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Newberry, South Carolina
Newberry Opera House
Newberry Opera House
Official seal of Newberry, South Carolina
Seal
Motto(s): 
"The City of Friendly Folks."
Location of Newberry, South Carolina
Location of Newberry, South Carolina
Country United States
State South Carolina
County Newberry
Area
 • Total 9.00 sq mi (23.30 km2)
 • Land 8.99 sq mi (23.29 km2)
 • Water 0.00 sq mi (0.01 km2)
Elevation
492 ft (150 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total 10,691
 • Density 1,188.95/sq mi (459.04/km2)
Time zone UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP code
29108
Area code(s) 803, 839
FIPS code 45-49570
GNIS feature ID 1249864
Website www.cityofnewberry.com

Newberry is a city in Newberry County, South Carolina, United States, in the Piedmont 43 miles (69 kilometers) northwest of Columbia. The charter was adopted in 1894. The population was 10,277 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Newberry County; at one time it was called Newberry Courthouse.

Newberry became a city in 1976, but did not report the change to the Census Bureau for more than twenty-five years. As a result, the city was listed as a town in the 2000 census.

It is the home of Newberry College, a private liberal-arts college affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

Geography

Newberry is located at 34°16′40″N 81°37′00″W / 34.277655°N 81.616560°W / 34.277655; -81.616560 (34.277655, -81.616560).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town had a total area of 6.6 square miles (17.0 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop.
1850 509
1870 1,891
1880 2,343 23.9%
1890 3,020 28.9%
1900 4,607 52.5%
1910 5,028 9.1%
1920 5,894 17.2%
1930 7,298 23.8%
1940 7,510 2.9%
1950 7,546 0.5%
1960 8,208 8.8%
1970 9,218 12.3%
1980 9,866 7.0%
1990 10,542 6.9%
2000 10,580 0.4%
2010 10,277 −2.9%
2020 10,691 4.0%
U.S. Decennial Census

2020 census

Newberry racial composition
Race Num. Perc.
White (non-Hispanic) 4,378 40.95%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 4,529 42.36%
Native American 19 0.18%
Asian 78 0.73%
Pacific Islander 2 0.02%
Other/Mixed 373 3.49%
Hispanic or Latino 1,312 12.27%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 10,691 people, 4,047 households, and 2,233 families residing in the city.

History

European settlers (primarily German, Scots-Irish, and English) began arriving in great numbers in the 1750s. Newberry County was formed from the Ninety-Six District in 1785. Because of its central location, the town of Newberry was chosen in 1789 as the county seat for Newberry County, which was part of an extensive area of cotton plantations. County and town politics were dominated by planters. By the coming of the railroad in 1851, Newberry had become a thriving trade center. This remained the case until the 1860s.

During the American Civil War, Newberry College was used as a hospital for Confederate and later Union troops. The historic Newberry Court House wasn't burned by William Tecumseh Sherman's troops as he swept through the South.

The Boundary Street-Newberry Cotton Mills Historic District, Burton House, Caldwell Street Historic District, Coateswood, College Street Historic District, Cousins House, Hannah Rosenwald School, Harrington Street Historic District, Francis B. Higgins House, Main Street Historic District, George Mower House, Newberry College Historic District, Newberry County Memorial Hospital, Newberry Historic District, Newberry Opera House, Oakland Mill, Old Courthouse, Ike Reighley House, Summer Brothers Stores, Timberhouse, Vincent Street Historic District, Wells Japanese Garden, Osborne Wells House, and West Boundary Street Historic District are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Education

Newberry has a public library, a branch of the Newberry County Library System.

Notable people

See also

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