Welcome to Wilburn ...

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

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

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Wilburn would have been located within present day Cherokee County<2>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wilburn, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was on a map dated 1911.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Wilburn is 760 feet [232 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

The location where Wilburn once stood is in the (864) area code.

Websites for Wilburn ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.cherokeechamber.org/

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

Communities Also Named Wilburn ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Wilburn - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Nova Scotia and Virginia.

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

Communities near Wilburn ...

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

• Gastonia
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gastonia
  • Gastonia is located in Gaston County (NC)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 77,640 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gastonia <5>
• Shelby
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
  • Shelby is located in Cleveland County (NC)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,145 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shelby <5>
• Gaffney
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaffney
  • Gaffney is located in Cherokee County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,695 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gaffney <5>
• Kings Mountain
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Mountain
  • Kings Mountain is located in Cleveland County (NC)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,118 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kings Mountain <5>
• York
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
  • York is located in York County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,637 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for York <5>
• Clover
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover
  • Clover is located in York County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,800 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clover <5>
• Bessemer City
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bessemer City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bessemer City
  • Bessemer City is located in Gaston County (NC)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,645 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bessemer City <5>
• Boiling Springs
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Springs
  • Boiling Springs is located in Cleveland County (NC)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,617 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boiling Springs <5>
• Blacksburg
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksburg
  • Blacksburg is located in Cherokee County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,880 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blacksburg <5>
• Grover
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
  • Grover is located in Cleveland County (NC)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 709 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grover <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 Wilburn. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Wilburn.

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

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

Adding Wilburn to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Wilburn 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 Wilburn was on a map titled Map of South Carolina (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wilburn.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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