Welcome to Ezell ...

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

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

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Ezell would have been located within present day Cherokee County<2>.

The location of Ezell has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ezell, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1880.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Ezell is 970 feet [296 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

If Ezell still existed, it would have been in the (864) area code.

Websites for Ezell ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.cherokeechamber.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Ezell, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Ezell ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two South Carolina communities named Ezell: This one is located in Cherokee County and the other is located in Spartanburg County.

Beyond South Carolina, there are 3 communities that are also named Ezell - they are located in Alabama and Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Ezell.

Communities near Ezell ...

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

• Spartanburg
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartanburg
  • Spartanburg is located in Spartanburg County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 37,317 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spartanburg <5>
• Shelby
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
  • Shelby is located in Cleveland County (NC)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,145 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shelby <5>
• Gaffney
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaffney
  • Gaffney is located in Cherokee County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,695 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gaffney <5>
• Forest City
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
  • Forest City is located in Rutherford County (NC)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,138 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forest City <5>
• Boiling Springs
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Springs
  • Boiling Springs is located in Cleveland County (NC)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,617 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boiling Springs <5>
• Spindale
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spindale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spindale
  • Spindale is located in Rutherford County (NC)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,175 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spindale <5>
• Rutherfordton
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutherfordton
  • Rutherfordton is located in Rutherford County (NC)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,090 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rutherfordton <5>
• Pacolet
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacolet
  • Pacolet is located in Spartanburg County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,604 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pacolet <5>
• Inman
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inman
  • Inman is located in Spartanburg County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Inman <5>
• Cowpens
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowpens
  • Cowpens is located in Spartanburg County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,465 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cowpens <5>

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

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

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

Adding Ezell to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ezell 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 Ezell was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Ezell post office opened in 1880.

We also found Ezell on a map titled Rand McNally Map of South Carolina (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ezell.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/