Do you know of Eden ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Eden. 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 Eden.
Our sources for Eden (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Eden other than they indicate that Eden would be found somewhere in Laurens County, South Carolina.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1841 and closed in 1902.
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.
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.
Communities Also Named Eden ...
We found 59 communities that share the name Eden.
Within South Carolina, the name Eden is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of another 59 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 59 communities, 56 are located in the United States and four are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Saint Clair County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Eden [Saint Clair County].
- Arizona
- Graham County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Eden [Graham County].
- Arkansas
- Columbia County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Eden [Columbia County].
- Monroe County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Eden [Monroe County].
- California
- Riverside County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Eden [Riverside County].
- Colorado
- Pueblo County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Eden [Pueblo County].
- Florida
- Brevard County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Eden [Brevard County].
- Saint Lucie County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Eden [Saint Lucie County].
- Georgia
- Effingham County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Eden [Effingham County].
- Idaho
- Jerome County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Eden [Jerome County].
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Hancock County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Eden [Hancock County].
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Butler County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Eden [Butler County].
- Jefferson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Eden [Jefferson County].
- Louisiana
- Catahoula Parish
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Eden [Catahoula Parish].
- La Salle Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Eden [La Salle Parish].
- Pointe Coupee Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Eden [Pointe Coupee Parish].
- Maine
- Hancock County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Eden [Hancock County].
- Manitoba
- Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Eden.
- Maryland
- Somerset County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Eden [Somerset County].
- Michigan
- Ingham County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Eden [Ingham County].
- Minnesota
- Dodge County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Eden [Dodge County].
- Mississippi
- Yazoo County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Eden [Yazoo County].
- Missouri
- Dent County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Eden [Dent County].
- Saint Louis County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Eden [Saint Louis County].
- Montana
- Cascade County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Eden [Cascade County].
- Nevada
- Nye County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Eden [Nye County].
- New Mexico
- Guadalupe County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Eden [Guadalupe County].
- New York
- North Carolina
- Davidson County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Eden [Davidson County].
- Randolph County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Eden [Randolph County].
- Rockingham County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Eden [Rockingham County].
- Nova Scotia
- Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Eden.
- Ohio
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Eden.
- Oregon
- Wallowa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Eden [Wallowa County].
- Pennsylvania
- Bucks County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Eden [Bucks County].
- Clearfield County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Eden [Clearfield County].
- Lancaster County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Eden [Lancaster County].
- South Dakota
- Lincoln County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Eden [Lincoln County].
- Marshall County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Eden [Marshall County].
- Texas
- Concho County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Eden [Concho County].
- Frio County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Eden [Frio County].
- Nacogdoches County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Eden [Nacogdoches County].
- Utah
- Weber County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Eden [Weber County].
- Vermont
- Lamoille County
- Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Eden [Lamoille County].
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Fond du Lac County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Eden [Fond du Lac County].
- Wyoming
- Sweetwater County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Eden [Sweetwater County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Eden ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Eden:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Eden - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers
U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers
Rand McNally Map of South Carolina (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
The FIPS database contains an entry for Eden.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 45/22750 (Place Name: Eden)
County: Laurens (FIPS State/County: 45/059)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, Eden) 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 Laurens 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 Laurens County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Eden could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |