Chesnee

Chesnee is a city in Cherokee and Spartanburg counties in the U.S. state of South Carolina. Population was 1,003 at the 2000 census. Chesnee is located at 35°8′54″N 81°51′43″W / 35.14833°N 81.86194°W / 35.14833; -81.86194 (35.148299, -81.861945). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.9 square miles (2.3 km²), all land. The Chesnee Land Company bought a sizeable acreage at what is now Chesnee. A leading me... more

Chesnee is a city in Cherokee and Spartanburg counties in the U.S. state of South Carolina. Population was 1,003 at the 2000 census. Chesnee is located at 35°8′54″N 81°51′43″W / 35.14833°N 81.86194°W / 35.14833; -81.86194 (35.148299, -81.861945). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.9 square miles (2.3 km²), all land. The Chesnee Land Company bought a sizeable acreage at what is now Chesnee. A leading member of the company was John B. Cleveland of Spartanburg. Cleveland named the company - and later the town - after his great grandmother, Margaret Chesnee, who was born in Scotland and married Alexander Vernon, also born in Scotland. The Clinchfield Railroad ran an excursion train over the newly laid rails to Spartanburg on October 23, 1909. Chesnee post office was established in 1910. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,003 people, 396 households, and 239 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,116.4 people per square... less