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History · Central Pacolet

Central Pacolet’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Central Pacolet. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Central Pacolet is a town in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States, along the Pacolet River. As of the 2020 census, Central Pacolet had a population of 209.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 216 to 209 (-3%). Half of its homes were built before 1967.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Central Pacolet yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Famous people close to Central Pacolet

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Andie MacDowellAndie MacDowellGaffney · 12 miWilliam WestmorelandWilliam WestmorelandSpartanburg · 10 miCWCelia WestonSpartanburg · 10 miLHLee HaneySpartanburg · 10 miSGSam GraddyGaffney · 12 miDavid DanielsDavid DanielsSpartanburg · 10 mi
By decade

Central Pacolet, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Central Pacolet is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Central Pacolet has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Marysville School in Pacolet, 0.7 miles away.

Central Pacolet and the nearest listed places

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Marysville SchoolPacolet Mills Cloth Room and WarehousePacolet Mills Historic DistrictPacolet Mill OfficeBivings-Converse HouseNuckolls-Jefferies House

Closest to Central Pacolet

Marysville SchoolPacolet · Building0.7miPacolet Mills Cloth Room and WarehousePacolet · Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements0.9miPacolet Mills Historic DistrictPacolet · Bungalow/Craftsman0.9miPacolet Mill OfficePacolet · Renaissance Revival1miBivings-Converse HouseGlendale · Building5.3mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Marysville School’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Central Pacolet?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Central Pacolet’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Pacolet📜 Jonesville📜 Cowpens📜 Spartanburg
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