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Welcome to Styx ...So far, we found very little information about Styx. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Styx to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Styx, please Contact Us. Styx would have been located within present day Lexington County<2>. The location of Styx has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Styx, you might consider that their post office opened in 1903. While the community is gone, the present day location for Styx is 160 feet [49 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Styx was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time The location where Styx once stood is in the (803) area code. Communities Also Named Styx ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Styx - they are located in California and Texas. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Styx. Communities near Styx ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Styx.
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 Styx. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Styx. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Styx. 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 Styx. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Styx. See our Newspapers Page for Styx. Adding Styx to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Styx 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 Styx was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Styx on a map titled Rand McNally Map of South Carolina (1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Styx. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Lexington County: www.lex-co.com/ The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/ Footnotes ...
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