Town History: The Town of Reidville and nearby communities’ foundation was the beginnings in the early settlements of the white man along the three branches of Tyger River. A group of Pennsylvania Irish settlers came down to the Piedmont area of South Carolina in 1761. People came directly from Ireland and settled the same Tyger River highlands in the years of 1767-68 and immigrated through the sea port of Charleston.

The western edge of Spartanburg County were set up with farms and homesteads by these settlers. Christian worship was very important so they banded together and formed meetings. Two people were killed by Indians on their way to church. In 1772, after holding worship meetings in private homes a brick building was erected and later known as the Nazareth Presbyterian Church, which is the oldest Presbyterian Church in Spartanburg County and is very active today. Large parcels of land were owned by farmers that mainly made up the congregation.