Travelers Rest

History

In 1794, the South Carolina General Assembly appropriated $2,000 to construct a wagon road from Greenville north into the Blue Ridge Mountains, through Asheville, North Carolina, and ending in East Tennessee. This road, once fully completed in the mid-1850's, was full of wagon traffic. For those going north into the mountains from the coast through Greenville, Travelers Rest was the first well-equipped stop to prepare for the several thousand-foot climb ahead of them. Travelers Rest was most recently incorporated as a city in 1959, although there was an 1891 incorporation that expired. While unincorporated, most of the area was known as Bates Township during the 19th and early 20th centuries. The John H. Goodwin House and George Salmon House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. American Revolutionary heroine Dicey Langston's home, now site of a historical marker, is located just north of the city proper.

Geography

As of the 2010 census, the city had a total area of , of which , or 0.54%, were water. }}

Race & ethnicity

Largest nearby schools

• Cyber Academy of South Carolina
  Other · Greenville · 3,985 students · 23.4:1 ratio
• Wade Hampton High
  High · Greenville · 1,831 students · 19.1:1 ratio
• Greenville Senior High Academy
  High · Greenville · 1,729 students · 20.1:1 ratio
• Legacy Early College
  Other · Greenville · 1,610 students · 12.3:1 ratio
• Eastside High
  High · Taylors · 1,551 students · 19.6:1 ratio
• Travelers Rest High
  High · Travelers Rest · 1,270 students · 19.8:1 ratio
• Berea High
  High · Greenville · 1,244 students · 17:1 ratio
• Blue Ridge Middle
  Middle · Greer · 916 students · 16.7:1 ratio