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Welcome to Cothran ...

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

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

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cothran, 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.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Cothran is 670 feet [204 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The Area Codes where Cothran was located: 864 & 821<4>

Communities near Cothran ...

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

  • Greenwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Abbeville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Honea Path
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Ware Shoals
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Ninety Six
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Due West
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Cross Hill
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Donalds
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Waterloo
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Hodges
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

Adding Cothran to Our Gazetteer ...

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cothran.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Cothran, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of South Carolina's counties, including Greenwood, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cothran - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 Cothran area will be assigned with one of these codes: 864 or 821. As a result, placing a call in the Cothran area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
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