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'''Pelham''' (also known as '''Sugar Tit''', '''Sweet Tit''', '''Crystal Titties''', '''Big Sweet Boobs''', '''Sickly Titties''', '''Swit tit''') is an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in [[Spartanburg County, South Carolina|Spartanburg County]] in the upstate of the [[U.S. state]] of [[South Carolina]]. The Sugar Tit area has about five mile radius around Joe's Lake. It is located around the junction of [[South Carolina Highway 101|State 101]] and [[South Carolina Highway 296|State 296]] southeast of Greer, between [[Reidville, South Carolina|Reidville]] and [[Five Forks, South Carolina|Five Forks]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.goupstate.com/news/19910225/what39s-in-a-name-ask-any-resident-of-sugar-tit-sc |title=What’s in a name? Ask any resident of Sugar Tit, S.C. |publisher=GateHouse Media, Inc. |access-date=5 September 2017}}</ref> It is mostly farmland and plantations. After BMW came more subdivisions and industrial parks appeared in the area.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.goupstate.com/news/20100408/joes-lake--restaurant-enjoys-revival |title=Joe’s Lake |publisher=GateHouse Media, Inc. |access-date=5 September 2017}}</ref>
'''Pelham''' (also known as '''Sugar Tit''') is an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in [[Spartanburg County, South Carolina|Spartanburg County]] in the upstate of the [[U.S. state]] of [[South Carolina]]. The Sugar Tit area has about five mile radius around Joe's Lake. It is located around the junction of [[South Carolina Highway 101|State 101]] and [[South Carolina Highway 296|State 296]] southeast of Greer, between [[Reidville, South Carolina|Reidville]] and [[Five Forks, South Carolina|Five Forks]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.goupstate.com/news/19910225/what39s-in-a-name-ask-any-resident-of-sugar-tit-sc |title=What’s in a name? Ask any resident of Sugar Tit, S.C. |publisher=GateHouse Media, Inc. |access-date=5 September 2017}}</ref> It is mostly farmland and plantations. After BMW came more subdivisions and industrial parks appeared in the area.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.goupstate.com/news/20100408/joes-lake--restaurant-enjoys-revival |title=Joe’s Lake |publisher=GateHouse Media, Inc. |access-date=5 September 2017}}</ref>


The ''Sugar Tit'' name is from a time when the men spent so long socializing at the local general store, their wives complained they took to the store like a baby to a [[sugar tit]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QFksAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Rc4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6314%2C5047181 | title=Series on Spartanburg County Communities' Colorful Past Ends | work=Herald-Journal | date=July 21, 1983 | accessdate=28 April 2015 | author=Leonard, Michael | pages=B1}}</ref>
The ''Sugar Tit'' name is from a time when the men spent so long socializing at the local general store, their wives complained they took to the store like a baby to a [[sugar tit]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QFksAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Rc4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6314%2C5047181 | title=Series on Spartanburg County Communities' Colorful Past Ends | work=Herald-Journal | date=July 21, 1983 | accessdate=28 April 2015 | author=Leonard, Michael | pages=B1}}</ref>

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Pelham
Unincorporated community
Pelham is located in South Carolina
Pelham
Pelham
Location within the state of South Carolina
Coordinates: 34°51′25″N 82°13′26″W / 34.8570628°N 82.2240024°W / 34.8570628; -82.2240024
CountryUnited States
StateSouth Carolina
CountySpartanburg
Elevation
[1]
778 ft (237 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID1250052[1]

Pelham (also known as Sugar Tit) is an unincorporated community in Spartanburg County in the upstate of the U.S. state of South Carolina. The Sugar Tit area has about five mile radius around Joe's Lake. It is located around the junction of State 101 and State 296 southeast of Greer, between Reidville and Five Forks.[2] It is mostly farmland and plantations. After BMW came more subdivisions and industrial parks appeared in the area.[3]

The Sugar Tit name is from a time when the men spent so long socializing at the local general store, their wives complained they took to the store like a baby to a sugar tit.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pelham, South Carolina
  2. ^ "What's in a name? Ask any resident of Sugar Tit, S.C." GateHouse Media, Inc. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Joe's Lake". GateHouse Media, Inc. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  4. ^ Leonard, Michael (July 21, 1983). "Series on Spartanburg County Communities' Colorful Past Ends". Herald-Journal. pp. B1. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
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