomination form II Map of Seneca Historic District Pictures of the Ram Cat Alley Historic District Ram Cat Alley Historic District nomination form Map of the Ram Cat Alley Historic District Pictures of the Newry Historic District Newry Historic District nomination form Map of the Newry Historic District "United States Senator Lindsey Graham, South Carolina : Biography".
Municipalities and communities of Oconee County, South Carolina, United States State of South Carolina
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