Welcome to Bryson ...

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

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

Bryson would have been located within present day Laurens County<2>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bryson, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1896.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Bryson is 710 feet [216 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

Bryson would have been located in the (864) area code.

Communities Also Named Bryson ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Bryson - they are located in California, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, Ohio, Quebec (3), Tennessee (2), Texas and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Bryson ...

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

• Simpsonville
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpsonville
  • Simpsonville is located in Greenville County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,272 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Simpsonville <5>
• Fountain Inn
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Inn
  • Fountain Inn is located in Greenville County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,905 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fountain Inn <5>
• Laurens
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurens
  • Laurens is located in Laurens County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,852 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Laurens <5>
• Clinton
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
  • Clinton is located in Laurens County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,304 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clinton <5>
• Woodruff
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodruff
  • Woodruff is located in Spartanburg County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,507 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodruff <5>
• Ware Shoals
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ware Shoals
  • Ware Shoals is located in Abbeville County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,152 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ware Shoals <5>
• Gray Court
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Court
  • Gray Court is located in Laurens County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 826 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gray Court <5>
• Cross Hill
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Hill
  • Cross Hill is located in Laurens County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 517 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cross Hill <5>
• Waterloo
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
  • Waterloo is located in Laurens County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waterloo <5>
• Tylersville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tylersville
  • Tylersville is located in Laurens County

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 Bryson. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bryson.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bryson. 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 Bryson.

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

Adding Bryson to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bryson 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 Bryson was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Bryson post office opened in 1896.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bryson.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Laurens County: www.laurenscountysc.org/

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