Gaffney, South Carolina

Gaffney, South Carolina
City
Gaffney Commercial Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Gaffney Commercial Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Official seal of Gaffney, South Carolina
Seal
Nickname: 
"Peach Capital of South Carolina"
Gaffney is located in South Carolina
Gaffney
Gaffney
Location of Gaffney, South Carolina
Coordinates: 35°4′18″N 81°39′00″W / 35.07167°N 81.65000°W / 35.07167; -81.65000
CountryUnited States
StateSouth Carolina
CountyCherokee
Government
 • MayorLyman Dawkins III [1]
Area
[2]
 • Total
8.71 sq mi (22.55 km2)
 • Land8.68 sq mi (22.49 km2)
 • Water0.02 sq mi (0.06 km2)
Elevation
[3]
784 ft (239 m)
Population
 (2020)[4]
 • Total
12,764
 • Density1,470.00/sq mi (567.55/km2)
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
29340-29342
Area codes864, 821
FIPS code45-28060
GNIS feature ID1247855[3]
Websitewww.getintogaffney.com

Gaffney is a city in and the seat of Cherokee County, South Carolina, United States,[5] in the Upstate region of South Carolina. Gaffney is known as the "Peach Capital of South Carolina". The population was 12,539 at the 2010 census,[6] with an estimated population of 12,609 in 2019.[7] It is the principal city of the Gaffney, South Carolina, Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Cherokee County and which is further included in the greater Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, South Carolina Combined Statistical Area.

  1. ^ "City Council | Gaffney, SC". www.cityofgaffney-sc.gov.
  2. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  3. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gaffney, South Carolina
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  6. ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Gaffney city, South Carolina (revision of 02-22-2013)". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
  7. ^ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved May 21, 2020.