Welcome to English ...

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

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

English would have been located within present day Richland County<2>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of English, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1897.

While the community is gone, the present day location for English is 190 feet [58 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

The location where English once stood is in the (803) area code.

Communities Also Named English ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 16 communities that are also named English - they are located in Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas (3), Washington and West Virginia.

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

Communities near English ...

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

• Forest Acres
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Acres
  • Forest Acres is located in Richland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,269 people
• Camden
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden
  • Camden is located in Kershaw County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,288 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Camden <5>
• Blythewood
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blythewood
  • Blythewood is located in Richland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,531 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blythewood <5>
• Elgin
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
  • Elgin is located in Kershaw County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,585 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elgin <5>
• Arcadia Lakes
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arcadia Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia Lakes
  • Arcadia Lakes is located in Richland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 874 people
• Eastover
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastover
  • Eastover is located in Richland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 850 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eastover <5>
• Horatio
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horatio
  • Horatio is located in Sumter County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Horatio <5>
• Spring Village
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Village
  • Spring Village is located in Kershaw County
• Rembert
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rembert
  • Rembert is located in Sumter County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rembert <5>
• Lugoff
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lugoff
  • Lugoff is located in Kershaw County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lugoff <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 English. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for English.

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

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

Adding English to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the English post office opened in 1897.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for English.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Richland County: www.richlandonline.com/

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