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Fort Hill, photographed in 1887, was the home of John C. Calhoun and later Thomas Green Clemson and is at the center of the university campus.. Thomas Green Clemson, the university's founder, came to the foothills of South Carolina in 1838, when he married Anna Maria Calhoun, daughter of John C. Calhoun, the South Carolina politician and seventh U.S. Vice President. [15]
Clemson (/ ˈ k l ɛ m p s ən, ˈ k l ɛ m z ən / [6] [7]) is a city in Pickens and Anderson counties in the U.S. state of South Carolina.Clemson is adjacent to Clemson University, [8] 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. [9]
On Clemson's death in 1888, he willed the land to the state of South Carolina for the creation of a public university. The university was founded in 1889, and three buildings from the initial construction still exist today: Hardin Hall (built in 1890), Main Building (later renamed Tillman Hall ) (1894), and Godfrey Hall (1898).
Rahway (/ ˈrɔːweɪ /) is a city in southern Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. A bedroom community of New York City, it is centrally located in the Rahway Valley region, in the New York metropolitan area. [18] The city is 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Manhattan and 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Staten Island.
The list of New Jersey rivers includes streams formally designated as rivers, as well as smaller streams such as branches, creeks, drains, forks, licks, runs, etc. found throughout the state. Among the major rivers in New Jersey are the Manasquan, Maurice, Mullica, Passaic, Rahway, Raritan, Musconetcong, Hudson and Delaware rivers.
South Toms River is a borough in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 3,643, [9] a decrease of 41 (−1.1%) from the 2010 census count of 3,684, [18] [19] which in turn reflected an increase of 50 (+1.4%) from the 3,634 counted in the 2000 census.
College founder. Thomas Green Clemson (July 1, 1807 – April 6, 1888) was an American politician and statesman, serving as Chargés d'Affaires to Belgium, and United States Superintendent of Agriculture. He served in the Confederate Army and founded Clemson University in South Carolina. Historians have called Clemson "a quintessential ...
South River is a borough in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census , the borough's population was 16,118, [ 10 ] [ 11 ] an increase of 110 (+0.7%) from the 2010 census count of 16,008, [ 20 ] [ 21 ] which in turn reflected an increase of 686 (+4.5%) from the 15,322 counted in the 2000 census .