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Welcome to Crocketville ...

Crocketville is located in Hampton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Crocketville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1888.

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

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

Area Codes for Crocketville: 803 & 839<3>

Communities near Crocketville ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Crocketville ...

Looking for more information about Crocketville? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Crocketville, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Crocketville.

Adding Crocketville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Crocketville 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 Crocketville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Crocketville post office opened in 1888.

We also found Crocketville in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Crocketville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of South Carolina's counties, including Hampton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Crocketville - 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 803 code has been Overlayed with the 839 area code. New phone numbers in the Crocketville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 803 or 839. As a result, placing a call in the Crocketville 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.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/