Pelzer South Carolina
Pelzer is a town in Anderson County in Upstate South Carolina along the banks of the Saluda River. According to the 2000 census the population was 97, and considering it is only 0.2 square miles it really is a tiny town. Many people consider Pelzer, West Pelzer, Piedmont, Williamston, and Powdersville one community. What it may lack in population or size it more than makes up for with charm and friendly people. And the population has grown according to the 2007 census to 101 very happy people!
The town was founded in the 1800's along with the Pelzer Manufacturing Co. A pioneer in the use of electricity, the company bought the first power generators made by the fledgling General Electric Co., to run its two mills, one of them the largest in the United States at the time. A consolidated hydro station with two dams still generates power on the Saluda River.
The two mills have been torn down and only a few buildings and debris mark the sites of the upper and lower mills around which the town was built. At one time, the Southern Railroad tracks separated Pelzer from West Pelzer.
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