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Historical Markers in Converse

 
Clickable Map of Spartanburg County, South Carolina and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Spartanburg County, SC (159) Cherokee County, SC (96) Greenville County, SC (404) Laurens County, SC (59) Union County, SC (45) Polk County, NC (55) Rutherford County, NC (54)  SpartanburgCounty(159) Spartanburg County (159)  CherokeeCounty(96) Cherokee County (96)  GreenvilleCounty(404) Greenville County (404)  LaurensCounty(59) Laurens County (59)  UnionCounty(45) Union County (45)  PolkCountyNorth Carolina(55) Polk County (55)  RutherfordCounty(54) Rutherford County (54)
Spartanburg is the county seat for Spartanburg County
Converse is in Spartanburg County
Spartanburg County (159)  ►
ADJACENT TO SPARTANBURG COUNTY
Cherokee County (96)  ►
Greenville County (404)  ►
Laurens County (59)  ►
Union County (45)  ►
Polk County, North Carolina (55)  ►
Rutherford County, North Carolina (54)  ►
 
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1 ► South Carolina, Spartanburg County, Converse — The Pacolet River Flood of 1903 —
At dawn on the morning of June 6, 1903, floodwaters roared through the Pacolet River valley. As the high water thundered downstream from mill village to mill village, people in the path of the flash flood had no warning it was coming. Before the . . . — — Map (db m56461) HM
2 ► South Carolina, Spartanburg County, Converse — Pacolet River/Lawsons Fork Creek Watershed —
In the latter part of the nineteenth century, the American textile industry began to move from New England into the South, particularly into South Carolina, North Carolina, and Mississippi, drawn by lower labor costs, close proximity to . . . — — Map (db m309291) HM
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
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Nov. 13, 2026