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Welcome to Maxim ...

Maxim is located in Lincoln County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Maxim, you might consider that their post office opened in 1903.

Maxim is 420 feet [128 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Maxim: 706 & 762<3>

Communities Also Named Maxim ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Maxim - they are located in New Jersey and Saskatchewan.

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

Websites for Maxim ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.lincolncountyga.org/

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

Communities near Maxim ...

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

  • Columbia Mine ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Columbia Mine is located in McDuffie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Mine
    • Estimated population in 2019: 195,769 people
  • McCormick
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • McCormick is located in McCormick County (SC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCormick
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,320 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McCormick <4>
  • Lincolnton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Hamilton Crossroads
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Hamilton Crossroads is located in McDuffie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Crossroads
    • Estimated population in 2019: 1,117 people
  • Hesters Ferry
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Hesters Ferry is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesters Ferry
    • Estimated population in 2019: 911 people
  • Parksville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Troy
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Troy is located in Greenwood County (SC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 101 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <4>
  • Plum Branch
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Modoc
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Loce
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Loce is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loce

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Maxim ...

Looking for more information about Maxim? 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 Maxim, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Maxim.

Adding Maxim to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Maxim 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 (so far) for Maxim was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Maxim post office opened in 1903. The Maxim post office closed in 1922.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Maxim.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Lincoln, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Maxim - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 706 code has been Overlayed with the 762 area code. New phone numbers in the Maxim area will be assigned with one of these codes: 706 or 762. As a result, placing a call in the Maxim area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<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 the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/