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History · West Pelzer

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

West Pelzer is a town in Anderson County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 962 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 880 to 962 (+9%). Half of its homes were built before 1969.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of West Pelzer 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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Before
2000
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in West Pelzer is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean West Pelzer has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Pelzer Community Building in Pelzer, 0.6 miles away.

West Pelzer and the nearest listed places

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Pelzer Community BuildingPelzer Presbyterian ChurchPelzer Manufacturing Company and Mill Village Historic DistrictPiedmont Mill Stores BuildingHolly Springs SchoolChamberlain-Kay House

Closest to West Pelzer

Pelzer Community BuildingPelzer · Building0.6miPelzer Presbyterian ChurchPelzer · Building0.9miPelzer Manufacturing Company and Mill Village Historic DistrictPelzer · District0.9miPiedmont Mill Stores BuildingPiedmont · Building4.1miHolly Springs SchoolWare Place · Building6.4mi

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. Pelzer Community Building’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in West Pelzer?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to West Pelzer’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

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📜 Pelzer📜 Williamston📜 Belton📜 Anderson
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