Fort Mill, South Carolina
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Fort Mill, also known as Fort Mill Township, is a town in York County, South Carolina, United States. It is a suburb of Charlotte, North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population of the town was 24,521.[8] Some businesses and residents in the Indian Land community of neighboring Lancaster County share a Fort Mill mailing address, but the official town boundary extends only within York County.
Fort Mill
Fort Mill Township | |
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Coordinates: 35°00′22″N 80°56′24″W | |
Country | United States |
State | South Carolina |
Counties | York |
Established | 1873[1] |
Named for | Colonial-era British fort[2] |
Government | |
• Type | Council–manager |
• Mayor | Guynn Savage[3] |
Area | |
• Total | 19.97 sq mi (51.72 km2) |
• Land | 19.71 sq mi (51.04 km2) |
• Water | 0.26 sq mi (0.68 km2) 1.30% |
Elevation | 623 ft (190 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 24,521 |
• Estimate (2023) | 33,626 |
• Density | 1,244.34/sq mi (480.43/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
ZIP codes | 29715, 29716, 29708 |
Area code(s) | 803, 839 |
FIPS code | 45-26890[7] |
GNIS feature ID | 1247805[5] |
Website | fortmillsc |
The Fort Mill area is home to notable businesses such as the headquarters of Carolina Crown Drum and Bugle Corps (who were DCI World Champions in 2013), LPL Financial,[9] Continental Tire the Americas (Lancaster County), LLC., CompuCom Systems, Diversey, Inc., Sunbelt Rentals, Domtar, Springs Industries, AECOM (Lancaster County), Shutterfly,[10] Red Ventures (Lancaster County), Daimler Trucks North America, and Puckerbutt Pepper Company, known for originally producing the Carolina Reaper[11] and Pepper X[12]