Welcome to Cold Point ...

Cold Point is located in Laurens County<1>.

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While we don't have a date for the founding of Cold Point, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was on a map dated 1911.

A typical abbreviation for Cold Point: Cold Pt.

Cold Point is 670 feet [204 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Cold Point: 864 & 821<3>

Communities Also Named Cold Point ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Cold Point - it's located in Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Cold Point ...

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

Greenwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
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- Greenwood is located in Greenwood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23,356 people
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Laurens
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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- Laurens is located in Laurens County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,852 people
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Clinton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
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- Clinton is located in Laurens County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,304 people
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Honea Path
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
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- Honea Path is located in Abbeville County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,851 people
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Ware Shoals
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
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- Ware Shoals is located in Abbeville County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,152 people
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Ninety Six
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
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- Ninety Six is located in Greenwood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,043 people
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Gray Court
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
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- Gray Court is located in Laurens County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 826 people
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Cross Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
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- Cross Hill is located in Laurens County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 517 people
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Donalds
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
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- Donalds is located in Abbeville County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 330 people
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Waterloo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
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- Waterloo is located in Laurens County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waterloo <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cold Point ...

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

Adding Cold Point to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cold Point 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 Cold Point was on a map titled Map of South Carolina (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cold Point.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cold Point. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Laurens County: www.laurenscountysc.org/

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 Laurens, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cold Point - 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 Cold Point area will be assigned with one of these codes: 864 or 821. As a result, placing a call in the Cold Point 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.