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Also known as Clemson, South Carolina, Clemson, SC, Calhoun, Calhoun, South Carolina

city in South Carolina, United States

Key facts

Country
United States
State
South Carolina
Counties
Pickens , Anderson
City
8.15 sq mi (21.11 km )
Land
7.69 sq mi (19.92 km )
Water
0.46 sq mi (1.19 km )
Elevation
768 ft (234 m)
Density
2,298.7/sq mi (887.54/km )
Urban
118,369 ( US: 286th )
Urban density
1,234/sq mi (476.4/km )
Time zone
UTC−5 ( Eastern (EST) )
Summer dst
UTC−4 (EDT)
Zip codes
29631-29634
Area codes
864, 821
Fips code
45-14950
Website
www .clemsoncity .org

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Encyclopedic overview

Clemson (/ˈklɛmpsən, ˈklɛmzən/) is a city in Pickens and Anderson counties in the U.S. state of South Carolina. Clemson is adjacent to Clemson University, and is identified with it. In 2015, the Princeton Review cited the town of Clemson as ranking #1 in the United States for "town-and-gown" relations with its resident university. The population of the city was 17,681 at the 2020 census.

Clemson is part of the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC Combined Statistical Area.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Clemson” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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