Editing Clemson University (section)

==Campus==
{{main|Campus of Clemson University}}

The Campus of Clemson University is outside of, and adjacent to, the Clemson city limits, in [[unincorporated area|unincorporated]] [[Pickens County, South Carolina|Pickens County]].<ref name=USCensusMaps2020/> Therefore, the university does not have to abide by City of Clemson municipal ordinances nor receive permission to do any undertaking from the City of Clemson. The [[South Carolina General Assembly]] designated Clemson University as a "municipal corporation" in 1894.<ref name=Simontowndiff/>

This campus was originally the site of U.S. Vice President John C. Calhoun's plantation, named Fort Hill. The plantation passed to his daughter, Anna, and son-in-law, Thomas Green Clemson. On Clemson's death in 1888, he willed the land to the state of South Carolina for the creation of a public university.

The university was founded in 1889, and three buildings from the initial construction still exist today: Hardin Hall (built in 1890), Main Building (later renamed Tillman Hall) (1894), and Godfrey Hall (1898). Other periods of large expansion occurred in 1936–1938 when eight new buildings were constructed, and the late 1950s through 1970, when no fewer than 25 buildings were constructed, most in a similar architectural style.

The campus area first appeared as a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in the 2020 Census with a population of 7,311.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Clemson University CDP, South Carolina Place in South Carolina |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US4515040 |accessdate=March 13, 2022 |website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>

The CDP is located in the [[Pickens County School District (South Carolina)|Pickens County School District]], which covers the entire county. Any dependent children living on the Clemson campus would be zoned to that school district.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st45_sc/schooldistrict_maps/c45077_pickens/DC20SD_C45077.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Pickens County, SC|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-07-22}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st45_sc/schooldistrict_maps/c45077_pickens/DC20SD_C45077_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>