Fairforest Creek is a stream in
Union and
Spartanburg
Spartanburg is a city in and the county seat of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States. The city had a population of 38,732 as of the 2020 census, making it the 11th-most populous city in the state. The Office of Management and Budg ...
counties, in the
U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its so ...
of
South Carolina
South Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders North Carolina to the north and northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, and Georgia (U.S. state), Georg ...
.
According to tradition, a pioneer named the region when, noting the scenery, he said "What a fair forest!"
See also
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List of rivers of South Carolina
References
Rivers of Spartanburg County, South Carolina
Rivers of Union County, South Carolina
Rivers of South Carolina
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