Blacksburg is a small town in Cherokee County, South Carolina, United States.

[5] The communities of Antioch, Cherokee Falls, Kings Creek, Cashion Crossroads, Buffalo, and Mount Paran are located near the town.

It is part of the Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson Combined Statistical Area (CSA) which has a population of 1,478,648 according to 2018 estimates by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Located near the northern border of the state, the present-day site of Blacksburg was first settled by a man named Stark.

Major John F. Jones of Massachusetts came to live in Blacksburg when hired as superintendent of the C. C. & C. Railroad.

He lived in Blacksburg until 1922, when he was appointed the South Carolina Internal Revenue Collector by the President of the United States.

In the 1890s large amounts of iron ore were found in the area, and many people hoping to make a fortune from mining it flocked to the town.

It installed the first electric street lights in Upstate South Carolina and perhaps in the entire state.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.87 square miles (4.85 km2), all land.

Public education in Blacksburg is administered by Cherokee County School District.