Clifton’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 4 old photos of Clifton. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusClifton is a Census-designated place located in Spartanburg County in the U.S. State of South Carolina. According to the 2010 United States census, the population was 541.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 541 people in 2010, 544 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1938.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Clifton 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.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Clifton’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Clifton’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old view3 of the sweepers (not the smalle…, 1912: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Clifton
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Clifton, decade by decade
![Birdie[?] Watts and Ellen Watts spinners](https://images.towntapestry.org/story/45480/cc0c6f0b782c73ffe492-s.jpg)
1990s
Nothing in Clifton is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Clifton has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Converse Mill in Converse, 1.2 miles away.
Clifton and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as 3 of the sweepers (not the smallest) (1912) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.