Little River (Oconee County, South Carolina)

Little River
River
Country	USA
State	South Carolina
Region	Oconee County
Source	Salem, South Carolina
- coordinates	34°54′58″N 83°0′9″W / 34.91611°N 83.00250°W
Mouth	Seneca, South Carolina
- coordinates	34°44′08″N 82°53′29″W / 34.73556°N 82.89139°WCoordinates: 34°44′08″N 82°53′29″W / 34.73556°N 82.89139°W

The Little River originally flowed 27.0 miles (43.5 km)^[1] from its headwaters in northern Oconee County, South Carolina near Salem into the Keowee River northeast of Seneca.^[2]

The Little River was dammed at Newry, South Carolina in the 1890s to power the Newry Mill of the Courtenay Manufacturing Company.^[3]

In the early 1960s, the lower part of the Little River was flooded by the Lake Hartwell reservoir. In the early 1970s, the Little River Dam^[4] was built upstream of Newry as one of two dams to form Lake Keowee. The upstream portion of the Little River remains free flowing.^[5]

The Little River was in the heart of the Cherokee Lower Towns region. Several Cherokee towns were located along the river.

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed April 26, 2011
2. "Little River". Geographic Names Information Service. U.S. Geological Survey. 13 July 1980. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
3. Watson, Mary; Wells, John; Schader, Mark; Matthews, Nancy (5 December 1981). "Newry Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
4. "Little River Dam". Geographic Names Information Service. U.S. Geological Survey. 1 September 1992. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
5. "Lake Keowee". www.southcarolinalakes.net. Retrieved 20 December 2009.