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Anderson (City of South Carolina)

a city of South Carolina and the county-seat of Anderson co.

It is about 100 miles N. W. of Raleigh, on the Blue Ridge and the Charleston and Western Carolina railroads. The city is in an important cotton-growing and agricultural region, and has also extensive industries, including cottonseed mills, fertilizer factories, flour mills, machine shops, etc. There are excellent ANDERSON schools and libraries, a city hall, a hospital, and a county court house. Power is furnished to the city by a large electric power station on the Seneca river, 10 miles from the city. Pop. (1910) 9,654; (1920) 10,570.