Welcome to Tumbling Shoals ...

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

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

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

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Tumbling Shoals, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1809.

A typical abbreviation for Tumbling Shoals: Tumbling Shls.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Tumbling Shoals is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

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

Communities Also Named Tumbling Shoals ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Tumbling Shoals - it's located in Arkansas.

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

Communities near Tumbling Shoals ...

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

• Mauldin
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauldin
  • Mauldin is located in Greenville County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,562 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mauldin <5>
• Simpsonville
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • 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
  (12 miles [19.3 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
  (11 miles [17.7 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
  (19 miles [30.6 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 northeast)
  • 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>
• Belton
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belton
  • Belton is located in Anderson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,484 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Belton <5>
• Williamston
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamston
  • Williamston is located in Anderson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,298 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Williamston <5>
• Honea Path
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • 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
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • 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>

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

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

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

Adding Tumbling Shoals to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Tumbling Shoals post office opened in 1809.

We also found Tumbling Shoals in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Tumbling Shoals.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

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