Cokesbury, SC

Cokesbury is a census-designated place in Greenwood County, South Carolina, United States. The 2010 census counted 215 residents. The name "Cokesbury" is a combination of the names of two prominent bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Thomas Coke and Francis Asbury. The historic village of Cokesbury and the building that housed the Masonic Female College and Cokesbury Conference School are listed together on the National Register of Historic Places as an historic district. The zoned schools are: Hodges Elementary School, Northside Middle School, and Greenwood High School. A newcomer can read Cokesbury through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Cokesbury comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. Cokesbury is located in northern Greenwood County. Cokesbury is 7 miles north of Greenwood, the county seat. Cokesbury includes a historic district.