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Notable locations in Mountain Rest: Sloan Bridge Campground (A), Oconee Station (B), Long Bottom Ford (C), Mountain Rest (D), Piedmont State Nursery (E), Keith Quarter (F), Rose Bud Picnic Area (G), Moody Spring Campground (H), Earls Ford Recreation Site (I), Burrel Place Campground (J), Burrells Ford Campground (K), Chattooga Picnic Area (L), White Rock Scenic Area (M), Cherry Hill Recreation Site (N), Walhalla Fish Hatchery (O), Village Creek Mission (P), Andrew Pickens Ranger Station (Q). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Mountain Rest include: Pleasant Ridge Church (A), Cheohee Cemetery (B), Cheohee Church (C), Cherry Hill Church (D), Monte Vista Church (E), Double Springs Church (F), Bethlehem Church (G). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Pleasant Ridge Cemetery (1), Cherry Hill Cemetery (2), Monte Vista Cemetery (3), Bethlehem Cemetery (4), Pells Cemetery (5), Wolf Pit Cemetery (6), Winchester Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lakes and reservoirs: Turn Hole (A), Oconee State Park Lake Number One (B), Bookers Lake (C), Lake Leroy (D), Lake Front Homes Pond (E), Lake Cherokee (F), Lake Cheohee (G), Lake Becky (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Knox Creek (A), Moss Mill Creek (B), Moody Creek (C), Miller Field Branch (D), Horse Bone Branch (E), Station Creek (F), Lee Branch (G), Lick Log Creek (H), Pigpen Branch (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in Mountain Rest include: General Pickens Monument (1), Station Creek Cove Botanical Area (2), Oconee State Park (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
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Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This place: |  11.2% | | Whole state: |  14.1% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This place: | 4.1% | | Whole state: | 6.5% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Mountain Rest, SC
Mountain Rest compared to South Carolina state average:
- Black race population percentage below state average.
- Median age above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage below state average.
- Length of stay since moving in significantly below state average.
- House age significantly below state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.
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2004 Presidential Election results in Oconee County South Carolina:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Electricity (44%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (32%)
- Wood (15%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Utility gas (2%)
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Religion statistics for Mountain Rest
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | Catholic Church | Presbyterian Church (USA) |
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| Adherents | 68.2% | 7.1% | 6.4% | 4.7% | 3.1% |
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| Congregations | 49.6% | 9.4% | 12.2% | 1.4% | 4.3% |
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| Name | The Wesleyan Church | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Assemblies of God | Church of God of Prophecy | Other religions |
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| Adherents | 2.1% | 1.6% | 1.3% | 0.9% | 4.5% |
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| Congregations | 4.3% | 0.7% | 1.4% | 5.8% | 10.8% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.
6.01% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($53,827 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.01% | | South Carolina average: | 8.00% |
0.05% of residents moved from foreign countries ($162 average AGI)| Oconee County: | 0.05% | | South Carolina average: | 0.15% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
5.18% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($38,479 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.18% | | South Carolina average: | 6.88% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Mountain Rest:
- WLFJ (660 AM; daytime; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WCSZ (1070 AM; 50 kW; SANS SOUCI, SC; Owner: WHYZ RADIO, L.P.)
- WTBI (1540 AM; daytime; 10 kW; PICKENS, SC; Owner: TABERNACLE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS)
- WFGW (1010 AM; 50 kW; BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: BLUE RIDGE BROADCASTING CORP.)
- WGCR (720 AM; daytime; 10 kW; PISGAH FOREST, NC; Owner: ANCHOR BAPTIST BROADCASTING ASSOCIATION)
- WCNN (680 AM; 50 kW; NORTH ATLANTA, GA; Owner: DICKEY BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WSB (750 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WGHC (1370 AM; daytime; 3 kW; CLAYTON, GA; Owner: SUTTON RADIOCASTING CORPORATION)
- WRIX (1020 AM; daytime; 10 kW; HOMELAND PARK, SC; Owner: AM 1020 INCORPORATED)
- WKVL (850 AM; daytime; 50 kW; KNOXVILLE, TN; Owner: HORNE RADIO, LLC)
- WGST (640 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- WLET (1420 AM; 5 kW; TOCCOA, GA; Owner: TOCCOA FALLS COLLEGE)
- WDUN (550 AM; 10 kW; GAINESVILLE, GA; Owner: JWJ PROPERTIRS, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Mountain Rest:
- WGOG (96.3 FM; WALHALLA, SC; Owner: APPALACHIAN BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
- W269AY (101.7 FM; HIGHLANDS, NC; Owner: WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC RADIO)
- WHLC (104.5 FM; HIGHLANDS, NC; Owner: CHARISMA RADIO CORP.)
- W277AL (103.3 FM; HIGHLANDS, NC; Owner: CHARISMA RADIO CORPORATION)
- WRBN (104.1 FM; CLAYTON, GA; Owner: SUTTON RADIOCASTING CORPORATION)
- WHZT (98.1 FM; SENECA, SC; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WFQS (91.3 FM; FRANKLIN, NC; Owner: WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC RADIO)
- WESC-FM (92.5 FM; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WKSF (99.9 FM; ASHEVILLE, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- W237AR (95.3 FM; HAZELWOOD, ETC., NC; Owner: WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC RADIO)
- WNCC-FM (96.7 FM; FRANKLIN, NC; Owner: SUTTON RADIOCASTING CORPORATION)
- W220CD (91.9 FM; ENKA, NC; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
- WMYI (102.5 FM; HENDERSONVILLE, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- W218AD (91.5 FM; BREVARD, NC; Owner: WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC RADIO)
- WCVP-FM (95.9 FM; ROBBINSVILLE, NC; Owner: CHEROKEE BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- WJMZ-FM (107.3 FM; ANDERSON, SC; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WSPA-FM (98.9 FM; SPARTANBURG, SC; Owner: ENTERCOM GREENVILLE LICENSE, LLC)
- WFBC-FM (93.7 FM; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: ENTERCOM GREENVILLE LICENSE, LLC)
- WMIT (106.9 FM; BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: BLUE RIDGE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WNCW (88.7 FM; SPINDALE, NC; Owner: ISOTHERMAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
TV broadcast stations around Mountain Rest:
- W50AB (Channel 50; HIAWASSEE, GA; Owner: GEORGIA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION)
- WHNS (Channel 21; ASHEVILLE, NC; Owner: MEREDITH CORPORATION)
- WASV-TV (Channel 62; ASHEVILLE, NC; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL BROADCASTING OF SOUTH CAROLINA HOLDINGS, INC.)
- W22AC (Channel 22; HARTWELL & ROYSTON, GA; Owner: GEORGIA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION)
- WYFF (Channel 4; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: WYFF HEARST-ARGYLE TELEVISION, INC.)
- WNEG-TV (Channel 32; TOCCOA, GA; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL BROADCASTING OF SO. CAROLINA HOLDINGS, INC.)
- W27BD (Channel 62; HIGHLANDS, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 1- 197 Walters Mtn. Rd, Type: Mast, Structure height: 43 m, Call Sign: KNKQ351
Assigned Frequencies : 869.040 MHz, 824.040 MHz, 890.010 MHz, 845.010 MHz, 834.390 MHz, 879.390 MHz
Grant Date: 11/12/2002, Expiration Date: 10/01/2012
Registrant: Verizon Wireless, 1120 Sanctuary Pkwy, #150 Gasa5reg, Alpharetta, GA 30004, Phone: (770) 797-1070, Fax: (770) 797-1036, Email:
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 1- Hwy 28 Near Mountain View School, Call Sign: KLP775
Assigned Frequencies : 154.130 MHz
Grant Date: 06/12/2002, Expiration Date: 06/08/2012
Registrant: Oconee County Communications/911, 415 South Pine Street, Walhalla, SC 29691, Phone: (864) 718-1010, Fax: (864) 638-4116
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 8 (See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Mountain Rest)
FAA Registered Aircrafts: 1- Aircraft: AERONCA 7AC (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 90 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES (65 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 83440 , Serial Number: 7AC-2107, Year manufactured: 1946, Airworthiness Date: 05/21/1956
Registrant (Individual): William B Farley, Po Box 124, Mountain Rest, SC 29664
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
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