ANDERSON, a city in the north-western part of South Caro lina, U.S.A.; the county seat of Anderson county. It is on four transcontinental highways, and is served by the Blue Ridge, the Charleston and Western Carolina, and the Piedmont and North ern (electric) railways. Between 1900 and 1910 the population increased from 5.498 to 10,570, and in 1936 it was Anderson is the centre of important cotton manufactures. Hydro electric power is available in practically unlimited amounts. In the city and county there are 20 textile plants, representing an investment of $25,000,000; with an aggregate of about 700,000 spindles and 15,000 looms; manufacturing print cloths, sheets, outing flannels, dress goods, pyjama checks, lawns, ducks, shirt ings, drills, twills, fine combed and coarse yarns. The city has in addition 5o or 6o diversified manufacturing plants.
Anderson was settled in 1827. Anderson college for women, a Baptist institution, was established in 1910. About 16m. N.W. is Clemson agricultural college, on the Fort Hill homestead of John C. Calhoun, which, with other property, was bequeathed to the State for the purpose by Thomas G. Clemson (1807-88), the husband of Calhoun's daughter, Anna Maria. The college was opened in 1893; in 1926-27 it had an enrollment of 1,180. The students live in barracks, under military discipline, and wear a uniform. An infantry unit of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps is maintained by the war department.