Greer is a city in Greenville and Spartanburg counties in the U.S. state of South Carolina.

John and his family were already in Laurens County, prior to the Greer passengers who arrived aboard the ship The Falls in 1764.

[8][9] The area now known as Greer was once part of the "Domain of the Cherokees" prior to the American Revolutionary War.

[8] That depot was a red brick, Victorian structure with a slate roof and a cupola.

It was demolished in 1976 by its then owner, the Southern Railway System, in order to avoid property taxes.

[10][11][12] Merchants, blacksmiths and physicians set up shop in what is now the downtown area of Greer.

The railway meant big business for local farmers, enabling them to ship their crops, mainly cotton and peaches, out of state.

[8][9] In 1939, artist Winfred Walkley painted a mural, Cotton and Peach Growing, for the town's old post office as one of thirteen works commissioned by the U.S. Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts between 1938 and 1941 for post offices and federal buildings throughout South Carolina.

[14] After World War II, the city began to grow and diversify its industrial base.

Greer is adjacent to Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport (GSP), which serves Greenville, Spartanburg, and Upstate South Carolina.

Greer is also the site of the largest BMW manufacturing facility in North America.

[21][22] The Greer City Stadium is a WPA project completed in 1938; it currently seats 3,000.

The stadium has hosted little league, scholastic, The American Legion World Series, and semi-professional sports.

[26][27] Pelham Medical Center, part of Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System, is a 48-bed hospital providing emergency services, general surgery, gynecology, orthopedics, cardiology (non-invasive), endocrinology, gastroenterology, general medicine, oncology, and intensive care services.

[31] Greer is served by the Greenville–Spartanburg International Airport Roger Milliken Field, which in 2012 handled over 1.7 million passengers.

[33] Greer is served by Amtrak, the national passenger rail system, which operates to both Greenville and Spartanburg.

Interstate 85 passes 5 miles (8 km) south of the city center, with access from Exits 57 through 60.