Welcome to Bethel ...

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

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

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Bethel would have been located within present day York County<2>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bethel, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1843.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Bethel is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

Bethel would have been located in the (803) area code.

Websites for Bethel ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.yorkcountychamber.com/

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

Communities Also Named Bethel ...

While we believe that this Bethel is located in York County, we know of another 2 South Carolina communities named Bethel. Those communities are located in the following counties: Abbeville and Georgetown County.

Beyond South Carolina, there are 143 communities that are also named Bethel - they are located in Alabama (13), Alaska, Arkansas (7), California, Connecticut (2), Delaware (2), Florida (2), Georgia (10), Illinois (4), Indiana (2), Iowa, Kansas (3), Kentucky (3), Louisiana (2), Maine, Manitoba, Maryland (5), Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi (5), Missouri, New Brunswick, New Jersey, New Mexico (2), New York (2), North Carolina (9), Ohio (5), Oklahoma (2), Ontario (4), Oregon (2), Pennsylvania (8), Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Rhode Island, Tennessee (14), Texas (9), Vermont, Virginia (7), Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Bethel ...

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

• Charlotte
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotte
  • Charlotte is located in Mecklenburg County (NC)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 900,350 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Charlotte <5>
• Gastonia
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gastonia
  • Gastonia is located in Gaston County (NC)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 77,640 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gastonia <5>
• Rock Hill
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
  • Rock Hill is located in York County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 76,318 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rock Hill <5>
• Fort Mill
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Mill
  • Fort Mill is located in York County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,929 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Mill <5>
• Mount Holly
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Holly have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
  • Mount Holly is located in Gaston County (NC)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,415 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Holly <5>
• Belmont
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
  • Belmont is located in Gaston County (NC)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,622 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Belmont <5>
• Tega Cay
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tega Cay
  • Tega Cay is located in York County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,696 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tega Cay <5>
• Kings Mountain
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Mountain
  • Kings Mountain is located in Cleveland County (NC)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,118 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kings Mountain <5>
• Pineville
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineville
  • Pineville is located in Mecklenburg County (NC)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,185 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pineville <5>
• York
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
  • York is located in York County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,637 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for York <5>

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

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

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

Adding Bethel to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bethel 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 Bethel was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Bethel post office opened in 1843.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bethel.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for York County: www.yorkcountygov.com/

The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/