Welcome to Cambridge ...

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

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

Cambridge would have been located within present day Greenwood County<2>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cambridge, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1898.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Cambridge is 500 feet [152 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

Cambridge would have been located in the (864) area code.

Communities Also Named Cambridge ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two South Carolina communities named Cambridge: This one is located in Greenwood County and the other is located in Spartanburg County.

Beyond South Carolina, there are 43 communities that are also named Cambridge - they are located in Alabama, Georgia, Idaho (2), Illinois (2), Iowa (2), Kansas (2), Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts (2), Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina (3), Nova Scotia, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Ontario (2), Pennsylvania (2), Prince Edward Island, Tennessee, Texas (2), Vermont, Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Cambridge ...

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

• Greenwood
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
  • Greenwood is located in Greenwood County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,356 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenwood <5>
• Saluda
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saluda
  • Saluda is located in Saluda County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,566 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saluda <5>
• Cross Hill
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Hill
  • Cross Hill is located in Laurens County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 517 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cross Hill <5>
• Waterloo
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
  • Waterloo is located in Laurens County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waterloo <5>
• Silverstreet
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverstreet
  • Silverstreet is located in Newberry County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silverstreet <5>
• Hodges
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodges
  • Hodges is located in Greenwood County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hodges <5>
• Troy
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
  • Troy is located in Greenwood County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 101 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <5>
• Chappells
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chappells
  • Chappells is located in Newberry County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chappells <5>
• Fairforest
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairforest
  • Fairforest is located in Greenwood County
• Anglers Haven
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anglers Haven
  • Anglers Haven is located in Laurens 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 Cambridge. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cambridge.

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

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

Adding Cambridge to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cambridge in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Cambridge was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Cambridge post office opened in 1898.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cambridge.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Greenwood County: www.co.greenwood.sc.us/

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