Converse

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Converse is a Census-designated place located in Spartanburg County in the U.S. State of South Carolina. According to the 2010 United States census, the population was 608.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Converse, SC from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

David Daniels

American opera singer

James A. Johnson

American politician (1829-1896)

Angela Nikodinov

American figure skater

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Celia Weston

American actress (1951-)

William Westmoreland

United States Army general (1914-2005)

Rudolf Anderson

USAF pilot, the only person killed by enemy fire during the Cuban Missile Crisis (1927-1962)

Arthur Prysock

American singer (1929–1997)

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Clara Smith

American classic blues singer (1894–1935)

Andrew B. Moore

American politician (1807-1873)

Lee Haney

American bodybuilder

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Hank Garland

American musician (1930–2004)

The One Man Gang

American professional wrestler

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Landon Cohen

player of American football

D. J. Moore

American football player, cornerback (b. 1987)

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Billy James Pettis

American mathematician (1913-1979)

Art Fowler

American baseball player and coach (1922–2007)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Converse

Economic beginnings in colonial South Carolina, 1670-1730

Converse D. Clowse · 1971

Report to the General Assembly

South Carolina. General Assembly. Legislative Audit Council. · 1991

Conversations with South Carolina poets

Gayle R. Swanson · 1986

Slave-conversion in South Carolina, 1830-1860

Susan Marea Markey Fickling · 1924

The Colonel's conversion

South Carolina Tract Society · 1861

A study of home equity conversion mortgages in South Carolina

South Carolina. Division on Aging. · 1993

Flip map Spartanburg, South Carolina

Seeger Map Co · 1998

Public education in South Carolina

Thomas R. McDaniel · 1984

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire Main Trail, Chatham, Georgia
  Wildfires · 2026-08-14 · 221 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).