Welcome to Beaver Dam ...
Beaver Dam is located in Union County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Beaver Dam, you might consider that their post office opened in 1834.
Beaver Dam is 340 feet [104 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Beaver Dam lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Beaver Dam: 864 & 821<3>
Communities Also Named Beaver Dam ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 14 communities that are also named Beaver Dam - they are located in Arizona, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, New Brunswick, New Jersey, New York (2), Nova Scotia, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Wisconsin.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Beaver Dam.
Communities near Beaver Dam ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Beaver Dam.
- Newberry
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberry
- Newberry is located in Newberry County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,141 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newberry <4>
- Clinton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Clinton is located in Laurens County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,304 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clinton <4>
- Union
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Union is located in Union County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,535 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Union <4>
- Whitmire
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitmire
- Whitmire is located in Newberry County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,449 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whitmire <4>
- Lockhart
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockhart
- Lockhart is located in Union County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 449 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lockhart <4>
- Carlisle
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
- Carlisle is located in Union County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carlisle <4>
- Meador ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Blair
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Blair is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blair <4>
- Sedalia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest) - Glymphville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Glymphville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glymphville
- Glymphville is located in Newberry County
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 Beaver Dam. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Beaver Dam.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Beaver Dam. 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 Beaver Dam.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Beaver Dam. See our Newspapers Page for Beaver Dam.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Beaver Dam ...
Looking for more information about Beaver Dam? 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 Beaver Dam, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Beaver Dam.
Adding Beaver Dam to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Beaver Dam 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 Beaver Dam was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
X2X - From that list, the Beaver Dam post office opened in 1834.
We also found Beaver Dam in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Beaver Dam.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Beaver Dam. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Union County: www.countyofunion.com/
The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of South Carolina's counties, including Union, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Beaver Dam - 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 864 code has been Overlayed with the 821 area code. New phone numbers in the Beaver Dam area will be assigned with one of these codes: 864 or 821. As a result, placing a call in the Beaver Dam 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |