Welcome to Erwinsville ...

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

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

Erwinsville would have been located within present day Cleveland County<2>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Erwinsville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1813.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Erwinsville is 680 feet [207 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

If Erwinsville still existed, it would have been in the (704) and (980)<5> area codes.

Websites for Erwinsville ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.clevelandchamber.org/

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

Communities near Erwinsville ...

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

• Shelby
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
  • Shelby is located in Cleveland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,145 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shelby <6>
• Gaffney
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaffney
  • Gaffney is located in Cherokee County (SC)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,695 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gaffney <6>
• Kings Mountain
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Mountain
  • Kings Mountain is located in Cleveland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,118 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kings Mountain <6>
• Forest City
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
  • Forest City is located in Rutherford County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,138 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forest City <6>
• Cherryville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherryville
  • Cherryville is located in Gaston County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,138 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cherryville <6>
• Boiling Springs
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Springs
  • Boiling Springs is located in Cleveland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,617 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boiling Springs <6>
• Cowpens
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowpens
  • Cowpens is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,465 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cowpens <6>
• Blacksburg
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksburg
  • Blacksburg is located in Cherokee County (SC)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,880 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blacksburg <6>
• Chesnee
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesnee
  • Chesnee is located in Cherokee County (SC)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 942 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chesnee <6>
• Ellenboro
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ellenboro have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellenboro
  • Ellenboro is located in Rutherford County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 830 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ellenboro <6>

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

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

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

Adding Erwinsville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Erwinsville 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 Erwinsville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Erwinsville post office opened in 1813.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Erwinsville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Cleveland County: www.clevelandcounty.com/

The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/