Gaffney, South Carolina

Gaffney, South Carolina
Gaffney, South Carolina
City
	Gaffney Commercial Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
	Seal
	Nickname: "Peach Capital of South Carolina"
	Gaffney Location of Gaffney, South Carolina
	Coordinates: 35°4′18″N 81°39′00″W / 35.07167°N 81.65000°W
Country	United States
State	South Carolina
County	Cherokee
Government
• Mayor	Randy Moss
Area
• Total	8.71 sq mi (22.55 km2)
• Land	8.68 sq mi (22.49 km2)
• Water	0.02 sq mi (0.06 km2)
Elevation	784 ft (239 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	12,764
• Density	1,470.00/sq mi (567.55/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	29340-29342
Area code	864
FIPS code	45-28060
GNIS feature ID	1247855
Website	www.getintogaffney.com

Gaffney is a city in and the seat of Cherokee County, South Carolina, United States,^[5] in the Upstate region of South Carolina. Gaffney is known as the "Peach Capital of South Carolina". The population was 12,539 at the 2010 census,^[6] with an estimated population of 12,609 in 2019.^[7] It is the principal city of the Gaffney, South Carolina, Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Cherokee County and which is further included in the greater Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, South Carolina Combined Statistical Area.

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^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gaffney, South Carolina
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^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Gaffney city, South Carolina (revision of 02-22-2013)". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
^ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved May 21, 2020.