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Gaffney
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city and county seat of Cherokee County, South Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- South Carolina
- County
- Cherokee
- Mayor
- Lyman Dawkins III
- Total
- 8.71 sq mi (22.55 km )
- Land
- 8.68 sq mi (22.49 km )
- Water
- 0.023 sq mi (0.06 km )
- Elevation
- 738 ft (225 m)
- Density
- 1,469.9/sq mi (567.55/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 (EDT)
- Zip codes
- 29340-29342
- Area codes
- 864, 821
- Fips code
- 45-28060
- Website
- www .cityofgaffney-sc .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Gaffney
- Population
- 12764
- Area
- 21.56
- Elevation
- 245
- Official website
- www.cityofgaffney-sc.gov
- Image
- Old Star Theater.jpg
- Households
- 4515
- Dialing code
- 864
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- water as percent of area
- 0.31
- P8168
- Vathy
- postal code
- 29342
- Commons category
- Gaffney, South Carolina
- inception
- 1804-00-00
- per capita income
- 18716
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Gaffney is a city in and the seat of Cherokee County, South Carolina, United States, in the Upstate region of South Carolina. Gaffney is known as the "Peach Capital of South Carolina". The population was 12,764 at the 2020 census. The city had an estimated population of 12,609 in 2019. It is the principal city of the Gaffney, South Carolina, Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Cherokee County and which is further included in the greater Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, South Carolina Combined Statistical Area. Gaffney was the home of Limestone University, which operated from 1845 until 2025.
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