Facts about Anderson

Neighborhoods in Anderson include: Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, and SC Combined Statistical Area.

The official website for the city of Anderson is http://www.cityofandersonsc.com/.

Anderson is represented by Mayor John Mooreand City Manager Terence Roberts.

Anderson is a city in and the county seat of Anderson County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 26,686 at the 2010 census, and the city was the center of an urbanized area of 75,702. It is one of the principal cities in the Greenville-Mauldin-Anderson Metropolitan Statistical Area, contiguous with Anderson County, which had a population of 187,126 at the 2010 census. It is further included in the larger Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, South Carolina Combined Statistical Area, with a total population of 1,266,995, at the 2010 census. Anderson is just off Interstate 85 and is 120 miles (190 km) from Atlanta and 140 miles (230 km) from Charlotte.Anderson is the smallest of the three primary cities that makes up the Upstate region and is nicknamed “The Electric City” and “The Friendliest City in South Carolina”. Anderson’s spirit and quality of life have earned national recognition as Anderson County was named an “All-America City” in 2000.Anderson is the home of Anderson University, a selective private comprehensive university of approximately 3,000 undergraduate and graduate students.