Jennie Erwin Branch Honea Path

Address:
318 Shirley Avenue
Honea Path, S.C. 29654
Phone: (864)369-7751
E-mail: extension@andersonlibrary.org

NEW Hours:  effective April 1, 2009

Directions:
Take Highway 252 from Anderson to intersection with US 76. Turn left, go approximately one fourth of a mile. Turn right across railroad tracks onto Shirley Street. Library is located near U. S. Post Office.  

Local History:
The 1855 charter of this small Anderson County municipality refers to the town as “Honey Path.” It was allegedly named for William Honey, an early trader and large landowner in the area. In 1917 the town was incorporated under the name “Honea Path,” perhaps because the writing in an early document was so illegible that the “y” was read as an “a.”  In 1908, Honea Path was awarded a Carnegie Library, it was the smallest town to receive a library.