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Welcome to Coles Crossing ...

Coles Crossing is located in Florence County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Coles Crossing: Coles Xing.

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Coles Crossing for more information about variations on the name of Coles Crossing.

Coles Crossing is 110 feet [34 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Coles Crossing: 843 & 854<3>

Communities Also Named Coles Crossing ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Coles Crossing - it's located in Georgia.

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

Communities near Coles Crossing ...

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

  • Darlington
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Timmonsville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Pamplico
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Lamar
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar
    • Lamar is located in Darlington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lamar <4>
  • Quinby
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Scranton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Coward
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Olanta
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Lynchburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Sellers
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Coles Crossing ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of South Carolina's counties, including Florence, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Coles Crossing - 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 843 code has been Overlayed with the 854 area code. New phone numbers in the Coles Crossing area will be assigned with one of these codes: 843 or 854. As a result, placing a call in the Coles Crossing 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.