Soon after the Revolution, a community grew up here on the road from Greenville to Laurens. It was later known as Butler’s Crossroads for Willis W. Butler, who acquired a tract including the intersection of the Laurens and Reedy River roads in 1853. The community became a town after the Greenville & Laurens Railroad completed its line here in 1885 and built a frame passenger and freight depot 1/4 mi. north on Jenkins Street in 1886. The town was named for Lt. Gov. William L. Mauldin, president of the Greenville & Laurens Railroad from 1881 to 1885, state representative and senator, and lieutenant governor from 1886 to 1890. Mauldin was first chartered in 1890, with its limits a half-mile radius from the depot. The depot was torn down in 1953. Two historic stores of note are the John S. Hill Store, built about 1906, 1/4 mi. east on Main Street, and Massey’s General Store, built in 1931, at Main Street and White Drive.