Welcome to Greenville County ...

Time Zone: Greenville County lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time.

The community of Greenville is the Seat for Greenville County.

Greenville County was founded in 1798.

From the Census Estimates for 2019, <1> Greenville had a population of 524,748 people. This is an increase of 16.29% since the last Census (which gave a population of 451,225 people in 2010).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Greenville represented 9.76% of the total population of South Carolina.

Below are some of the communities located in Greenville County:

• Fountain Inn
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Inn
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,905 people
  • Jump to Google Maps centered on Fountain Inn
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fountain Inn<2>
• Greenville
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 72,227 people
  • Jump to Google Maps centered on Greenville
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenville<2>
• Greer
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greer
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,316 people
  • Jump to Google Maps centered on Greer
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greer<2>
• Mauldin
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauldin
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,562 people
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  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mauldin<2>
• Simpsonville
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpsonville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,272 people
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  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Simpsonville<2>
• Travelers Rest
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travelers Rest
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,202 people
  • Jump to Google Maps centered on Travelers Rest
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Travelers Rest<2>

Websites of Interest ...

• Websites specific to South Carolina
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Website for the Department of Archives and History

• Websites specific to Greenville County
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• Websites for nearby counties
  • Henderson County
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  • Polk County
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  • Spartanburg County
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  • Laurens County
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  • Abbeville County
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  • Anderson County
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  • Pickens County
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  • Transylvania County
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• Cemetery Information and Directories
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of South Carolina
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of South Carolina
  • Cemeteries of Greenville County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of South Carolina
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of South Carolina
  • Cemeteries of Greenville County

• Of Special Interest ...
  • The GenDisasters website specializes in newspaper articles about tragedies and disasters. While it makes interesting reading all by itself, it should be of special interest to genealogists and family historians looking for people who were either affected by or directly involved in such tragedies.
  • At this time (Dec 2022), GenDisasters website is currently offline due to a hacker attack. Hopefully they will be back soon.