Camp Croft

History

A U.S. Army base named Camp Croft was organized on what is now the area of the Camp Croft CDP during World War II. The base served as an Infantry Replacement Training Center and trained 60,000 soldiers per year from 1941 to 1946. Among the trainees was Henry Kissinger. Kissinger was naturalized at Camp Croft and would later serve as Secretary of State under President Nixon. In the later years of the war, a prisoner-of-war camp was established at Camp Croft and almost 1,000 German prisoners were held there. After the war, Camp Croft was not retained as a military installation and the land was returned to civilian control. The former base was redeveloped partly as a residential neighborhood and partly as Croft State Park.

Geography

The CDP is in eastern Spartanburg County and is bordered to the north by Ben Avon. South Carolina Highway 295 (Southport Road) forms the northern border of the CDP; Spartanburg is to the northwest, and Pacolet is to the east. The Creek Golf Club is in the center of the community, and Kelsey Creek, a south-flowing tributary of Fairforest Creek and part of the Tyger River watershed, forms the southwest boundary. Croft State Park borders the community to the south.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  3,497
• Carolina Wren

  Thryothorus ludovicianus (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  2,720
• Tufted Titmouse

  Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  2,490
• Carolina Chickadee

  Poecile carolinensis (Audubon, 1834) · Aves
  2,407
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  2,199
• Eastern Bluebird

  Sialia sialis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2,109
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,984
• Northern Mockingbird

  Mimus polyglottos (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,952

Largest nearby schools

• Dorman High
  High · Roebuck · 3,808 students · 18.1:1 ratio
• Spartanburg High
  High · Spartanburg · 2,056 students · 15.5:1 ratio
• Fairforest Middle
  Middle · Spartanburg · 1,054 students · 14.8:1 ratio
• McCracken Middle
  Middle · Spartanburg · 926 students · 13:1 ratio
• R. P. Dawkins Middle
  Middle · Moore · 862 students · 13.9:1 ratio
• L. E. Gable Middle
  Middle · Roebuck · 840 students · 13.8:1 ratio
• Broome High
  High · Spartanburg · 825 students · 17.6:1 ratio
• Roebuck Elementary
  Elementary · Roebuck · 800 students · 13.6:1 ratio

Most recent

• M 2.54 — 2025-08-23
  4 km NNW of Coronaca, South Carolina
• M 3.04 — 2025-08-23
  3 km N of Coronaca, South Carolina
• M 2.88 — 2025-08-23
  3 km NNW of Coronaca, South Carolina
• M 2.73 — 2025-08-14
  7 km N of Columbus, North Carolina
• M 2.53 — 2024-10-13
  3 km NNW of Coronaca, South Carolina
• M 2.69 — 2022-12-08
  0 km S of Laurel Park, North Carolina