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CITY OF BELTON
Chartered .................................1855 Council Meets ............1st Tuesdays
Population ..............................4,898 City Hall – 6 p.m.
Address ...............306 Anderson St. Website ............cityofbeltonsc.com
Anderson, SC 29627 Social Media .........@cityofbeltonsc
Phone .....................(864) 338-7773

City of Belton

CITY OF BELTON
Welcome to The Standpipe City, and The Tennis Capital of
South Carolina - home of the Palmetto Tennis Championships,
the S.C. Tennis Hall of Fame, and the Standpipe Festival. The
Standpipe, constructed in 1909, is a 155-foot tall, 165,000-gallon
capacity, concrete-reinforced water tank. Looking like a medieval
castle tower, it rises over the city. Only three standpipes remain in
the state, and Belton’s is the tallest.
Founded in the 19th century when the Columbia and
Greenville Railroad was built, Belton is Anderson County’s second
largest town. Belton’s historic residential areas are within walking
distance of a thriving downtown and historic Town Square.
Several oil companies are headquartered in Belton, along
with working farms and one of Anderson’s older businesses, Town of Honea Path
Clickscales Drugs, founded in 1915. Cultural and educational
facilities include Belton Center for the Arts, Belton Depot, Ruth
Drake Museum, and the Belton Library. TOWN OF HONEA PATH
The origins of Honea Path’s name are a mystery. The town may be
misspelled for William Honey, an early trapper and trader who was
granted 200 acres by Governor Pinckney in 1788. Or the Cherokee
name for path, honea, may be a double name for the place. When
the town was chartered in 1885, Honey Path was recorded in several
places, but in 1917 the town was incorporated as Honea Path.
One of South Carolina’s smallest towns, Honea Path during the
railroad years was a water stop on the Greenville and Columbia
Railroad. The construction of Chiquola Mill in 1902 transitioned Honea
Path’s economy from small farm agriculture to a leading textile center.
The four-story cotton mill operated until 2003. Community leaders
are studying the 21-acre historic site for redevelopment opportunities.
Manufacturing continues to thrive, anchored by Milliken Company,
specializing in protective floor coverings, and Timken, which produces
automotive bearings and transmissions.
One of Anderson County’s oldest structures is the Obediah Shirley
Home, built in Honea Path after 1824 with rough-hewn logs and
wrought by a blacksmith. It is preserved today and listed on the
National Register of Historic Places. Honea Path is the smallest town
in the nation with a Carnegie Library, built in 1908 and still used as a
branch of the Anderson County Library.

TOWN OF HONEA PATH
Chartered ..................................1917 Council Meets ...........3rd Tuesdays
Population .............................. 3,734 City Hall – 6 p.m.
Address ...................204 S. Main St. Website ..............honeapathsc.com
Honea Path, SC 29654 Social Media @TownofHoneaPath
Phone .................... (864) 369-2466

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