Cherokee County - Steven J. Coker
Subject: Cherokee County
From: Steven J. Coker
Date: December 15, 1998

Cherokee County
http://www.upstate-info.org/cherokee/
http://www.sccounties.org/counties/cherokee.htm

Cherokee County was named for the Cherokee Indians who once made it their home.
It was formed in 1897 from parts of Spartanburg, Union, and York counties, and
the county seat is Gaffney. During the Revolutionary War the battle of Cowpens,
an important victory for the revolutionary forces, took place there on January
17, 1781. Iron mining was an important activity in this region up to the time of
the Civil War, and it is sometimes called the Old Iron District. In the
mid-nineteenth century the resort at Limestone Springs was a popular retreat for
lowcountry planters. Writer Wilbur Joseph Cash (1901-1941) was a native of
Cherokee County, as is actress Andie MacDowell.

Compiled by South Carolina State Library 1996. 
http://www.state.sc.us/scsl/cher.html

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