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Welcome to Finklea ...

Finklea is located in Horry County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Finklea, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1890.

Finklea is 80 feet [24 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Finklea: 843 & 854<3>

Communities near Finklea ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Finklea ...

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

Adding Finklea to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Finklea 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 Finklea was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Finklea post office opened in 1890.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Finklea.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of South Carolina's counties, including Horry, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Finklea - 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 Finklea area will be assigned with one of these codes: 843 or 854. As a result, placing a call in the Finklea 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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