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Welcome to Waverly Mills ...

Waverly Mills is located in Georgetown County<1>.


The location of Waverly Mills has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Waverly Mills, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1879.

A typical abbreviation for Waverly Mills: Waverly Mls. (or less commonly used: Waverly Mlls.)

Waverly Mills is near sea level<3>.

Time Zone: Waverly Mills lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Waverly Mills lies within the (843) area code.

Websites for Waverly Mills ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.georgetowncountychamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Waverly Mills, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Waverly Mills ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Waverly Mills - it's located in Minnesota.

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

Communities near Waverly Mills ...

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

  • Georgetown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Surfside Beach
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Pawleys Island
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Inlet Oaks Village
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Inlet Oaks Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inlet Oaks Village
    • Inlet Oaks Village is located in Georgetown County
  • Campfield
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campfield
    • Campfield is located in Georgetown County
  • Murrells Inlet
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Garden City Beach
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Steele Town
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Steele Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steele Town
    • Steele Town is located in Georgetown County
  • Windjammer Village
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Windjammer Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windjammer Village
    • Windjammer Village is located in Horry County
  • Garden City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Waverly Mills ...

Looking for more information about Waverly Mills? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Waverly Mills, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Waverly Mills.

Adding Waverly Mills to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Waverly Mills in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Waverly Mills was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Waverly Mills post office opened in 1879.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Waverly Mills.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Waverly Mills. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Georgetown County: www.georgetowncountysc.org/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of South Carolina's counties, including Georgetown, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Waverly Mills - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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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