Resource & Relocation Guide. Counties - South Carolina

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1 Resource & Relocation Guide Counties - South Carolina

2 1 Reduce. Reuse. Recycle.

3 Table Of Contents 4-5 Newcomer Information 6 Help Hotlines 7 Health & Hospitals 8 Local Education 11 Things To Do 12 State Information 13 County History Anderson & Pickens Co. Map Anderson City Map Pickens City Map 20 Home Buyer Information 22 Buyer Mistakes 23 How Much Can You Afford 25 Tips to Selling Your Home 26 Packing Tips 27 Moving Checklist 28 Homefinder Notepad Skyline Publishing Project Coordinator: Kim Szczerba Ad Designer: Linda Swindler Book Designer: Asha Bohannon 2 3

4 Newcomer Information Post Offices US Post Office 3420 Clemson Blvd. # 4 (864) US Post Office 1900 N. Main St. # B (864) Courthouse US Post Office 5410 Highway 76 Sandy Springs, SC (864) US Post Office 28 N. Commerce St. Liberty, SC (864) US Post Office 810 S. Pendleton St. Easley, SC (864) US Post Office 110 Johnson St. (864) Police Anderson County Sheriff 305 Camson Rd. (864) Pickens County Sheriff 216 L E C Rd. (864) Fire Anderson County Fire 210 McGee Rd. (864) Central Fire 202 Church St. Central, SC (864) Piedmont Fire 3 South Carolina 86 Piedmont, SC (864) Pickens Fire 302 Johnson St. (864) Utilities Anderson Regional Water (864) Anderson County Court 100 S. Main St. (864) Blue Ridge Electric Co. (864) Pickens County Court 214 E. Main St. (864) AT&T (864) Anderson Police 401 S. Main St. (864) Pickens Police 304 Johnson St. (864) Clemson Fire 1521 Perimeter Rd. Clemson, SC (864) Easley Fire 1089 S. Pendleton St. Easley, SC (864) Broadway Water & Sewer (864) Pickens Water Department (864) Duke Energy (800) Easley Combined Utilities (864) Charter Communications (888) Verizon (864) Liberty Police 206 W. Front St. Liberty, SC (864) Liberty Fire 206 W. Front St. Liberty, SC (864)

5 Health & Hospitals Anderson County Health Department 220 McGee Rd. (864) Pickens County Health Department 200 McDaniel Ave. (864) Dial 911for Emergencies AnMed Health Medical Center 800 N. Fant St. (864) Baptist Easley Hospital 200 Fleetwood Dr. Easley, SC (864) Cannon Family Practice 123 W. G. Acker Dr. (864) Cannon Family Practice Liberty 105 Liberty Blvd. Liberty, SC

6 8 9 Local School Districts Anderson School District N. Hamilton St. Williamston, SC (864) Anderson School District Pearman Dairy Rd. (864) Anderson School District Belton-Honea Path Hwy. Honea Path, SC (864) Pickens County School District 1348 Griffin Mill Rd. Easley, SC (864) Anderson School District W. Front St. Iva, SC (864) Anderson School District E. Queen St. Pendleton, SC (864) When Registering Your Children For School, Please Remember To Bring Current Immunization Record & Birth Certificate Name & Address Of Last School Attended Last Report Card & Any Scores Obtained From Standardized Tests Colleges & Universities Anderson University 316 Boulevard (864) Clemson University 109 Daniel Dr. Clemson, SC (864) Southern Wesleyan University 215 Clayton St. Central, SC (864)

7 Anderson & Pickens Anderson City Fire Department Museum 400 S. McDuffie St. (864) Anderson County Museum 202 E. Greenville St. (864) Anderson Jockey Lot & Farmer's Market 4530 Highway 29 N. (864) Anderson Sports & Entertainment Center 3027 Martin Luther King Jr. (864) Electric City Playhouse 514 N. Murray Ave. (864) Fort Hill 102 Fort Hill St. Clemson, SC (864) Greenville Pickens Speedway 3800 Calhoun Memorial Hwy. Easley, SC (864) Greenville Zoo 150 Cleveland Park Dr. Greenville, SC (864) Liberty Bridge & Falls Park on the Reedy 601 S. Main St. Greenville, SC (864) Littlejohn Coliseum 1 Ave. of Champions Clemson, SC (864) Pickens County Museum 307 Johnson St. (864) Stone Creek Cove 101 Lakefront Dr. (864) Table Rock State Park 246 Table Rock State Park Rd. (866) The Grand Theater 193 Civic Center Blvd. (864) The Hagood-Mauldin House & The Irma Morris Museum of Fine Art 104 N. Lewis St. (864) Woodburn Historic House 130 History Ln. Pendleton, SC (864) and so much more! 10 11

8 12 South Carolina The Palmetto State The 8th state to be admitted into the Union, South Carolina is named after Britain s King Charles I (Carolus is Latin for Charles), and the state motto is "Dum Spiro Spero" - While I breathe, I hope. The colony of Carolina was settled by English settlers, mostly from Barbados, sent by the Lords Proprietors in 1670, whom were followed by French Huguenots. The formal colony of "The Carolinas" split into two in On February 5, 1778, South Carolina became the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation - which was the first constitution of the United States. South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union on December 20, On April 12, 1861, Confederate batteries began attacking Fort Sumter, marking the beginning of the Civil War. Capital: Columbia Population: 4,321,249 State Bird: Carolina Wren State Flower:Yellow Jessamine State Tree: Sabal Palmetto State Song: Carolina - State Facts - State Insect: Carolina Mantid Highest Point: Sassafras Mountain - 3,560 ft. Area: 32,020 sq mi Largest City: Columbia Entered the Union: May 23, 1788 (8th) Top Industries: Farming, Textiles, Manufacturing Anderson & Pickens Co. History Anderson County and its county seat, Anderson, were named for Revolutionary War general Robert Anderson ( ). This region was occupied by the Cherokee Indians until 1777, when it was ceded by treaty to the state. Part of the "Indian Land" became Pendleton District (also called Washington District at one time.) The area was given its present name in 1826, when Pendleton District was split into Anderson and Pickens. Most of the early settlers of this area were Scotch-Irish farmers who moved south from Pennsylvania and Virginia in the eighteenth century. The oldest town in the county is Pendleton, which was founded around 1790; it became a popular summer resort for lowcountry planters in the nineteenth century. Some famous residents of Anderson County were United States senator and governor Olin D. Johnston ( ), business leader Charles E. Daniel ( ), and composer Lily Strickland ( ). Pickens County was Cherokee Indian Territory until the American Revolution. The Cherokees sided with the British, suffered defeat, and surrendered their South Carolina lands. This former Cherokee territory was included in the Ninety-Six Judicial District. In 1791, the state legislature established Washington District, a judicial area composed of present-day Greenville, Anderson, Pickens, and Oconee counties, and then composed of Greenville and Pendleton counties. Streets for the courthouse town of Pickensville (near present-day Easley) were laid off, and soon a cluster of buildings arose that perhaps included a large wooden hotel, which served as a stagecoach stop. In 1798, Washington District was divided into Greenville and Pendleton districts. The latter included what eventually became Anderson, Oconee, and Pickens counties. A new courthouse was erected at Pendleton to accommodate the Court of General Sessions and Common Pleas, and soon thereafter Pickensville began to decline. In view of the growing population and poor transportation facilities in Pendleton District, the legislature divided it into counties in 1826, and a year later decided instead to divide the area into districts. The legislation went into effect in The lower part became Anderson and the upper Pickens, named in honor of the distinguished Revolutionary soldier, Brigadier General Andrew Pickens, whose home Hopewell was on the southern border of the district. A courthouse was established on the west bank of the Keowee River, and a small town called Pickens Court House soon developed. By 1860, Pickens District had a population of over 19,000 persons of whom 22 percent were slaves. The district was largely rural and agricultural. Its small industry consisted mainly of sawmills, gristmills, and a few other shops producing goods for home consumption. The district's Protestant churches were numerous, but schools were few. The Blue Ridge Railroad reached the district in September of During the Civil War, the district suffered little from depredations of regular Yankee troops but was frequently plundered by marauders and deserters who swept down from the mountains. The war left the region largely destitute. The South Carolina Constitutional Convention of 1868, meeting during the first year of Congressional Reconstruction, changed the name district to county throughout the state. The Convention also established Oconee County out of the portion of Pickens District west of the Keowee and Seneca rivers plus a small area around the Fort Hill estate that formerly belonged to John C. Calhoun. This small area around the Calhoun property was transferred to Pickens County in the 1960s. The county's growth was accelerated by the building of the Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line Railroad (later called the Southern Railway) in the 1870 s. The town of Easley, named for General W. K. Easley, was chartered in Liberty and Central sprang up along the railroad about the same time and were soon incorporated. Calhoun (now part of Clemson) came into being in the 1890 s, to be followed in the early 1900 s by Six Mile and Norris as incorporated areas. A major factor in Pickens County's growth was the coming of the textile industry. The county's first modern cotton mill, organized by D. K. Norris and others, was established at Cateechee in By 1900, the county could boast of three cotton mills, two railroads, three banks, three roller mills, thirty-seven sawmills, ten shingle mills, and four brickyards. Yet until 1940, with a population of 37,000 (13.2 percent black), the county remained primarily rural and agricultural. Like many other Piedmont counties, Pickens had a one-crop economy. Its citizens were engaged mainly in growing cotton or manufacturing it into cloth. A notable change in the Pickens landscape was the coming of paved highways; one completed across the county, about 1930, ran from Greenville to Walhalla by way of Easley, Liberty, and Central. 13

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13 22 23 How much House Can You Afford? How much you can afford is determined by a relatively simple formula. Lenders generally figure that no more than 28 percent of your income should be for total housing costs. In addition, they require that your total monthly debt be less than 36 percent of your income. (Note: These are general numbers. Other loan programs may allow higher percentages.) For example, if you make $48,000 a year, divided by 12 months, your monthly income is $4,000. (Remember, that s $48,000 in gross pay, before federal and state taxes are removed.) Twenty-eight percent of $4,000 is $1,120. That is the most you can make in a monthly mortgage, taxes, and insurance payments. Generally, to qualify, the self-employed buyer must have been self-employed in the same line of work for at least 24 months before applying for a loan. Lenders use your net income, the figure at the bottom of schedule C of your federal income tax form, to decide how large a mortgage you can carry. But they don t look at what you earn now or what you made last year. Rather lenders figure the monthly average of your income over the past 24 months. Also, overtime pay & bonuses sometimes may not be figured into your average income. Don t forget that points, closing costs & other out-of-the-pocket expenses probably will come out to about one percent of the mortgage amount.

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15 26 27 Packing Strategies Supplies: Preparing to move: A strategy for packing: Packing for efficiency: - -

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