Spartanburg
city and county seat of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States
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Spartanburg is a city in South Carolina that serves as the county seat for Spartanburg County. It functions as the administrative center for the region.
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- South Carolina
- County
- Spartanburg
- Named after
- The Spartan Regiment
- Mayor
- Jerome Rice
- City
- 20.37 sq mi (52.75 km )
- Land
- 20.25 sq mi (52.46 km )
- Water
- 0.11 sq mi (0.29 km ) 0.54%
- Elevation
- 745 ft (227 m)
- Rank
- 11th in South Carolina
- Density
- 1,912.4/sq mi (738.37/km )
- Urban
- 196,943 (US: 198th )
- Urban density
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Spartanburg, also known as "Sparkle City", is a city in and the county seat of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States. The city had a population of 38,732 as of the 2020 census, making it the 11th-most populous city in the state. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) groups Spartanburg and Union counties together as the Spartanburg, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Spartanburg is the second-largest city in the greater Greenville–Spartanburg–Anderson, SC Combined Statistical Area, which had an estimated population of 1,590,636 in 2023. It is part of a ten-county region of northwestern South Carolina known as "The Upstate", and is located 98 miles (158 km) northwest of Columbia, 80 miles (130 km) west of Charlotte, North Carolina, and about 190 miles (310 km) northeast of Atlanta, Georgia.