Living in Travelers Rest, South Carolina
Turneround Homes Team of Real Broker, LLC
Every town in the Upstate has its own flavor, with its own pros and cons. We built Living in Travelers Rest as a resource for people trying to find where they might want to land. We hope it gives you a feel for what living in or near Travelers Rest, South Carolina is really like, so you can decide if it fits.
What’s in a name?
Yes, it’s really called Travelers Rest. Back when folks were making their way to the mountains, this was where they stopped to rest, and plenty of them stayed. Locals often refer to it as TR.
Travelers Rest by the numbers
Population is the Travelers Rest ZIP code area (29690), Census Bureau estimate for 2020 to 2024.
You can also get to Greenville without a car. Bike, run, walk or even rollerblade the Swamp Rabbit Trail, a paved path that follows an old railroad bed, and you will be on a trail instead of a road for almost the whole way. A few road crossings along the way, so watch for traffic.
What is a swamp rabbit?
If you spend any time near Greenville, you will hear “swamp rabbit” everywhere: the trail, a cafe, even the hockey team. It is a real animal, a larger relative of the cottontail that lives near water. But the name on the trail comes from somewhere else. “Swamp Rabbit” was the nickname of the old railroad that ran from Greenville toward Travelers Rest. It was built through swampy land and built cheaply, so the ride was bouncy, and by 1890 a newspaper was already calling it the Swamp Rabbit.
Passenger trains stopped around 1921 and the line was abandoned in 1998. Greenville County bought part of the old rail corridor, and the trail opened in 2009. Today it runs through Travelers Rest and on into Greenville.
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3305 Rutherford Rd, Suite H, Taylors, SC 29687
864-402-8500
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