Greenville, capital of Greenville county, South Carolina, on Reedy River, 95 miles (143 by rail) NW. of Columbia, with a cotton-factory, and manufactures of oil, flour, furniture, and machinery. It is the seat of a Baptist university (1851) and of a Baptist ladies' college. Pop. (1890) 8607.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 5: Friday to Humanitarians, p. 409
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