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Welcome to The Farms ...

The Farms is located in Berkeley County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of The Farms, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1913.

The Farms is 50 feet [15 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for The Farms: 843 & 854<3>

Communities Also Named The Farms ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named The Farms - it's located in Kansas.

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

Websites for The Farms ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.bcoc.com/

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

Communities near The Farms ...

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

  • Charleston
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Mount Pleasant
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Summerville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Goose Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Moncks Corner
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • James Island
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Island
    • James Island is located in Charleston County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,226 people
  • Hollywood
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Isle-of-Palms
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Ravenel
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Folly Beach
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for The Farms ...

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

Adding The Farms to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the The Farms post office opened in 1913.

For more details, see References and Mentions for The Farms.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of South Carolina's counties, including Berkeley, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around The Farms - 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 843 code has been Overlayed with the 854 area code. New phone numbers in the The Farms area will be assigned with one of these codes: 843 or 854. As a result, placing a call in the The Farms 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/