Jackson County, organized as one of the original 33 counties by the Territorial Legislature, was organized on September 24, 1855.The county was founded by George Coleman; Stephen J. Elliot; John Dutt; Simon McCrory; Simeon Fees; Godfrey Hafer; James H. Baxter; S. W. McComas; Peter Bryant; Preston H. Humphrey; John James; J. H. Bateman; A. Ash; John ...
Population. 1  The population of Greenville is 26,723. 2  67.9% of the total population of Greenville is White, 16.2% is Black or African American, and 1.4% is Asian. 3  The age distribution of Greenville is 56.1% ages 20-64 years, 27.7% ages 19 years or younger and 16.2% ages 65 years or older. 4  The median age for females is 36.6 years old.
Greenville is the seat of Greenville County, in upstate South Carolina, United States. Greenville is the second largest city (by urban population) in the state of South Carolina. One of the principal cities of the Greenville-Mauldin-Easley Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), it had a municipal population of 58,409 and an urban population of 302,194 as of the 2010 census.