Our Region

The Upstate region is located in the northwest corner of South Carolina. Upstate Forever covers Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens, Oconee, Pickens, Spartanburg, and Union counties. Click on a county name to learn more about that county, find out what Upstate Forever is working on there, and access links to local governments.

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Upstate Population Growth & Land Development Data

Modeling Growth and Predicting Future Developed Land in the Upstate of South Carolina
Report submitted to the Saluda-Reedy Watershed Consortium November 2007
Craig E. Campbell, Jeffery Allen, and Kang Shou Lu
Strom Thurmond Institute, Clemson University

• Project Abstract
• Full Study
• Slide Show (from original study, 8 counties)
• Upstated 11-County Slide Show
• Oconee Growth Projections by Dr. Craig Campbell (March 2008)
• Cherokee Growth Projections by Dr. Craig Campbell (2009)
• Union Growth Projections by Dr. Craig Campbell (2010)