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Welcome to Flowers Heights ...

Flowers Heights is located in Sumter County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Flowers Heights: Flowers Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Flowers Heights for more information about variations on the name of Flowers Heights.

Flowers Heights is 160 feet [49 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Flowers Heights: 803 & 839<3>

Communities near Flowers Heights ...

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

  • Manning
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Eastover
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Turbeville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Mayesville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Pinewood
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Lynchburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Paxville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Cane Savannah
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Cane Savannah is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Savannah
  • Lakewood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Lakewood is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood
  • Cherryvale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Cherryvale is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherryvale

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Flowers Heights ...

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

Footnotes ...

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