Do you know of Downs ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Downs. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Downs.<1>
Our source wasn't clear whether Downs was a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name.<2> While we don't have its location, we believe that Downs would be found somewhere in Greenwood County, South Carolina.
Communities Also Named Downs ...
We found fourteen communities that share the name Downs.
Within South Carolina, the name Downs is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Georgia
- Illinois
- McLean County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Downs [McLean County].
- Kansas
- Osborne County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Downs [Osborne County].
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Downs [Anne Arundel County].
- North Carolina
- Durham County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Downs [Durham County].
- Oregon
- Marion County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Downs [Marion County].
- Texas
- McLennan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Downs [McLennan County].
- Utah
- Washington
- Lincoln County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Downs [Lincoln County].
- West Virginia
- Marion County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Downs [Marion County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Downs ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Downs:
SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Southeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 1999
(Available from Amazon.com)
The FIPS database contains an entry for Downs.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 45/20410 (Place Name: Downs)
County: Greenwood (FIPS State/County: 45/047)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, Downs) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
More Orphans in Greenwood County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Greenwood County.
| Ampere | North Greenwood |
| Brickdale | Old Fort |
| Clay Hill | Panola |
| Edna | Quarry |
| Gaines | Rambo |
| Grendel Mills | Rileys |
| Hibler | Street |
| Mathews | Vernon |
| Milford Springs | |
| West Greenwood | |
| Newmarket |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others. |
| <2> | Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices. |