Greenville
Greenville names 6 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Greenville a city and county-seat of Greenville co.
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a city and county-seat of Greenville co., S. C.; on the Southern and the Charleston and West Carolina railroads; 153 miles N. W. of Columbia. It is the seat of Furman University, Greenville College for Women, Chicora College, Greenville Female College, a military institute, and a business college. Its industries include the manufacture of cotton, wagons, underwear, etc. It has waterworks, electric lights, several newspapers, and 2 National banks. Pop. (1910) 15,741; (1920) 23,127.
Greenville a city of , tonssissippi Mississippi co
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a city of , tonssissippi Mississippi co. the county-seat of Washington is on the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley, and the Southern in Mississippi railroads. The city has river connection with various ports. It has a large trade in cotton. Its industries include cottonseed oil mills, cotton compresses, and lumber mills. Its public institutions include parks and playgrounds, a public library, and the King's Daughters' Home. and Pop. (1910) 9,610; (1920) 11,560.
Greenville a city and countyseat of Darke co.
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a city and countyseat of Darke co., O., on Greenville creek, and the Cincinnati Northern, Da ton and Union, and the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis railroads; 35 miles N. of Dayton. It is noted as the site of Anthony Wayne's treaty with the Indians. There are waterworks, electric lights, grain elevators, 3 National banks, a public library, daily and weekly newspapers. Pop. (1910) 6,237; (1920) 7,104.
Greenville a city of North Carolina
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a city of North Carolina, the county-seat of Pitt co. It is on the Tar river, and on the Norfolk Sou Southern and the Atlantic Coast railroads. It is the center of an important tobacco, cotton, and corn-growing district, and its industries include tobacco factories, cotton mills, and cottonseed-oil mills. It is the seat of the East Carolina Teachers' Training School. Pop. (1910) 4,101; (1920) 5,772.
Greenville a city of Texas
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a city of Texas, the county-seat of Hunt co. It is on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas, the Texas Midland, and the St. Louis Southwestern railroads. It is the center of an important agricultural region. Its industries include cottonseed-oil mills, cotton compresses, etc. It is the seat of Burleson College, College, V Wesley College, and Holiness University. Pop. (1910) 8,850; (1920) 12,384.
Greenville a borough of Pennsylvania
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a borough of Pennsylvania, in Mercer co. It is on the Shenango river and on the Pennsylvania, the Erie, and the Bessemer and Lake Erie railroads. Its industries include railroad shops, bridge works, gristmills, automobile factories, foundry and machine shops, steel works, etc. It is the seat of Thiel College. Pop. (1910) 5,909; (1920) 8,101.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
When Collier's compiled these six Greenvilles in 1921, the South Carolina one led at 23,127 people; today it is the hub of a metropolitan area of well over 900,000, reshaped by BMW's plant at nearby Greer (opened 1994) and by textile mills that have almost all closed. The biggest reversal is in North Carolina: the town of 5,772 whose chief institution was the East Carolina Teachers' Training School is now a city of roughly 85,000 built around East Carolina University, with a medical school and tens of thousands of students. Of the smaller entries, Greenville, Texas and Greenville, Ohio have grown modestly, Greenville, Mississippi rose to about 45,000 in the 1980s and has since fallen back below its mid-century peak, and Greenville, Pennsylvania lost its steel and railroad work and is smaller now than the 8,101 recorded in 1920, though Thiel College remains. The Ohio entry's proudest fact, Anthony Wayne's 1795 treaty with the Indian nations, is unchanged and still marked in the town.
Written for this edition, 2026.