Pelham, South Carolina

Pelham
Unincorporated community
Pelham is located in South Carolina
Pelham
Pelham
Location within the state of South Carolina
Coordinates: 34°51′25″N 82°13′26″W / 34.8570628°N 82.2240024°W / 34.8570628; -82.2240024
CountryUnited States
StateSouth Carolina
CountySpartanburg
Elevation
[1]
778 ft (237 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID1250052[1]

Pelham (also known as Sugar Tit) is an unincorporated community in Spartanburg County in the upstate of the U.S. state of South Carolina. The Sugar Tit area has about five mile radius around Joe's Lake. It is located around the junction of State 101 and State 296 southeast of Greer, between Reidville and Five Forks.[2] It is mostly farmland and plantations. After BMW came more subdivisions and industrial parks appeared in the area.[3]

The Sugar Tit name is from a time when the men spent so long socializing at the local general store, their wives complained they took to the store like a baby to a sugar tit.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pelham, South Carolina
  2. ^ "What's in a name? Ask any resident of Sugar Tit, S.C." GateHouse Media, Inc. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
  3. ^ "Joe's Lake". GateHouse Media, Inc. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
  4. ^ Leonard, Michael (July 21, 1983). "Series on Spartanburg County Communities' Colorful Past Ends". Herald-Journal. pp. B1. Retrieved April 28, 2015.


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