Newberry, South Carolina

Newberry, South Carolina
Newberry Opera House
Newberry Opera House
Official seal of Newberry, South Carolina
Motto: 
"The City of Friendly Folks."
Location of Newberry, South Carolina
Location of Newberry, South Carolina
Coordinates: 34°16′40″N 81°37′00″W / 34.27778°N 81.61667°W / 34.27778; -81.61667
CountryUnited States
StateSouth Carolina
CountyNewberry
Government
 • MayorFoster Senn
Area
 • Total9.00 sq mi (23.30 km2)
 • Land8.99 sq mi (23.29 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.01 km2)
Elevation492 ft (150 m)
Population
 • Total10,691
 • Density1,188.95/sq mi (459.04/km2)
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP code
29108
Area code(s)803, 839
FIPS code45-49570
GNIS feature ID1249864[2]
Websitewww.cityofnewberry.com

Newberry is a city in Newberry County, South Carolina, United States, in the Piedmont 43 miles (69 kilometers) northwest of Columbia. The charter was adopted in 1894. The population was 10,277 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Newberry County;[4] at one time it was called Newberry Courthouse.

Newberry became a city in 1976, but did not report the change to the Census Bureau for more than twenty-five years.[5] As a result, the city was listed as a town in the 2000 census.

It is the home of Newberry College, a private liberal-arts college affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Newberry, South Carolina
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  5. ^ Population Estimates Boundary Changes Archived 2006-02-06 at the Wayback Machine, United States Census Bureau, 2007-07-01. Accessed 2008-11-06.