Ware Shoals, South Carolina

Ware Shoals
Town
A bird's eye view of the mill in the 1950s. Katherine Hall is seen just behind the mill.
A bird's eye view of the mill in the 1950s. Katherine Hall is seen just behind the mill.
Location of Ware Shoals, South Carolina
Location of Ware Shoals, South Carolina
Coordinates: 34°23′48″N 82°14′42″W / 34.39667°N 82.24500°W / 34.39667; -82.24500
CountryUnited States
StateSouth Carolina
CountiesGreenwood, Abbeville, Laurens
Area
[1]
 • Total3.37 sq mi (8.73 km2)
 • Land3.28 sq mi (8.49 km2)
 • Water0.09 sq mi (0.24 km2)
Elevation
[2]
633 ft (193 m)
Population
 (2020)[3]
 • Total1,701
 • Density519.07/sq mi (200.42/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
29692
Area codes864, 821
FIPS code45-74680[4]
GNIS feature ID1251323[2]
Websitewww.facebook.com/townofwareshoals/
Historic Ware Shoals High School
A post card from the 1920s brags on the town's community hall.
Scrip was used as currency in textile mill towns. It was good for use only in the company store.
A photo of the Ware Shoals baseball team, circa 1910

Ware Shoals is a town in Abbeville, Greenwood, and Laurens counties in the U.S. state of South Carolina, along the Saluda River .[5] Ware Shoals has a population of 1,607 according to the 2020 United States Census.

The Greenwood County portion of Ware Shoals is part of the Greenwood Micropolitan Statistical Area, while the Laurens County portion is part of the Greenville-Mauldin-Easley Metropolitan Statistical Area

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ware Shoals, South Carolina
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  5. ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Ware Shoals town, South Carolina". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 10, 2020. Retrieved August 2, 2013.