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Welcome to Fifty Eight ...

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

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

Fifty Eight would have been located within present day Orangeburg County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fifty Eight, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1874.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Fifty Eight is 130 feet [40 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The Area Codes where Fifty Eight was located: 803 & 839<4>

Communities near Fifty Eight ...

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

  • Orangeburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Bamberg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Saint George
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Branchville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Bowman
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Harleyville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Ehrhardt
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Rowesville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Reevesville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Cordova
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

Adding Fifty Eight to Our Gazetteer ...

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

X2X - From that list, the Fifty Eight post office opened in 1874.

We also found Fifty Eight in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fifty Eight.

The official website for Orangeburg County: www.orangeburgcounty.org/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Fifty Eight, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of South Carolina's counties, including Orangeburg, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fifty Eight - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 Fifty Eight area will be assigned with one of these codes: 803 or 839. As a result, placing a call in the Fifty Eight area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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