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Welcome to Cheraw ...

Cheraw is located in Marion County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cheraw, you might consider that their post office opened in 1905.

Cheraw is 140 feet [43 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Cheraw lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Cheraw: 601 & 769<3>

Communities Also Named Cheraw ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Cheraw - they are located in Colorado and South Carolina.

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

Communities near Cheraw ...

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

  • Columbia
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Tylertown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Varnado
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Varnado is located in Washington Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varnado
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Varnado <4>
  • Angie
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Angie is located in Washington Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angie
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Angie <4>
  • Pinebur
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Pinebur is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinebur
  • Kokomo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Twin
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Twin is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin
  • Expose
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Expose is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Expose
  • Goss
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Goss is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss
  • Popeville ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Popeville is located in Washington Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popeville

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cheraw ...

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

Adding Cheraw to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cheraw 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 Cheraw was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Cheraw post office opened in 1905. The Cheraw post office closed in 1925.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cheraw.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Marion, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cheraw - 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 601 code has been Overlayed with the 769 area code. New phone numbers in the Cheraw area will be assigned with one of these codes: 601 or 769. As a result, placing a call in the Cheraw 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/