Fort Mill, South Carolina

Fort Mill
Fort Mill Township
Town
Fort Mill Downtown Historic District
Fort Mill Downtown Historic District
Official seal of Fort Mill
Seal
Location in South Carolina
Location in South Carolina
Coordinates: 35°00′22″N 80°56′24″W / 35.00611°N 80.94000°W / 35.00611; -80.94000
CountryUnited States
StateSouth Carolina
CountiesYork
Established1873[1]
Named forColonial-era British fort[2]
Government
 • TypeCouncil–manager
 • MayorGuynn Savage[3]
Area
[4]
 • Total
19.97 sq mi (51.72 km2)
 • Land19.71 sq mi (51.04 km2)
 • Water0.26 sq mi (0.68 km2)  1.30%
Elevation
[5]
623 ft (190 m)
Population
 (2020)[6]
 • Total
24,521
 • Estimate 
(2023)
33,626
 • Density1,244.34/sq mi (480.43/km2)
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
29715, 29716, 29708
Area code(s)803, 839
FIPS code45-26890[7]
GNIS feature ID1247805[5]
Websitefortmillsc.gov

Fort Mill, also known as Fort Mill Township, is a town in York County, South Carolina, United States. It is a suburb of Charlotte, North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population of the town was 24,521.[8] Some businesses and residents in the Indian Land community of neighboring Lancaster County share a Fort Mill mailing address, but the official town boundary extends only within York County.

The Fort Mill area is home to notable businesses such as the headquarters of Carolina Crown Drum and Bugle Corps (who were DCI World Champions in 2013), LPL Financial,[9] Continental Tire the Americas (Lancaster County), LLC., CompuCom Systems, Diversey, Inc., Sunbelt Rentals, Domtar, Springs Industries, AECOM (Lancaster County), Shutterfly,[10] Red Ventures (Lancaster County), Daimler Trucks North America, and Puckerbutt Pepper Company, known for originally producing the Carolina Reaper[11] and Pepper X.[12]

  1. ^ "Our Town". fortmillsc.org. Archived from the original on August 27, 2007. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  2. ^ "Town of Fort Mill". discoversouthcarolina.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2022. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
  3. ^ "Your Government". fortmillsc.gov. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  4. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2023. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  5. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fort Mill, South Carolina
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on December 27, 1996. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2020CensusQuickFacts was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ "LPL Financial breaks ground on Fort Mill, SC, headquarters" Archived April 16, 2017, at the Wayback Machine Charlotte Observer. Retrieved April 16, 2017
  10. ^ "Shutterfly Expands East Coast Manufacturing" Archived April 16, 2017, at the Wayback Machine AreaDevelopment.com, Retrieved April 16, 2017
  11. ^ "Puckerbutt Pepper Company Makes World's Hottest Peppers And Sauces" Archived November 9, 2020, at the Wayback Machine CNBC. Retrieved December 11, 2020
  12. ^ "Hottest chilli pepper | Guinness World Records"