Spartanburg Wedding

Spartanburg is a city in and the county seat of Spartanburg CountyGR6 in South Carolina, a state of the United States of America, and is the second largest city of the three primary cities in the Upstate region. Spartanburg is located 98 miles (158 km) northwest of Columbia. Spartanburg's population was 39,673 at the 2000 census. It is the principal city of the Spartanburg Metropolitan Statistical Area (population 266,809) which is included in the greater Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson Combined Statistical Area (population 1,185,534 according to 2005 estimates by the U.S. Census Bureau).

This land was for centuries a cherished hunting ground of the Catawba and Cherokee tribes, which occupied land east and west of this area, respectively. This distant heritage can be glimpsed in some of the remaining natural features, though often neglected and in need of help, that dot the landscape.

Spartanburg is located at 345648N, 815539W (34.946771, -81.927603)GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 49.9 km (19.2 mi). 49.6 km (19.1 mi) of it is land and 0.2 km (0.1 mi) of it (0.47%) is water.