704 TOWNS OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 



THE TOWNS IN THE PIEDMONT REGION 



of South Carolina are given in the census of 1880 as thirty-six in num- 

 ber, witli a population of 30,999. A closer count, however, shows that, 

 includino- towns, villages, and trading poijits, this region numbers nearly 

 two hundred and fifty (two hundred and forty-four), with a population 

 exceeding fifty thousand. So that half the towns of the whole State, and 

 one-third of the town population is in the villages of the upper country. 

 A count of the stores give 1,750, and the estimated wealth of the store 

 keepers exceeds ten millions of dollars. The enumeration is made here 

 by the counties lying wholly, or in pa^t, in this region, taken in their 

 alphabetical order. 



ABBEVILLE COUNTY 



has twenty-five towns and trading settlements, with one hundred and 

 sixty-three stores, distributed as follows : Abbeville Court House, thirty- 

 nine stores ; Greenwood, twenty-one stores ; Ninety-Six, nineteen stores ; 

 Hodges, fifteen stores ; Due AVest, twelve stores ; Troy, ten stores ; Don- 

 aldsville and McCormick, seven stores each ; Antreville, four stores ; 

 Calhoun's Mills, Cokesbury, Lowndesville, Mapleton, and New Market, 

 three stores each ; Broadway, Simm's, and Verdery, two stores each ; 

 Bold Branch, Bordeaux, Lulah, Millway, Mountain View, Phoenix, and 

 Sawney, one store each. Of this number nine sell liquors, one hard- 

 ware, five dry goods, fifty-one miscellaneous articles, and ninety-seven 

 general merchandise. The estimated wealth of the store keepers is 

 $681,000. 



Abbeville Court House, the county seat, in Lat. 34°, 13', 8" ; Long. AV. 

 from Columbia, 1°, 5', 15'' ; on a hill among the head-waters of Long 

 Cane, is the terminus of a branch from the Greenville and Columbia 

 railroad, twelve miles long. In 1840 the population was five hundred ; 

 in 1850 it was 1,252; in 1860 it was five hundred and ninety-two ; in 

 1880 it was 1,543. There are two hotels, six churches, and a large 

 graded school. The value of real and personal property is given at 

 §400,000. The town taxes are two mills. There is no debt. Stores, 

 built chiefly of brick, rent for from one hundred dollars to five hundred 

 dollars a year. The yearly sales are given as $500,000, and ten thousand 

 to fifteen thousand bales of cotton are shipped annually to Charleston 

 and Baltimore. There is a carriage manufactory, and two large weekly 

 newspapers. Property has increased in value twenty per cent, within 

 three years. 



Greenwood, at the junction of the Augusta and Knoxville railroad 



