Piedmont, South Carolina

Piedmont, South Carolina
CDP
Location of Piedmont, South Carolina
Country	United States
State	South Carolina
Counties	Anderson, Greenville
Area
• Total	8.7 sq mi (22.7 km2)
• Land	8.6 sq mi (22.2 km2)
• Water	0.2 sq mi (0.4 km2)
Elevation	787 ft (240 m)
Population  (2000)
• Total	4,684
• Density	545.6/sq mi (210.7/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	29673
Area code	864
FIPS code	45-56365Template:GR
GNIS feature ID	1225406Template:GR

Piedmont is a census-designated place (CDP) along the Saluda River in Anderson and Greenville counties in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The population was 4,684 at the 2000 census.

The Greenville County portion of Piedmont is part of the Greenville-Mauldin-Easley Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the Anderson County portion is part of the Anderson Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

After the American Revolution David Garrison Sr. settled in the SC Indian Territory about 1786 at a place known to the Indians as "Big Shoals of the Saluda". The name of this location was changed to "Garrison Shoals" by David Sr. where he, along with son David Jr. owned a grist mill, tavern and 1,200 acres (4.9 km²) of land. It would later become known as Piedmont, Greenville County, South Carolina when the name was changed once again by the owner of the first successful cotton mill of the area who had purchased the original mill's property from David Sr. David Sr's property was located between Piedmont and Pelzer on Golden Grove Creek of the Saluda River where he appears on the 1790 Census and he is known as the founder of Piedmont

Piedmont Manufacturing Company, which was organized in 1873 and began operation in 1876. This textile mill was one of the first large-scale cotton manufacturers in upstate South Carolina and had considerable influence on the development of other mills in the area.

Piedmont was the setting for the vast majority of the film The Birth of a Nation. The film depicts the ravages of the US Civil War on the population and the subsequent devastation and humiliation endured by the inhabitants during the Reconstruction.

Geography

Piedmont is located at 34°42′15″N 82°27′41″W (34.704140, -82.461427)Template:GR.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 8.8 square miles (22.7 km²), of which, 8.6 square miles (22.2 km²) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.4 km²) of it (1.83%) is water.

Demographics

As of the censusTemplate:GR of 2000, there were 4,684 people, 1,829 households, and 1,349 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 545.6 people per square mile (210.8/km²). There were 1,992 housing units at an average density of 232.0 per square mile (89.6/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 92.08% White, 5.85% African American, 0.19% Native American, 0.23% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.11% from other races, and 1.52% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.20% of the population.

There were 1,829 households out of which 32.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.4% were married couples living together, 12.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.2% were non-families. 23.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 2.95.

In the CDP the population was spread out with 24.9% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 29.7% from 25 to 44, 23.9% from 45 to 64, and 13.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 90.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.8 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $36,310, and the median income for a family was $41,654. Males had a median income of $34,890 versus $23,250 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $16,982. About 7.9% of families and 10.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.6% of those under age 18 and 15.8% of those age 65 or over.

External links

• Piedmont, South Carolina at Curlie