Whitmire, SC

Whitmire is a town in Newberry County, South Carolina, United States, along the Enoree River. The 2020 census counted 1,390 residents. The town was named for George Fredrick Whitmire, who came from Stuttgart, Germany. The earliest settler in what is now Whitmire was John Duncan, who built a house along the creek that now bears his name. Whitmire has a public library, a branch of the Newberry County Library System. Taken together, these details give a newcomer a usable picture of Whitmire, where its history, geography, and current gathering places meet. For Whitmire, the memorable detail is the way older history and current gathering places share one local map. The George Frederick Whitmire family arrived prior to the 1790s and established a tavern and post office. The town is concentrated around the intersection of U.S. Route 176 and South Carolina Highway 72, northwest of Columbia and southeast of Spartanburg. The town's eastern boundary lies along the Enoree River.