Welcome to Boiling Spring ...

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

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

Boiling Spring would have been located within present day Orangeburg County<2>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Boiling Spring, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

A typical abbreviation for Boiling Spring: Boiling Spg. (or less commonly used: Boiling Spng. or Boiling Sprng.)

While the community is gone, the present day location for Boiling Spring is 280 feet [85 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

If Boiling Spring still existed, it would have been in the (803) area code.

Communities Also Named Boiling Spring ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Boiling Spring - they are located in Alabama, Kentucky, Nevada and Virginia (2).

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

Communities near Boiling Spring ...

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

• Orangeburg
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeburg
  • Orangeburg is located in Orangeburg County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,460 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orangeburg <5>
• Bamberg
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bamberg
  • Bamberg is located in Bamberg County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,160 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bamberg <5>
• Denmark
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
  • Denmark is located in Bamberg County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,902 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Denmark <5>
• Blackville
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackville
  • Blackville is located in Barnwell County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,173 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blackville <5>
• Gaston
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaston
  • Gaston is located in Lexington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,712 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gaston <5>
• Swansea
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swansea
  • Swansea is located in Lexington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 986 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Swansea <5>
• Wagener
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagener
  • Wagener is located in Aiken County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 845 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wagener <5>
• Pelion
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelion
  • Pelion is located in Lexington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pelion <5>
• North
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North
  • North is located in Orangeburg County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 699 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North <5>
• Springfield
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
  • Springfield is located in Orangeburg County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 477 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Springfield <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 Boiling Spring. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Boiling Spring.

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

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

Adding Boiling Spring to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Boiling Spring 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 Boiling Spring was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Boiling Spring.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Orangeburg County: www.orangeburgcounty.org/

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