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Welcome to Bannockburn ...

Bannockburn is located in Florence County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bannockburn, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1904.

Bannockburn is 90 feet [27 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Bannockburn: 843 & 854<3>

Communities Also Named Bannockburn ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Bannockburn - they are located in Georgia, Illinois, Maryland and Ontario.

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

Communities near Bannockburn ...

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

  • Florence
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Lake City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Darlington
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Timmonsville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Pamplico
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Lamar
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar
    • Lamar is located in Darlington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lamar <4>
  • Quinby
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Scranton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Coward
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Olanta
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bannockburn ...

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

Adding Bannockburn to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Bannockburn post office opened in 1904.

We also found Bannockburn on a map titled Rand McNally Map of South Carolina (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bannockburn.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of South Carolina's counties, including Florence, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bannockburn - 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 843 code has been Overlayed with the 854 area code. New phone numbers in the Bannockburn area will be assigned with one of these codes: 843 or 854. As a result, placing a call in the Bannockburn 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 their list with background information can be found at:

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