Monetta, SC

Monetta is a town in Aiken and Saluda counties, South Carolina, United States. The 2020 census counted 205 residents. The Aiken County portion of Monetta is part of the Augusta, Georgia metropolitan area. The Saluda County portion of Monetta is part of the Columbia, SC Metropolitan Area. Ridge Spring-Monetta Middle-High School, which has a Monetta postal address, and is outside of the city limits in unincorporated Aiken County, is the secondary school of the area. Monetta's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider South Carolina setting. The local scoop is how Monetta's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. Monetta is located near the southern corner of Saluda County and the northern corner of Aiken County. U.S. Route 1 passes through the town, leading northeast to Batesburg-Leesville and then Columbia, the state capital, and southwest to Aiken.