Gas Prices Dip Below $3 Per Gallon In Upstate

If you're looking for the cheapest place to fill up the tank, Patch is happy toround up the best area gas prices using SouthCarolinaGasPrices.com so you can get the most bang for your buck before the weekend. 

There's good news in Taylors: South Carolina, and especially the Upstate, enjoy the cheapest gas prices in the entire country right now. 

GasBuddy.com shows Spartanburg as the city with the lowest average price for a gallon of gas in the entire country, followed closely by Greenville. Nationally, the average price for a gallon of gasoline stands at $3.58, while South Carolina's average gallon costs a mere $3.12 - and even that number is skewed by higher gas prices seen in the Low Country, as much of the Upstate has seen prices dip below $3 per gallon. 

Here are some of the lowest prices in Taylors and Wade Hampton areas of Greenville as of late Thursday night:

$2.97 - Murphy USA, 25 Tappan Drive at Wade Hampton Boulevard 

$2.97 - Spinx, 3226 Wade Hampton Boulevard near Rutherford Road

$2.97 - Dodge's Store, 3318 Wade Hampton Boulevard 

$2.97 - Hickory Point, 3301 Wade Hampton Boulevard at Edwards Mill Road

$2.96 - Hickory Point, 14065 E Wade Hampton Blvd at Hampton Road

$2.96 - Grand Foodstuff, 1320 Stallings Road near Sevier Street

$2.97 - QuikTrip, 2048 Wade Hampton Boulevard at Rushmore Drive

$2.97, Marathon, 3713 East North Street at Howell Road