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Do you know of Gaines ???This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Gaines. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Gaines.<1> Our sources for Gaines (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Gaines other than they indicate that Gaines would be found somewhere in Greenwood County, South Carolina. From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1880 and closed in 1925. Communities Also Named Gaines ...We found eight communities that share the name Gaines. There is one other community in South Carolina which is also named Gaines. Beyond South Carolina, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Gaines ...We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Gaines: Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3> Rand McNally Map of South Carolina (1911)
The FIPS database contains an entry for Gaines. Referenced FIPS Records ... FIPS Code: 45/28127 (Place Name: Gaines) County: Greenwood (FIPS State/County: 45/047) Class: U8 Identifies a populated place (in this case, Gaines) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). More Orphans in Greenwood County ...Can you help? As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Greenwood County.
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