24 Facts About Greenville SC

Greenville SC is a city in and the seat of Greenville SC County, South Carolina, United States.

Greenville SC is located approximately halfway between Atlanta, Georgia and Charlotte, North Carolina along Interstate 85.

Greenville SC is the center of the Upstate region of South Carolina.

Land of present-day Greenville SC was once the hunting ground of the Cherokee, which was forbidden to colonists.

In December 1860 Greenville SC supported a convention to debate the issue of secession for South Carolina.

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The Greenville District sent James Furman, William K Easley, Perry E Duncan, William H Campbell, and James P Harrison as delegates for the convention.

Greenville SC saw no action from the war until 1865 when Union troops came through the town looking for President Jefferson Davis of the Confederacy who had fled south from Richmond, Virginia.

The Greenville SC News was established in 1874 as Greenville SC's first daily newspaper.

The economy of Greenville SC finally waned in the 1970s leaving a void in downtown Greenville SC due to the flight of many retailers.

Greenville SC is in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian Mountains range, and includes many small hills.

Greenville SC is located in the Brevard Fault Zone and has had occasional minor earthquakes.

City of Greenville SC adopted the Council-Manager form of municipal government in 1976.

Greenville SC has numerous public charter schools that are free to state residents.

Greenville SC has several colleges and universities located within the city limits, Bob Jones University, and Greenville SC Technical College.

North Greenville SC University was established in 1893 and is affiliated with the South Carolina Baptist Convention.

University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville SC is a four-year medical school operating on a Prisma Health campus.

Greenville SC Saturday School is a weekend program for Japanese national students, with classes held at the French Bilingual School of South Carolina in Wade Hampton.

Greenville SC's economy was formerly based largely on textile manufacturing, and the city was long known as "The Textile Capital of the World".

Greenville SC has two main health systems, the Bon Secours Health and Prisma Health.

Greenville SC is located on the Interstate 85 corridor, approximately halfway between Atlanta and Charlotte.

Greenville SC has an Amtrak station, which is part of Amtrak's Crescent, connecting Greenville SC with the cities of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Raleigh, Charlotte, Atlanta, Birmingham and New Orleans.

Additionally, Greenville is included in the Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor, which is proposed to run from Washington, D C to Jacksonville, Florida.

Greenville SC Light Opera Works is a professional lyric theatre in Greenville SC that produces Musical Theatre, Operetta and Opera.

Greenville SC is part of the Greenville SC-Spartanburg-Anderson-Asheville DMA, which is the nation's 36th largest television market.