Cherokee Falls is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, South Carolina, United States.[1] It is 5 miles (8 km) south of the town of Blacksburg. A former mill community along the Broad River, Cherokee Falls was a town until disincorporation in the 1990s. The former Cherokee Falls Cotton Mill is now a major fireworks distribution center for Herbie's Famous Fireworks.[citation needed]
The community was named after the Cherokee people.[2]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cherokee Falls, South Carolina
- ^ Federal Writers' Project (1941). Palmetto Place Names. Sloane Printing Co. p. 34.
35°03′53″N 81°32′32″W / 35.06472°N 81.54222°W
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