Newberry, South Carolina

Newberry, South Carolina
Newberry Opera House
Motto: 
"The City of Friendly Folks."
Location of Newberry, South Carolina
Coordinates: 34°16′40″N 81°37′00″W / 34.27778°N 81.61667°W / 34.27778; -81.61667
CountryUnited States
StateSouth Carolina
CountyNewberry
Government
  MayorFoster Senn
Area
  Total
9.00 sq mi (23.30 km2)
  Land8.99 sq mi (23.29 km2)
  Water0.00 sq mi (0.01 km2)
Elevation
492 ft (150 m)
Population
 (2020)
  Total
10,691
  Density1,188.95/sq mi (459.04/km2)
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP code
29108
Area code(s)803, 839
FIPS code45-49570
GNIS feature ID1249864
Websitewww.cityofnewberry.com

Newberry is a city in Newberry County, South Carolina, United States, in the Piedmont 43 miles (69 kilometers) northwest of Columbia. The charter was adopted in 1894. The population was 10,277 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Newberry County; at one time it was called Newberry Courthouse.

Newberry became a city in 1976, but did not report the change to the Census Bureau for more than twenty-five years. As a result, the city was listed as a town in the 2000 census.

It is the home of Newberry College, a private liberal-arts college affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.