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Clinton is located at (34.471257, -81.875023 The city is concentrated around the intersection of U.S. Route 76 and South Carolina Highway 72, south of Spartanburg and northwest of Columbia.
Clinton Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Clinton, Laurens County, South Carolina. It encompasses 37 contributing buildings in the central business district of Clinton. The district predominantly comprises late-19th and early-20th century commercial buildings, and also contains two bank buildings; a five ...
Location of Laurens County in South Carolina. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Laurens County, South Carolina.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Laurens County, South Carolina, United States.
Thornwell opened in Clinton, South Carolina on October 1, 1875, to ten orphaned children. [1] It was founded by Reverend William Plumer Jacobs and named for noted theologian James Henley Thornwell. Dr. Jacobs went on to found Presbyterian College and his son Thornwell Jacobs revitalized Oglethorpe University. [2]
William Plumer Jacobs (/ ˈ p l uː. m ɜːr / PLOO-mur; March 15, 1842 – September 10, 1917) was an American Presbyterian minister who founded Thornwell Orphanage and what is now Presbyterian College in Clinton, South Carolina.
Clinton fields men's and women's basketball teams and a cheerleading squad. The college is a founding member of the USCAA's Eastern Metro Athletic Conference (EMAC) in 2018. [ 8 ] The Clinton College men's basketball team won the first EMAC championship on February 23, 2019, when they defeated Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte 77–75.
Duncan's Creek Presbyterian Church, also known as Old Rock Church, is a historic Presbyterian church located near Clinton, Laurens County, South Carolina.It was built in 1842 and is a simple rectangular building constructed of irregular stones.
Clinton Chapel was built in 1893 and expanded in 1948 during a period of growth for the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church and the consolidation of Jim Crow segregation. Added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 12, 2020. [2]