Newberry, South Carolina - United States of America

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June 4th 2011

Newberry

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Newberry, South Carolina - United States of America

JUNE 4, 2011

• City official name :Newberry
  
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• Location :South Carolina State
  
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• Facts :Newberry is a city in Newberry County, South Carolina, 43 miles (69 km) west -northwest of Columbia. The charter was adopted in 1894. In 1890, 3,020 people lived in Newberry, South Carolina; in 1900, 4,607; in 1910, 5,028; and in 1940, 7,510. The population was 10,580 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Newberry County. Newberry became a city in 1976, but the change was not reported to the Census Bureau for over twenty-five years. As a result, the city was listed as a town in the 2000 census.
  
  Newberry College was a hospital for Confederate and later Union troops during the American Civil War.
  The Newberry Historic Court House was burned by William Tecumseh Sherman's Troops during the Civil War.