Spartanburg, also known as "Sparkle City", is a city in and the county seat of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States. The city had a population of 38,732 as of the 2020 census, making it the state's 11th-most populous city. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) groups Spartanburg and Union counties together as the Spartanburg, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Southeast
Spartanburg
Spartanburg County, SC
Population
38,301
Walk Score
76 · Very Walkable
Median rent
$983
Median home value
$165,000
Founded
1787
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Arcadia Mill No.1 · listed 2014
- Converse College Historic District · listed 1975
- Converse Heights Historic District · listed 2007
- Duncan Park Stadium · listed 2016
- Hampton Heights Historic District · listed 1983
- Spartanburg Historic District · listed 1983
- Spartanburg Historic District (Boundary Increase) · listed 2000
- Wofford College Historic District · listed 1974
Notable landmarks
- Alexander House · listed 2003
- American Legion Building · listed 2003
- Anderson's Mill · listed 1978
- Arcadia Mill No. 2 · listed 2005
- Central Methodist Church · listed 2003
- Church of the Advent · listed 2000
- Cleveland Law Range · listed 1973
- Converse Mill · listed 2015
- Drayton Mill · listed 2012
- Duncan, Bishop William Wallace, House · listed 2009
- Evans, Frank, High School · listed 2012
- Evans-Russell House · listed 2007
- Evins-Bivings House · listed 1970
- Foster's Tavern · listed 1970
- Fremont School · listed 2000
- Golightly-Dean House · listed 1988
- Hotel Oregon · listed 2001
- Montgomery Building · listed 2011
- Montgomery Building (Boundary Decrease) · listed 2018
- Montgomery, Walter Scott, House · listed 1984
- Morgan, Daniel, Monument · listed 1980
- Nicholls-Crook House · listed 1973
- Palmetto Theater · listed 1996
- Pine Street Elementary School · listed 2016
- Schuyler Apartments · listed 2014
- …and 5 more
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