Editing Blacksburg, South Carolina (section)

==History==
Located near the northern border of the state, the present-day site of Blacksburg was first settled by a man named Stark. Mr. Stark, who had lived in [[Charleston, South Carolina]] prior to moving to the area, had gotten several people to come along with him on an agriculture venture, but this venture would fail. Those who stayed behind named the area "Stark's Folly".
[[Image:Bburgtrain.jpg|thumb|350px|left|The railroad played a major role in the history of Blacksburg.]]
In the late 19th century the Black family, headed by John G. Black, a [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] veteran, was living in the area and persuaded the C.C. & C. Railroad Company <!-- (Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad?) --> to lay track through the town and build a depot. The town soon became known as "Black's Station" in honor of John G. Black and was incorporated as Black's Station town in 1876.<ref>Acts and Joint Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina Passed at the Regular Session of 1875-1876, Columbia, SC (page 133)</ref> The legal town was renamed "Blacksburg" in 1888.

Major John F. Jones of [[Massachusetts]] came to live in Blacksburg when hired as superintendent of the C. C. & C. Railroad. He donated his own money to build a school, hotel (the Cherokee Inn), and several other buildings in Blacksburg. He lived in Blacksburg until 1922, when he was appointed the South Carolina Internal Revenue Collector by the President of the United States.

In the 1890s large amounts of [[iron ore]] were found in the area, and many people hoping to make a fortune from mining it flocked to the town. Blacksburg became a boom town, and hotels and saloons were built for the new visitors. The town went by the name "Iron City" for a short time. Because of the "iron rush" the town became quite wealthy. It installed the first electric street lights in Upstate South Carolina and perhaps in the entire state.<ref>SCIway.net. http://www.sciway.net/ccr/sc-city-nicknames.html</ref><ref>Discoversouthcarolina.com. {{cite web|url=http://www.discoversouthcarolina.com/product.aspx?productID%3D10104 |title=Town of Blacksburg |accessdate=August 10, 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081113183705/http://www.discoversouthcarolina.com/product.aspx?productID=10104 |archivedate=November 13, 2008 }}</ref>
The town was renamed in 1888 as "Blacksburg" but still holds the nickname of "Iron City".

The [[Kings Mountain State Park Historic District]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2008.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>