History of Greenville, South Carolina
Greenville is the fifth largest city in the state of South Carolina. It is the county seat of Greenville County, SC|Greenville County{{GR|6}} and the principal city in the Greenville-Mauldin, South Carolina|Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina|Easley metropolitan area (MSA). As of the 2000 census, the city had a population of 56,002, and an urbanized area population of 302,194. As of the July 1, 2006 census estimates the Greenville United States metropolitan area|Metropolitan Area (MSA) has a population of 601,986. Greenville is the largest city of the Greenville-Spartanburg, South Carolina|Spartanburg-Anderson, South Carolina|Anderson Combined Statistical Area|Combined Statistical Area (CSA) which has a 2006 estimated population of 1,203,795. The CSA, an 8-county region of northwestern South Carolina, is known as "The Upstate". Greenville is located approximately halfway between the cities of Atlanta, Georgia and Charlotte, North Carolina along Interstate I-85, and its metropolitan area is further serviced by I-385 and Interstate 185 (South Carolina)|I-185.
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