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Community Info

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.