Spartanburg, capital of Spartanburg county, South Carolina, 93 miles by rail NNW. of Columbia. Bricks and carriages are manufactured; and here are boys' and girls' high schools and the Wofford (Methodist; 1853) College. Pop. (1890) 5544.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 9: Bound to Swansea, p. 612
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