Brief
History from KSHS:
Containing
the towns of Eureka, Climax, Hamilton,
Virgil, Madison, Fall River and Severy,
Greenwood County was named
for For Alfred B. Greenwood, the
Commissioner of Indian Affairs in 1854.
The county was one of the original 33
counties
organized by the Territorial
Legislature in 1855, but because of an
oversight and reorganization of county
lines, Greenwood
County was not officially organized
until March 14, 1862. Isaac Sharp; James
Hawkins; James and W. F. Osborn; Enoch
Reeves; John McKeag; W. T. Gow;
Allan Thompson; John McDaniel; David
Smyth; Mark Hartly; Robert Clark; and
Edwin
Tucker are the founders of the town.
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