Community
Information
 Anderson
County Library
The county's library system includes the main library at 301 S. McDuffie
St., Anderson, and eight branches in other communities. The two-story,
96,000-square-foot main branch was opened in 2000. Four times the size
of the building in replaced, the new library has more than 200,000 books,
a large video and audio book collection and a new music CD collection
that will have 4,000 titles when it is finished. There are more than 60
public-use computers, including two reserved for genealogy research. The
library also has a children's department in the Scripps Howard Children's
Library, as well as eight public meeting rooms. Branches of the library
are located in Belton, Honea Path, Iva, Pendleton, Piedmont and Powdersville
and Williamston, and at the Westside Community Center in Anderson.
For information, call (864) 260-4500 or go to www.andersonlibrary.org.
Education
Anderson
County Schools
Anderson County has five separate public school districts.
The largest, Anderson School District 5, encompasses the schools
in and around the city of Anderson. The others include District
1, centered in Williamston in the northeast corner of the
county, District 2, in Belton and Honea Path to the east,
District 3, covering Starr and Iva in the south and District
4, centered in Pendleton to the northwest.
Anderson College
Anderson College
is a private, coeducational, four-year, Christian liberal
arts institution affiliated with the South Carolina Baptist
Convention. Approximately 1,200 students, typically from more
than 20 states and 15 or more countries, are enrolled. About
half the student population lives in campus housing. It offers
bachelor's degrees in a number of disciplines.
 Tri-County
Technical College
Tri-County Tech is a state-run community/technical college
serving Anderson, Oconee and Pickens Counties with degree
programs and continuing education courses for commuting students.
An extension campus at Anderson Mall in Anderson offers continuing
education classes and some credit programs. |
