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Welcome to Elgin Woods ...

Elgin Woods is located in Lancaster County<1>.

Elgin Woods is 540 feet [165 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Elgin Woods: 803 & 839<3>

Communities near Elgin Woods ...

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

  • Waxhaw
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Waxhaw is located in Union County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waxhaw
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,987 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waxhaw <4>
  • Lancaster
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Mineral Springs
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Pageland
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Kershaw
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Great Falls
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Van Wyck
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Heath Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Fort Lawn
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Jefferson
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Elgin Woods ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of South Carolina's counties, including Lancaster, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Elgin Woods - 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 Elgin Woods area will be assigned with one of these codes: 803 or 839. As a result, placing a call in the Elgin Woods 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.