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History · Conestee

Conestee dates to 1820, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Conestee was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1996. Its Register listing is the McBee Methodist Church.

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How Conestee began

When was Conestee founded?

1820

Conestee dates its founding to 1820 (Wikidata). Its post office opened in 1876.

2020 census: 904206 years
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1876.

What stands out about Conestee’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Conestee are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsEstablished in 1820: 206 years of Conestee.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Conestee’s history is told.

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Timeline

Conestee, 1820 to 1917

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1820
    FoundingConestee is established
  3. 1876Post officeThe Reedy River Factory post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1903Post officeThe Reedy River Factory post office closes
  6. 1917Post officeThe Conestee post office opens
The story so far

Conestee, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Conestee yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Conestee is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Greenville County, South Carolina, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 904. Conestee's main attraction is Lake Conestee Nature Park. The community is bordered by the city of Greenville to the north, Mauldin to the east and Gantt to the west. Conestee Mill and McBee Methodist Church are listed on the National Register of Historic Places and located in Conestee.

Conestee was established in 1820.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Conestee, decade by decade

Today3 recent
The waters of The Reedy River flow over the spillway at Conestee Mill near Greenville, South Carolina, U.S.A. (2023)2023The waters of The Reedy River flow over the spillway …Conestee sign2017Conestee signConestee, South Carolina2016Conestee, South Carolina
On the National Register

1 historic place in Conestee

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1972
McBee Methodist Church
McBee Methodist Church
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Octagonal1
McBee Methodist ChurchOctagonal

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Conestee

Nobody well known was born in Conestee itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Charles Hard Townes20th-century American physicist · b. 1915
Jesse JacksonAmerican Baptist minister, activist, civil righ… · b. 1941
Kevin GarnettAmerican basketball player · b. 1976
Dorothy AllisonAmerican writer, poet, novelist, critic · b. 1949
Stephen ThompsonAmerican kickboxer and mixed martial artist · b. 1983
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Blakely MatternAmerican soccer player · b. 1988
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

Conestee’s post office has been open since 1917. Another post office, Reedy River Factory, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Reedy River Factory
1876–1903
Conestee
1917–today
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Fern Creek

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Greenville52 historic placesB+MauldinIts storyC

Questions about Conestee’s history

What year was Conestee founded?

In 1820, according to Wikidata. Conestee’s post office opened in 1876.

What is on the National Register in Conestee?

One place: the McBee Methodist Church (listed 1972).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (3), the National Register of Historic Places (1), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.