Broad River

… rises in SE Buncombe County and flows SE across NE Henderson County into W Rutherford County; SE to the Polk-Rutherford county line, where it is joined by Green River; SE and NE into Cleveland County; and SE into South Carolina, where it joins Saluda River at Columbia to form the Congaree River. Sometimes known locally as Rocky Broad River and Main Broad River. Known by the Indians as Ess-ee-daw Lake Lure is on Broad River. Appears on the Collet map, 1770. See also Hickory Nut Gorge.