Holly Springs is an unincorporated community in the farm country west of Inman, in the northern half of Spartanburg County. It takes its name from a spring ringed with holly trees. Holly Springs Baptist Church, on Hannon Road, traces its roots to brush arbor meetings around 1800 and was formally organized in 1804. This is not the North Carolina town of the same name.
There is no town hall here, and addresses carry Inman, Lyman or Campobello mailing labels depending on the road. SJWD Water District serves the area, with mains along roads such as Hannon Road and Holly Springs Road. Most houses are on septic, and gas depends on where you are: Lyman to the south is in Greer CPW territory, Inman to the east is served by Piedmont, and many homes in between use propane.
Spartanburg County Building Codes issues plumbing and gas permits for Holly Springs. The community is within the Gas Guys service area, and the phone is answered 24/7.
Holly Springs at a glance
- Natural gas
- Varies: Greer CPW, Piedmont or propane. Holly Springs sits between Inman, served by Piedmont, and Lyman, in Greer CPW territory, and many rural homes use propane; your bill tells you which applies.
- Water
- SJWD Water District (much of the area)
- Sewer
- Mostly septic
- Permits
- Spartanburg County Building Codes
- Housing
- Farmhouses and rural homes on larger lots, with newer houses and small subdivisions on former farmland.
Plumbing and gas in Holly Springs: what to know
Soft SJWD water
SJWD describes its water as extremely soft, around 6 to 8 milligrams per liter of hardness. That means little scale in water heaters and fixtures. A water heater flush here is mostly about sediment, and tankless units scale up far more slowly than they would on hard water.
Three possible gas suppliers
Out here the first question on any gas job is who supplies it. A Greer CPW or Piedmont meter means the utility owns the line up to the meter. A tank in the yard means your propane company owns the tank and first regulator. In every case, the pipe from there to your appliances is yours and gets the same sizing and testing.
Buried lines on big lots
Rural lots mean the meter or tank can be a long way from the house, and buried lines that long are easy to hit with a post-hole digger or trencher. SC811 is free and required before digging, but it marks utility lines only up to the meter. Customer-owned water and gas lines need to be located separately.
Septic in newer houses too
Even newer houses on former farmland around Holly Springs are often on septic where public sewer is not available. A newer house on septic still needs the tank pumped on a schedule, and a garbage disposal or several loads of laundry in a row load the system harder than people expect.