Category Archives: Pelzer History
Pelzer Historic Society
Formed in 2008
There is for the first time in the one hundred plus years of Pelzer, South Carolina history, a historical society dedicated to preserving, restoring, and publishing when advisable its history.
Pelzer Heritage Commission
Formed in 2010
A group of local “Pelzerites” as they call themselves, originally formed the Pelzer Pride Committee in 2010 and began planning what they called “A big reunion.” The committee became the Pelzer Heritage Commission in October 2010 and received approval of Pelzer Town Council, making their efforts official.
Pelzer – History
Town of Pelzer SC
Population: 97
Incorporated: Chartered March 17, 1952
Website: www.townofpelzer.com
Pelzer holds place in Textile History
Pelzer History
The Pelzer mill village was constructed in the 1880s to house employees of the Pelzer Manufacturing Company when cotton was king and the United States was the world’s leader in textile production.
At one time, the town of Pelzer was the largest cotton mill community in the South and one of the largest in the world.
At the height of production in the 1920s, the mills of the Pelzer Manufacturing Company operated 136,000 spindles and looms.
For years the textile products produced in Pelzer were sold in China, Arabia and other parts of the East and had the reputation for being of the
