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Welcome to Lisbon ...

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

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


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


We aren't confident of the location of Lisbon, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Lisbon, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1881.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Lisbon is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

If Lisbon still existed, it would have been in the (864) area code.

Communities Also Named Lisbon ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two South Carolina communities named Lisbon: This one is located in Laurens County and the other is located in Richland County.

Beyond South Carolina, there are 34 communities that are also named Lisbon - they are located in Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana (2), Iowa, Kansas (3), Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico (2), New York, North Carolina (2), North Dakota, Ohio (2), Ontario, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.

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

Communities near Lisbon ...

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

  • Greenwood
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Laurens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Clinton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Ware Shoals
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Ninety Six
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Gray Court
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Cross Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Donalds
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Waterloo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Hodges
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

Adding Lisbon to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Lisbon post office opened in 1881.

We also found Lisbon in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lisbon.

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Lisbon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of South Carolina's counties, including Laurens, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lisbon - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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