Welcome to Simpson ...

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

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

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

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Simpson, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1894.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Simpson is 540 feet [165 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

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

Communities Also Named Simpson ...

While we believe that this Simpson is located in Laurens County, we know of another 2 South Carolina communities named Simpson. Those communities are located in the following counties: Fairfield and Horry County.

Beyond South Carolina, there are 39 communities that are also named Simpson - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas (2), Colorado (3), Georgia, Illinois (2), Indiana, Kansas (3), Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri (4), Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania (3), Saskatchewan, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Simpson ...

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

• Greenwood
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
  • Greenwood is located in Greenwood County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,356 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenwood <5>
• Fountain Inn
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • 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
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • 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
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • 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
  (19 miles [30.6 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>
• Honea Path
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honea Path
  • Honea Path is located in Abbeville County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,851 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Honea Path <5>
• Ware Shoals
  (8 miles [12.9 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>
• Due West
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Due West
  • Due West is located in Abbeville County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,198 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Due West <5>
• Gray Court
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • 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
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • 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>

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

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

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

Adding Simpson to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Simpson post office opened in 1894.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Simpson.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

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