Pelzer is a town in Anderson County, South Carolina, United States, along the Saluda River.

The first president and treasurer of the company was Ellison Adger Smyth, who held the corporate titles for 43 years.

This was the first instance of a mill in South Carolina not built immediately adjacent to its power generation facility; Smyth contracted General Electric to build the power lines between the new dam and the existing town, a first in the industry that many competitors argued was doomed to fail.

Smyth allowed GE to use the new Upper Mill as a testing ground for new electric generators and motors, which initially cost Pelzer Manufacturing money and made the new mill a money loser for several years, though it did become profitable in time.

Ms. Beth Howansky, Founder, President, Treasurer, has continuously maintained the historical society for sixteen years, up to currently.

In 2015 area residents voted to incorporate substantial additional property into the town limits.

[9] The Pelzer Presbyterian Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.19 square miles (0.5 km2), all land.

Photographs of the mill, village, and community can be viewed in the Greenville County Library System digital collections.