Editing Travelers Rest, South Carolina (section)

==History==
In 1794, the [[South Carolina General Assembly]] appropriated $2,000 to construct a wagon road from [[Greenville, South Carolina|Greenville, SC]], north into the [[Blue Ridge Mountains]], through [[Asheville, North Carolina]], ending in East Tennessee. This road, once fully completed in the mid-1850's, was full of wagon traffic. For those going north into the mountains from the coast through [[Greenville, South Carolina|Greenville]], Travelers Rest was the first well-equipped stop to prepare for the several thousand-foot climb ahead of them. Travelers Rest was most recently incorporated as a city in 1959, although there was an 1891 incorporation that expired. While unincorporated, most of the area was known as Bates Township during the 19th and early 20th centuries.

The [[John H. Goodwin House]] and [[George Salmon House]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref> American Revolutionary heroine [[Dicey Langston|Dicey Langston's]] home, now site of a historical marker, is located just north of the city proper. 

=== Transportation ===
[[U.S. Route 276]]-N enters connects Downtown Greenville with the city and becomes Travelers Rest's Main Street before heading northwest past [[Caesars Head State Park|Caesar's Head State Park]], and into North Carolina to [[Brevard, North Carolina|Brevard, NC]]. [[U.S. Route 25]]-N, enters the city from [https://www.villagewgvl.com/ West Greenville], then turns north into the [[Blue Ridge Mountains]], connecting to [[Asheville, North Carolina|Asheville, NC]], 54 miles away.

As of the 2010 census, the city had a total area of {{convert|11.8|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.06|sqkm|order=flip|2}}, or 0.54%, were water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

=== Climate ===
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| Jan high F  =51.1
| Feb high F  =55.0
| Mar high F  =62.8
| Apr high F  =72.3
| May high F  =79.9
| Jun high F  =85.6
| Jul high F  =88.3
| Aug high F  =87.4
| Sep high F  =81.5
| Oct high F  =72.3
| Nov high F  =62.4
| Dec high F  =53.1
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| Jan mean F  =40.5
| Feb mean F  =43.5
| Mar mean F  =50.7
| Apr mean F  =59.4
| May mean F  =67.6
| Jun mean F  =74.1
| Jul mean F  =77.4
| Aug mean F  =76.6
| Sep mean F  =70.5
| Oct mean F  =59.9
| Nov mean F  =50.5
| Dec mean F  =42.6
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| Jan low F  =30.0
| Feb low F  =32.0
| Mar low F  =38.7
| Apr low F  =46.4
| May low F  =55.4
| Jun low F  =62.8
| Jul low F  =66.6
| Aug low F  =65.8
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| Nov low F  =38.8
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