Belton is a city in eastern Anderson County, South Carolina. The population was 4,134 at the 2010 census. In 1845 a group was creat…Belton is a city in eastern Anderson County, South Carolina. The population was 4,134 at the 2010 census. In 1845 a group was created to connect the Piedmont region of South Carolina by rail to the existing rail system which then ran from Columbia to Charleston. The expanded rail line ran through what was to become Belton, with a spur line which ran to the nearby town of Anderson. Because of the population explosion that occurred by the time the railroad had been completed in 1853, the state incorporated the town in 1855, with the boundaries being located within a half mile radius from the new railroad depot.
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