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Jackson's Furnace Site (38YK217)

Jackson's Furnace Site (38YK217)
Nearest city Smyrna, South Carolina
Area 35 acres (14 ha)
MPS Early Ironworks of Northwestern South Carolina TR
NRHP reference # 87000706
Added to NRHP May 8, 1987

Jackson's Furnace Site, also known as Stroup’s Furnace, is a historic archaeological site located near Smyrna, York County, South Carolina. The site includes an earthen sluiceway, stone dam abutments, the stone foundation of an iron furnace and slag heaps. It is one of only two sites that can be associated with the King’s Mountain Iron Company, which operated in present-day Cherokee County from about 1815 to about 1860. The other site is King's Creek Furnace Site in Cherokee County.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.



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