Chesnee, South Carolina

Chesnee is a city in Spartanburg and Cherokee counties, in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The population was 868 as of the 2010 census.

History

In the early 20th century, the Chesnee Land Company bought a sizeable acreage at what is now Chesnee. A leading member of the company was John B. Cleveland of Spartanburg. Cleveland named the company - and later the town - after his great-grandmother, Margaret Chesnee, who was born in Scotland. She married Alexander Vernon, also born in Scotland. The Clinchfield Railroad ran an excursion train over the newly laid rails to Spartanburg on October 23, 1909.

The Chesnee post office was established in 1910, and the town was chartered in 1911. Early businesses included a hotel, pharmacy, cotton mill, and lumber mill.

The Cowpens National Battlefield and Zeno Hicks House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Geography

Chesnee is located near the northeast corner of Spartanburg County, and a small part of the city extends east into Cherokee County. U.S. Route 221 passes through the city as Alabama Avenue and Hampton Street, leading north 18 miles (29 km) to Rutherfordton, North Carolina, and south 16 miles (26 km) to Spartanburg. South Carolina Highway 11 (Cherokee Street) crosses US 221 in the center of town and leads west 19 miles (31 km) to Campobello and east past Cowpens National Battlefield 14 miles (23 km) to Gaffney.

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Chesnee blasts Blue Ridge, 42-7

Go Upstate 01 Sep 2018

Balanced Eagles rack up yards, TDs through passing, running game .......

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Chesnee man dies in house fire

Go Upstate 29 Aug 2018

A Chesnee man has died from injuries he suffered in a house fire.Spartanburg County Coroner Rusty Clevenger identified the deceased as 30-year-old Quentin Jamall Stokes of 268 Sulfur Springs Road, Chesnee. The fire occurred at 11.30 p.m. Monday at the same address.Clevenger said Stokes' body was discovered inside the home and he was pronounced dead at 12.45 a.m. Tuesday .......

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New Chesnee High girls golf team has unique origin

Go Upstate 27 Aug 2018

However, thanks to a rules change, that’s exactly the unique situation that the new Chesnee girls golf team finds itself in.With no team at Chesnee in previous years, interested golfers were allowed to compete at Boiling Springs with permission of the Bulldogs’ classification and the South Carolina High School League. This year, though, the 5A classification .......

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Report: Chesnee convenience store employee accused of pocketing at least $10K

Hendersonville Times-News 13 Aug 2018

A former employee of a Chesnee convenience store was arrested Monday after the business' owner said he stole at least $10,000 or more from the store, according to an arrest report.Paul Allen Morrow, 49, of 490 Spindale St., Spindale, N.C., faces a charge of breach of trust more than or equal to $10,000.According to an arrest warrant, between July 1, 2017 and July 26, 2018, an employee at Deb's Mini ... ....

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New region, high hopes for Chesnee

Go Upstate 07 Aug 2018

Eagles move up to Region II-3A, where they'll face Chapman, Broome, others .......

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Chesnee to offer three new sports for 2018-19 school year

Go Upstate 11 Jul 2018

Athletes at Chesnee High School will have more opportunities to compete in the upcoming school year.Chesnee will add girls golf, girls tennis and co-ed soccer for the 2018-2019 school year, athletic director Jim Hyatt said on Wednesday.“We’re ecstatic about it,” Hyatt said. “We’ve got the chance to give approximately 30 to 40 more kids the opportunity to compete in sports right off the bat....

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Chesnee police chief steps down

Go Upstate 30 Jun 2018

Chesnee is searching for a new police chief.Danny Swofford, who served as chief for about eight years, announced recently he will officially leave the post on Sunday to take a position as a patrol officer at the Cowpens Police Department, City Administrator Becki Hood said."We’d like to get the word out to a lot of people and get it spread, so hopefully we can get some good candidates in," Hood .......

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Chesnee drops heartbreaker to Latta, 4-3

Go Upstate 20 May 2018

LEXINGTON — Chesnee High School baseball is further documentation that there may be something truthful but yet still inexplicable about trisynthesis, the theory that tragedy happens in threes.The Eagles this season lost the legendary Dean Jones, their beloved former longtime coach; Bob Foos, the father of player Joey Foos; and then on ......

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Latta Drops Game Two Of State Title Series With Chesnee

The Dillon Herald 20 May 2018

The Latta Vikings dropped game 2 of the 2A state baseball championship series in Chesnee on Thursday, May 17, by only one run, 2-1 ... Chesnee knotted the game at 1 in the bottom of the first inning when Nate Lamb singled. The winning run for Chesnee came in the bottom of the third inning on an error....

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PHOTO GALLERY: Latta Defeats Chesnee In Game One Of State Title Series

The Dillon Herald 20 May 2018

Chesnee’s K ... After one-half inning of play Chesnee was up 2-0 over the hometown boys ... Pierce Watson hit a grounder down the first base line for a stand-up double and advanced to third on a passed ball and scored on a hit to the center field fence for a double by John Malcolm George to cut Chesnee’s lead to only 1 ... Chesnee’s J ... Latta will travel to Chesnee today (Tuesday, May 15) for game two of the series....

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Brown, Lamb lead Chesnee past Latta

Go Upstate 18 May 2018

CHESNEE — Four straight innings and Chesnee couldn’t break through with the big it. It didn’t matter, though, with Austin Brown on the mound.Brown came through in the clutch, pitching a complete game three-hitter in a 2-1 Chesnee win over Latta in Game 2 of the 2A state baseball championship series on Thursday. The deciding Game 3 will be at 3.30 p.m. Saturday at Lexington County Stadium in Columbia .......

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Dorman, Chesnee, Union County go for state titles

Go Upstate 18 May 2018

A pair of local teams will play for their respective state baseball titles on Saturday.Dorman will take on River Bluff at 2 p.m. at Lander University in the third and deciding game of the 5A baseball series, while Chesnee will meet Latta in game three of the 2A series at 3.30 p.m. at Lexington County Stadium ... Tanner .......

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