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Seneca

Also known as Seneca, South Carolina, Seneca, SC

city in Oconee County, South Carolina, United States

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Country: United States
State: South Carolina
County: Oconee
Total: 8.30 sq mi (21.49 km )
Land: 8.24 sq mi (21.35 km )
Water: 0.054 sq mi (0.14 km )
Elevation: 915 ft (279 m)
Density: 1,073.7/sq mi (414.55/km )
Time zone: UTC−5 ( Eastern (EST) )
Summer dst: UTC−4 (EDT)
Zip codes: 29672, 29678, 29679
Area codes: 864, 821
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Seneca is a city in Oconee County, South Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Seneca had a population of 8,850. It is the principal city of the Seneca Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Oconee County, and is part of the greater Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, South Carolina Combined Statistical Area. Seneca was named for the nearby Cherokee town of Isunigu, which English colonists knew as "Seneca Town".

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