Anderson, SC

Anderson is a city in as well as the region seat of Anderson Region, South Carolina, USA. It is among the key cities in the Greenville-Anderson-- Mauldin Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had a populace of 824,112 at the 2010 demographics. Anderson is just off Interstate 85 as well as is 120 miles (190 kilometres) from Atlanta in addition to 140 miles (230 kilometres) from Charlotte.

 

Anderson is the tiniest of the 3 primary cities that composes the Upstate area and also is nicknamed "The Electric City" as well as "The Friendliest boink City in South Carolina". Anderson's spirit as well as quality of life have actually made across the country acknowledgment as Anderson Region was named an "All-America City" in 2000.

 

Anderson is your home of Anderson University, a selective unique comprehensive university of approximately 3,400 grad and additionally undergraduate trainees.

 

Anderson was worked out in 1826 and also consisted of in 1828 as Anderson Court Home dividing from the Pendleton location. The name Anderson is in honor of Robert Anderson that dealt with in the American Revolutionary War as well as also inspected out the Anderson region in the mid-18th century. Anderson Location (later on Anderson Area after 1867) was similarly established in 1826 out of the Pendleton district.

 

In 1851 the Johnson Women Academy was created in Anderson as the preliminary college of the area along with was called after William Bullein Johnson. One year later the seminary was renamed Johnson University. Throughout the American Civil Fight, Johnson College was shut as well as converted into a Confederate treasury. On May 1, 1865, Union pressures entered Anderson looking for the Confederate treasury. The treasury workplace of Anderson was burglarized by Union stress as well as the major building of Johnson College was taken advantage of as a Union head workplace. A minor altercation emerged at the Battle of Anderson leading to 2 Union casualties. After the fight, a Union fort was posted in Anderson.

 

The Electric City

 

Portman Shoals Nuclear Reactor around 1920.

Anderson turned into one of the extremely first cities in the Southeastern USA to have power. Electric energy to Anderson was developed by William C. Whitner in 1895 at a hydroelectric plant on the Rocky River giving the city the name "The Electric City." Anderson additionally happened the initial city worldwide to offer a cotton gin by power. In 1895 Anderson Court Home was relabelled to Anderson. In 1897 Whitner's plant was updated with a 10,000-volt developing terminal at Portman Shoals. Whitner's power plant at Portman Shoals became the initial hydroelectric plant in the UNITED STATES to develop high voltage without step-up transformers. The Portman Dam was brushed up away in 1901 engaging Anderson to be in darkness till it was rebuilt in 1902.

 

In 1911 Anderson College was established by the Anderson Chamber of Business. Anderson College was a successor to the Johnson Female Academy as well as likewise is related to the South Carolina Baptist Convention, especially, the First Baptist Church of Anderson. Anderson University came to be a co-ed two-year junior college in 1930 as well as likewise in 2006 it ended up being Anderson University.

 

Anderson depends on the northwest edge of South Carolina on the Piedmont plateau. Anderson is a 1-hour drive from heaven Ridge Hills along with a four-hour drive southern Carolina shore. Anderson exists about at the axis of the energetic I-85 corridor in between Atlanta, Georgia, and additionally Charlotte, North Carolina.

 

According to the USA Demographics Bureau, the city has a total location of 14.6 square miles (37.9 km2), of which 14.6 square miles (37.8 km2) is land as well as also 0.039 square miles (0.1 km2), or 0.30%, is water.

 

Anderson is a city in as well as the area seat of Anderson Region, South Carolina, United States. The name Anderson is in honor of Robert Anderson that dealt with in the American Revolutionary War as well as furthermore checked out the Anderson location in the mid-18th century. Anderson Location (later Anderson Region after 1867) was furthermore established in 1826 out of the Pendleton location.

 

Anderson College was a successor to the Johnson Women Academy and also is affiliated with the South Carolina Baptist Convention, in specific, the First Baptist Church of Anderson. Anderson College came to be a co-ed two-year junior university in 1930 along with in 2006 it became Anderson University.

 

Anderson is a city in as well as the area seat of Anderson Area, South Carolina, United States. The name Anderson is in honor of Robert Anderson that dealt with in the American Revolutionary War as well as furthermore examined out the Anderson area in the mid-18th century. Anderson is a city in as well as the region seat of Anderson Region, South Carolina, United States. The name Anderson is in honor of Robert Anderson that combated in the American Revolutionary Battle and also additionally discovered the Anderson area in the mid-18th century. Anderson Location (later Anderson Region after 1867) was in addition established in 1826 out of the Pendleton area.

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