Welcome to Borax ...

So far, we found very little information about Borax. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Borax to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Borax, please Contact Us.

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Borax would have been located within present day York County<2>.

The location of Borax has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Borax, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1898.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Borax is 590 feet [180 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Borax was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Borax would have been located in the (803) area code.

Websites for Borax ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.yorkcountychamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Borax, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Borax ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Borax - they are located in Idaho, Montana and Nevada.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Borax.

Communities near Borax ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Borax.

• Gaffney
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaffney
  • Gaffney is located in Cherokee County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,695 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gaffney <5>
• York
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
  • York is located in York County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,637 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for York <5>
• Union
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
  • Union is located in Union County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,535 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Union <5>
• Chester
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
  • Chester is located in Chester County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,363 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chester <5>
• Pacolet
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacolet
  • Pacolet is located in Spartanburg County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,604 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pacolet <5>
• Blacksburg
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksburg
  • Blacksburg is located in Cherokee County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,880 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blacksburg <5>
• Jonesville
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
  • Jonesville is located in Union County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 819 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jonesville <5>
• Pacolet Mills
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacolet Mills
  • Pacolet Mills is located in Spartanburg County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pacolet Mills <5>
• Sharon
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
  • Sharon is located in York County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 641 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sharon <5>
• Hickory Grove
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
  • Hickory Grove is located in York County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hickory Grove <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Borax. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Borax.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Borax. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Borax.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Borax. See our Newspapers Page for Borax.

Adding Borax to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Borax in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Borax was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Borax post office opened in 1898.

We also found Borax on a map titled Rand McNally Map of South Carolina (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Borax.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for York County: www.yorkcountygov.com/

The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/