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Welcome to Giant ...

Giant is located in Dorchester County<1>.

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

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

Area Codes for Giant: 843 & 854<3>

Communities Also Named Giant ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Giant - it's located in California.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Giant.

Communities near Giant ...

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

  • Saint George
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Ridgeville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Holly Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Santee
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Bowman
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Eutawville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Reevesville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Vance
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance
    • Vance is located in Orangeburg County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vance <4>
  • Dorchester
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Sandridge
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sandridge. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandridge
    • Sandridge is located in Berkeley County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Giant ...

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

Adding Giant to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Giant 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 Giant was in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Southeast.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Giant.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of South Carolina's counties, including Dorchester, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Giant - 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 Giant area will be assigned with one of these codes: 843 or 854. As a result, placing a call in the Giant 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>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.