![]() ![]() There were 1,729 housing units at an average density of 392.6 per square mile (151.6/km 2). The population density was 930.8 inhabitants per square mile (359.4/km 2). Climate ĭemographics Historical population CensusĢ020 census Travelers Rest racial composition RaceĪs of the 2020 United States census, there were 7,788 people, 1,751 households, and 1,171 families residing in the city.Ģ000 census A 2016 snow and ice storm in Travelers Rest.Īs of the census of 2000, there were 4,099 people, 1,563 households, and 1,137 families residing in the city. Route 25-N, enters the city from West Greenville, then turns north into the Blue Ridge Mountains, connecting to Asheville, NC, 54 miles away.Īs of the 2010 census, the city had a total area of 4.6 square miles (11.8 km 2), of which 0.02 square miles (0.06 km 2), or 0.54%, were water. Route 276-N enters connects Downtown Greenville with the city and becomes Travelers Rest's Main Street before heading northwest past Caesar's Head State Park, and into North Carolina to Brevard, NC. ![]() American Revolutionary heroine Dicey Langston's home, now site of a historical marker, is located just north of the city proper. Goodwin House and George Salmon House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. While unincorporated, most of the area was known as Bates Township during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Travelers Rest was most recently incorporated as a city in 1959, although there was an 1891 incorporation that expired. 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. This road, once fully completed in the mid-1850's, was full of wagon traffic. ![]() In 1794, the South Carolina General Assembly appropriated $2,000 to construct a wagon road from Greenville, SC, north into the Blue Ridge Mountains, through Asheville, North Carolina, ending in East Tennessee. Furman University, a private liberal-arts university, was annexed into the city limits of Travelers Rest in April of 2018 and North Greenville University, a private Christian institution, is located in nearby Tigerville, SC. Travelers Rest, the northernmost city in Greenville County, is located 10 miles north of Greenville and around 20 miles south of the North Carolina border. It is part of the Greenville-Mauldin-Easley Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 7,788 at the 2020 census. Traveler’s Rest Police Department Chief Crowe said, “I have to wonder if no taunting would have taken place where it needed police intervention and everyone would have left happy.Travelers Rest is a city in Greenville County, South Carolina. The police chief said that he disagreed with the decision to ban the flags. Officers who were present at the game were apparently unaware of the no-flag rule until a verbal altercation started when school administrators tried to tell people not to bring in the flags. We need to do something about it because it’s not getting any better. if he has the power to strip Americans the right to boast the American flag after being pumped up about our Olympic run there is a much bigger problem. ![]() Third, last night as I took the flag and attempted to enter myself he stated, “I have the authority to tell anyone they can’t bring it on the property.” Unfortunately the cops were not helpful and sided with Lavely even after stating “you’d probably win if you took it to the school district.” I’m no expert and don’t know the laws in and out. Second, I was picking up my youngest brother and saw two high school boys handling our flag with disrespect at the flag pole as they let it drag the ground and he acted like it was not an issue. I can’t deny the rage I felt as this is the third incident I’ve had involving Lavely and the flag I love.įirst, the day after Osama was killed in 2011 we were told we couldn’t have the American flag on our trucks on school property and the TRPD came and handled the situation. Last night I picked my brother up from the TRHS Football game and he told me that Lavely had denied entry to a couple of young men with American flags. Lou Lavely, Travelers Rest High School Principal, continues to power trip and strip young Americans of the right to proudly boast this Nation’s flag. Hunter Ballew took to Facebook on Saturday to post his account of what happened when he tried to bring in a flag: ![]()
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