The Upstate is the region in northwestern South Carolina, United States also known as The Upcountry^[1], which is the historical term. Although loosely defined among locals, the general definition includes the 8 counties of the Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson CSA which has an overall population of 1,162,459. The Upstate is the fastest growing region in the state, and given its strategic position between Atlanta and Charlotte, future development and growth prospects are bright. After BMW's initial investment, foreign companies especially from Germany have made a substantial presence in the Upstate, and several large corporations have established regional, national, or continental headquarters in the region. Greenville is the largest city in the region and the base of most commercial activity. Spartanburg is the second largest city in the region. The third largest city in the region is named Anderson. The fourth largest is Easley. This reflects the current population of the upstate. The area is predicted to look like Atlanta (as in map look) by 2030. The upstate refers to the northwestern portion of at least three U.S. states, furthest inland and away from the Atlantic Ocean: Upstate New York, the whole state besides the five boroughs of New York City, which is correspondingly called downstate South Carolina, in the foothills Maine, opposite down-east... Image File history File links Map of the South Carolina Upstate File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Official language(s) English Capital Columbia Largest city Columbia Largest metro area Columbia Area  Ranked 40th  - Total 34,726 sq mi (82,965 km²)  - Width 200 miles (320 km)  - Length 260 miles (420 km)  - % water 6  - Latitude 32° 2′ N to 35° 13′ N  - Longitude 78° 32′ W to 83... This article is about the state capital of Georgia. ... Charlotte (also known as candle stick) is a figure skating grace move - one of the spirals, where the skater is bended and glides on its one leg with the other one lifted to the air. ... For other places with the same name, see Greenville. ... Spartanburg is a city located in Spartanburg County in South Carolina, a state of the United States of America, and 98 miles north of Columbia. ... // Anderson may mean: Anderson (surname), a common family name, also spelled Andersen or Andersson Anderson (automobile), an American car Anderson (crater), a crater on Earths moon Anderson Electric, an early 20th century electric car Anderson Packers, a basketball team from Anderson, Indiana Anderson School, The, PS 334 (K-8... Easley is a city located in Pickens County, South Carolina. ...

Counties

There are eight counties included in the upstate of South Carolina: Greenville, Spartanburg, Anderson, Pickens, Cherokee, Oconee, Union, and Laurens. Greenville County is a county located in the state of South Carolina. ... Spartanburg County is a county located in the state of South Carolina. ... Anderson County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. ... Pickens County is a county located in the state of South Carolina. ... Cherokee County is a county located in the state of South Carolina. ... Oconee County is a county located in the state of South Carolina. ... Union County is a county located in the state of South Carolina. ... Laurens County is the name of several counties in the United States: Laurens County, Georgia Laurens County, South Carolina This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Cities

Primary cities

The primary cities in the upstate area are Greenville, Spartanburg, and Anderson. For other places with the same name, see Greenville. ... Spartanburg is the largest city in and the county seat of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States. ... Anderson is a city located in Anderson County, South Carolina. ...

Other Cities with at least 20,000 residents

Taylors, Wade Hampton, Simpsonville, and Greer most likely have over 20,000 by now at current growth rate. Taylors is a census-designated place located in Greenville County, South Carolina. ... Wade Hampton is a census-designated place located in Greenville County, South Carolina. ... Simpsonville is a suburb of Greenville in Greenville County, South Carolina, United States. ... Greer is a town between Greenville and Spartanburg in Greenville and Spartanburg counties in South Carolina. ...

Other cities with more than 10,000 residents

Other cities in the upstate with over 10,000 residents are Clemson, Easley, Gaffney, and Mauldin. If students from Clemson University are included, Clemson has close to 30,000 residents. Clemson is a city located in South Carolina, a state of the United States of America. ... Easley is a city located in Pickens County, South Carolina. ... Gaffney is a city in Cherokee County, South Carolina, United States. ... Mauldin is a city in Greenville County, South Carolina, United States. ... Clemson University is a public, coeducational, land-grant, research university located in Clemson, South Carolina, United States. ...

Cities with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants

Cities in the upstate with under 10,000 residents include Belton, Blacksburg, Boiling Springs, Buffalo, Central, Chesnee, Clinton, Cowpens, Duncan, East Gaffney, Gray Court, Inman, Landrum, Laurens, Liberty, Lyman, Mayo, Pacolet, Pelzer, Pendleton, Pickens, Piedmont, Seneca, Travelers Rest, Union, Walhalla, Williamston, and Woodruff. Belton is a city located in Anderson County, South Carolina, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 4,461. ... Blacksburg is a town located in Cherokee County, South Carolina. ... Boiling Springs is a census-designated place located in Spartanburg County, South Carolina. ... Buffalo is a census-designated place (CDP) in Union County, South Carolina, United States. ... Central is a town located in Pickens County, South Carolina. ... Chesnee is a city located in South Carolina. ... Clinton is a city located in Laurens County, South Carolina. ... Cowpens is a town located in Spartanburg County, South Carolina. ... Duncan is a town located in Spartanburg County, South Carolina. ... East Gaffney is a census-designated place located in Cherokee County, South Carolina. ... Gray Court is a town located in Laurens County, South Carolina. ... Inman is a city in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States. ... Landrum is a city in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States. ... Gateway Park, located on U.S. 221 at Laurens St. ... Liberty is a town located in Pickens County, South Carolina. ... Lyman is a town located in Spartanburg County, South Carolina. ... Mayo is a census-designated place located in Spartanburg County, South Carolina. ... Pacolet is a town located in Spartanburg County, South Carolina. ... Pelzer is a town located in Anderson County, South Carolina. ... Pendleton is a town in Anderson County, South Carolina, USA. The population was 2,966 at the 2000 census. ... Pickens is a town in Pickens County, South Carolina, United States. ... Piedmont is a census-designated place located in South Carolina. ... Seneca, SC welcome sign on Highway 123 Seneca is a city in Oconee County, South Carolina, United States. ... Travelers Rest is a town in Greenville County, South Carolina, United States. ... Union is a city in and the county seat of Union County[3], South Carolina, United States. ... Walhalla is a city in Oconee County, South Carolina, United States. ... Williamston is a town located in Anderson County, South Carolina. ... Woodruff is a city located in Spartanburg County, South Carolina. ...

Institutions of higher education

Colleges and universities in this area include: Anderson University, Bob Jones University, Clemson University, Converse College, Erskine College, Furman University, Greenville Tech, Limestone College, Presbyterian College, Southern Wesleyan University, Spartanburg Methodist College, Spartanburg Community College, Tri-County Technical College, University Center - Greenville, USC-Upstate, USC-Union, Wofford College, and North Greenville College. Anderson University is a comprehensive university located in Anderson, South Carolina, offering bachelors and masters degrees in approximately 50 areas of study. ... Bob Jones University (BJU) is a private, Protestant Fundamentalist, liberal arts university in Greenville, South Carolina. ... Clemson University is a public, coeducational, land-grant, research university located in Clemson, South Carolina, United States. ... Converse College is a womens college located in Spartanburg, South Carolina. ... Ariel view of Erskine Building and Towers Erskine College is a four year, Christian liberal arts college located in Due West, South Carolina. ... The Bell Tower Furman University is a private, coeducational, non-sectarian university in Greenville, South Carolina, United States. ... Greenville Technical College is located in Greenville, South Carolina. ... Limestone College is a private 4-year, coeducational liberal-arts college located in Gaffney, South Carolina. ... Presbyterian College is a liberal arts college in Clinton, South Carolina, USA. Presbyterian College, or PC, is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church USA. Presbyterian College has around 1300 students and runs on an endowment of around $75 million. ... Southern Wesleyan University is a four-year Christian college in the town of Central, South Carolina. ... Spartanburg Methodist College is a two-year institution of higher learning, or junior college, located in Spartanburg, South Carolina. ... Spartanburg Community College SCC is a public, suburban, two-year comprehensive, open-admission institution of higher education serving the citizens of Spartanburg, Cherokee, and Union counties in Upstate South Carolina. ... The University of South Carolina Upstate is a public university located in Spartanburg, South Carolina. ... Wofford College is a small liberal arts college located in Spartanburg, South Carolina. ... This article or section is incomplete and may require expansion and/or cleanup. ...

Economy

The majority of business and commerce in the Upstate takes place in Greenville County. Greenville has the largest concentration of businesses and financial institutions in its downtown area. Many financial institutions have regional offices located in downtown Greenville. These include Wachovia and Bank of America. Other major industries of commerce in the Upstate include the auto industry which is concentrated mainly along the corridor between Greenville and Spartanburg around the BMW manufactuing facility in Greer. The other major industry in the Upstate is the healthcare and pharmaceuticals. Greenville Hospital System and Bon Secours St. Francis Health System are the area's largest in the healthcare sector, while the pharmaceutical corporation of Bausch & Lomb have set up regional operations alongside smaller recently developed local companies like IRIX Manufacturing, Incorporated and Pharmaceutical Associates. Clemson University, BMW, IBM, Microsoft, and Michelin have combined their resources to create International Center for Automotive Research (ICAR), a research park that specializes in the development of automotive technology. For Moravian settlements in North Carolina, see Wachovia, North Carolina. ... Bank of America (NYSE: BAC TYO: 8648) is the largest commercial bank in the United States in terms of deposits, and the largest company of its kind in the world. ... For other uses, see BMW (disambiguation). ... Bausch & Lomb is an American company based in Rochester, New York, specializing in eye health products such as contact lenses, lens care products and eye surgery devices and instruments. ... Clemson University is a public, coeducational, land-grant, research university located in Clemson, South Carolina, United States. ... For other uses, see BMW (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see IBM (disambiguation) and Big Blue. ... Microsoft Corporation, (NASDAQ: MSFT, HKSE: 4338) is a multinational computer technology corporation with global annual revenue of US$44. ... Michelin (full name: Compagnie Générale des Établissements Michelin) (Euronext: ML) based in Clermont-Ferrand in the Auvergne région of France, is primarily a tyre manufacturer. ...

Corporations based in or with a major presence in the Upstate

The following corporations have a major presence in the Upstate: Bank of America, Bi-Lo, BMW of North America, Bon Secours St. Francis Health System [1], Bosch North America, Bowater, Central Carolina Bank, Charter Communications, Denny's Restaurants, Dunlop Slazenger Group, Ernst and Young, Fluor Corporation, Freightliner LLC, GE Power Systems, Greenville Hospital System [2], IBM, Liberty Corporation, Michelin of North America, Microsoft, Milliken & Co., and Perrigo Company of South Carolina Bank of America (NYSE: BAC TYO: 8648) is the largest commercial bank in the United States in terms of deposits, and the largest company of its kind in the world. ... BI-LO is the name of several different supermarket chains around the world: BI-LO (Australia) BI-LO (United States) Bilo is also The retarded brother of Sacha Baron Cohens character Borat. ... For other uses, see BMW (disambiguation). ... Charter Communications NASDAQ: CHTR is an American company providing cable television, high-speed Internet, and telephone services to more than 5. ... Dennys is the largest full-service family restaurant chain in the United States. ... Slazenger is a British sports equipment brand name sold in nearly all parts of the world involving a variety of sporting categories. ... SNC Century Freightliner LLC was a manufacturer of heavy duty trucks, chassis and semi-trailer trucks. ... Ge may refer to: Gê, a group of indigenous Brazilian tribes and their Ge languages Ge (Cyrillic) (Г, г), a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet Ge with upturn (Ґ, Ò‘), a letter of the Ukrainian alphabet Nikolai Ge, a Russian painter GÄ“, an ancient Chinese dagger-axe Ge (genus), a genus of butterflies Also... For other uses, see IBM (disambiguation) and Big Blue. ... Michelin (full name: Compagnie Générale des Établissements Michelin) (Euronext: ML) based in Clermont-Ferrand in the Auvergne région of France, is primarily a tyre manufacturer. ... Microsoft Corporation, (NASDAQ: MSFT, HKSE: 4338) is a multinational computer technology corporation with global annual revenue of US$44. ... Milliken & Co. ...

Transportation

The Upstate is served by two major interstate highways, I-85 and I-26. Other major interstate spurs include I-185, I-385, and I-585. The major airport in the region is Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport, located nearly halfway between Greenville and Spartanburg in suburban Greer. Greenville, Spartanburg, Anderson, Clemson, Pickens, Union, and Gaffney each have smaller airfields. AMTRAK service along the Crescent Line stops in Spartanburg, Greenville, and Clemson. Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Interstate 85 Interstate 85 (abbreviated I-85) is an interstate highway in the southeastern United States. ... Interstate 26 (abbreviated I-26) is an east-west main route of the Interstate Highway System in the Southeastern United States. ... Interstate 185 is located in the city of Greenville, South Carolina. ... Interstate 385 (abbreviated I-385) is an interstate highway located in The Upstate region of South Carolina. ... Interstate 585 (abbreviated I-585) stretches from an Interstate 85 Business loop to Spartanburg, South Carolina. ... Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport is an airport in Greer, South Carolina, USA, near Greenville, South Carolina and Spartanburg, South Carolina. ... Vermonter at the Brattleboro, Vermont, station, 18 March 2004. ... The Crescent is a passenger train operated by Amtrak in the eastern part of the United States. ...

Media

The Upstate region is served by 3 regional newspapers: The Greenville News, the (Spartanburg) Herald-Journal and the Anderson Independent-Mail, each of which serves their individual city and surrounding area respectively.

The Upstate is part of the vastly larger Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson-Asheville designated market area, which extends into western North Carolina and northeastern Georgia. The following television stations serve the region: Not to be confused with Ashville. ... A designated market area is a group of counties in the United States that are covered by a specific television station. ... Official language(s) English Demonym North Carolinian Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Largest metro area Charlotte metro area Area  Ranked 28th in the US  - Total 53,865 sq mi (139,509 km²)  - Width 150 miles (340 km)  - Length 560[1] miles (900 km)  - % water 9. ...

• WYFF Channel 4 - Greenville (NBC)
• WSPA-TV Channel 7 - Spartanburg (CBS)
• WLOS-TV Channel 13 - Asheville, North Carolina (ABC)
• WGGS-TV Channel 16 - Greenville (TBN)
• WHNS Channel 21 - Greenville (FOX)
• WMYA-TV Channel 40 - Anderson (MNTV)
• WYCW Channel 62 - Asheville, North Carolina (CW)

WYFF is the NBC television affiliate based in Greenville, South Carolina. ... This article is about the television network. ... WSPA-TV is a CBS television affiliate based in Spartanburg, South Carolina. ... This article is about the broadcast network. ... WLOS-TV, channel 13, is the ABC television affiliate serving the Asheville, North Carolina, Greenville, South Carolina, Spartanburg, South Carolina, and Anderson, South Carolina in its coverage area. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American television network. ... WGGS-TV is a Christian independent television station licensed to Greenville, South Carolina. ... The Trinity Broadcasting Network, or TBN, is the worlds largest Christian television network, with a larger U.S. viewership than its three main competitor networks combined. ... WHNS (known on-air as Fox Carolina) is the Fox affiliate licensed to Greenville, South Carolina. ... FOX redirects here. ... WMYA-TV is the MyNetworkTV television affiliate station for the Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville television market in western North and South Carolina. ... MyNetworkTV (sometimes written My Network TV, and unofficially abbreviated MyNet, MyTV, MYN-TV, MNT, or MNTV) is a television network in the United States, owned by the Fox Broadcasting Company, a division of News Corporation. ... WYCW is the CW affiliate licensed to Asheville, North Carolina, serving the Greenville, SC/Spartanburg, SC/Asheville television market. ... The CW Television Network, normally abbreviated to The CW, also known as The New CW in its first season of the network, is a television network in the United States launched during the 2006 television season. ...

See also

• I-85 Corridor
• SC-NC-VA Tornado Outbreak

The I-85 Corridor is a multi-state region that follows I-85 across the Southeastern U.S. It includes several metropolitan areas: the Atlanta metropolitan area, The SC Upstate, Asheville, Charlotte metropolitan area, The NC Piedmont Triad, The NC Triangle, and Richmond-Petersburg. ... The SC-NC-VA outbreak (tornadoes were also reported in Georgia) occurred on May 5, 1989. ...

References

External links

• South Carolina Upstate Info
• South Carolina Appalachian Council of Governments
• The Upcountry website
• The Greenville News
• (Spartanburg) Herald Journal
• Anderson Independent-Mail
• Greenville Journal
• Journal Homes

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South Carolina is one of the original states of the United States of America, and its history has been remarkable for an extraordinary commitment to political independence, whether from overseas or federal control. ... Official language(s) English Capital Columbia Largest city Columbia Largest metro area Columbia Area  Ranked 40th  - Total 34,726 sq mi (82,965 km²)  - Width 200 miles (320 km)  - Length 260 miles (420 km)  - % water 6  - Latitude 32° 2′ N to 35° 13′ N  - Longitude 78° 32′ W to 83... A list of South Carolina Governors. ... The South Carolina General Assembly, also called the South Carolina Legislature, is the legislative branch of South Carolina and consists of the South Carolina House of Representatives and the South Carolina Senate. ... South Carolina State House South Carolina State House The South Carolina State House is the State Capitol building of the U.S. state of South Carolina. ... South Carolinas 6 congressional districts There are currently six United States congressional districts in South Carolina based on results from the United States 2000 Census. ... The United States Census Bureau has defined 4 Combined Statistical Areas (CSAs),[1] 10 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs),[2] and 13 Micropolitan Statistical Areas (μSAs)[3] in the State of South Carolina. ... The following is a list of state parks in the U.S. state of South Carolina: Aiken State Natural Area Andrew Jackson State Park Baker Creek State Park Barnwell State Park Caesars Head State Park Calhoun Falls State Recreation Area Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site Cheraw State Park Chester... This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of South Carolina: // This list is arranged by drainage basin, from north to south, with respective tributaries indented under each larger streams name. ... List of Registered Historic Places in South Carolina: Abbeville Abbeville County Courthouse Abbeville Historic District Abbeville Historic District (Boundary Decrease) Abbeville Historic District (Boundary Increase) Abbeville Opera House Armistead Burt House Cedar Springs Historic District Harbison College Presidents Home Patrick Calhoun Family Cemetery Trinity Episcopal Church and Cemetery Donalds... See South Carolina state entry. ... This is a list of broadcast television stations serving cities in the state of South Carolina. ... FM Stations: 88. ... . ...