Jennie Erwin Branch Library Honea Path, SC

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

Hours:

Wi-Fi access is available at this branch.

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.  Map and custom directions.

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. The library is named after the Miss Jennie Erwin, who was instrumental in obtaining the funding from the Carnegie Foundation to build the library.