The New Student's Reference Work/Greenville, S. C.

Green′ville, S. C., the capital of Greenville County, northwestern South Carolina, on the Reedy River and near the region of the Blue Ridge Mountains, which give it a desirable and pleasant location. It is the seat of Furman University, Greenville Female College and a theological school, all under Baptist direction, besides a military institute, a business college and Chicora Female College (Presbyterian). It has considerable manufactures, including cotton-mills, wagon and carriage factories, flour-mills, iron-works, etc. Population 15,741.