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Little Mountain is a town in Newberry County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 291 at the 2010 census. The town took its name from nearby Little Mountain.

Little Mountain town overview:
Name:	Little Mountain town
LSAD Code:	43
LSAD Description:	town (suffix)
State:	South Carolina
County:	Newberry County
Elevation:	614 ft (187 m)
Total Area:	1.52 sq mi (3.94 km²)
Land Area:	1.52 sq mi (3.94 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	249
Population Density:	163.82/sq mi (63.25/km²)
ZIP code:	29075
Area code:	803, 839
FIPS code:	4541965
GNISfeature ID:	1231486
Website:	www.littlemountainsc.com

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History

The mountain is a monadnock, which is an isolated mountain or rock that has resisted the process of erosion and stands alone in an otherwise flat area.

The Little Mountain Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

Early history

The mountain was referred to as Ruff’s Mountain until sometime in the 1800s. It was part of Lexington County until 1917, when the current border was established. Property in this area was not recorded in the Newberry County tax records until some time in the 1920s. The Eastern side of the mountain was once owned by Sam Birge, and later Arthur Kohn. It would change hands between the two several times before coming into the possession of the Derrick family in the 1930s. The other side, including what became the town of Little Mountain, was owned by Abraham N. Boland.

The Town

Frederick H. Dominick was appointed as postmaster in May 1852. Abraham Noah Boland was appointed as postmaster of the Little Mountain Post Office in 1888. The town was founded around a railroad station in 1890: Boland’s farm became the site of the depot when the C. N. & L Railroad (Columbia, Newberry, & Laurens Railroad Company) began operation. The town was incorporated and Boland became the first mayor of the town. Today, Boland is considered the “Father of Little Mountain.”

Early residents were farmers of corn, cotton and grain. The town has become a bedroom community for Columbia, the state capital, 30 miles to the southeast.

Education

In 1892, a school was opened in a tenant house and taught by the pastor of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Rev. S. L. Nease. Later a one-room school building was built on an acre of land donated by Noah Boland. Increased enrollment brought a two-room building and finally, in 1908 the plans were made to build the present Little Mountain Elementary School. Several additions and modifications have been made to the building since the original construction.