Welcome to Fort Motte ...

Fort Motte is located in Calhoun County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fort Motte, you might consider that their post office opened in 1847.

A typical abbreviation for Fort Motte: Ft. Motte

Fort Motte is 130 feet [40 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Fort Motte: 803 & 839<3>

Communities near Fort Motte ...

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

Orangeburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Orangeburg is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,460 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orangeburg <4>
Saint Matthews
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Matthews is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Matthews
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,903 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Matthews <4>
Eastover
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Eastover is located in Richland County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 850 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eastover <4>
Elloree
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elloree is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elloree
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elloree <4>
Pinewood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Pinewood is located in Sumter County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 532 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pinewood <4>
Cameron
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Cameron is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
Paxville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Paxville is located in Clarendon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paxville <4>
Gadsden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gadsden is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gadsden
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gadsden <4>
Sumter Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sumter Junction is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumter Junction
Creston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Creston is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fort Motte ...

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

Adding Fort Motte to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fort Motte 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 (so far) for Fort Motte was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Fort Motte post office opened in 1847. The Fort Motte post office closed in 1988.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fort Motte.

Footnotes ...

<1>	If you're interested in how the shape of South Carolina's counties, including Calhoun, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fort Motte - 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 Fort Motte area will be assigned with one of these codes: 803 or 839. As a result, placing a call in the Fort Motte 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 the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/