Camp Croft is an

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and

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(CDP) in

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, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. The 2020 census lists a population of 2,110. The CDP is in eastern Spartanburg County and is bordered to the north by

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. South Carolina Highway 295 (Southport Road) forms the northern border of the CDP;

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is to the northwest, and Pacolet is to the east. The Creek Golf Club is in the center of the community, and Kelsey Creek, a south-flowing tributary of

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and part of the

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watershed, forms the southwest boundary. Croft State Park borders the community to the south.

Demographics

World War II

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base named Camp Croft was organized on what is now the area of the Camp Croft CDP during

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. The base served as an

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and trained 60,000 soldiers per year from 1941 to 1946. Among the trainees was

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. Kissinger was naturalized at Camp Croft and would later serve as Secretary of State under President Nixon. In the later years of the war, a prisoner-of-war camp was established at Camp Croft and almost 1,000 German prisoners were held there. After the war, Camp Croft was not retained as a military installation and the land was returned to civilian control. The former base was redeveloped partly as a residential neighborhood and partly as Croft State Park.

2020 census

''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.''

Education

It is in the Spartanburg School District 7.
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