Welcome to Gowdeysville ...

So far, we found very little information about Gowdeysville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Gowdeysville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Gowdeysville, please Contact Us.

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Gowdeysville would have been located within present day Cherokee County<2>.

The location of Gowdeysville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gowdeysville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1830.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Gowdeysville is 650 feet [198 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Gowdeysville was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Gowdeysville would have been located in the (864) area code.

Websites for Gowdeysville ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.cherokeechamber.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Gowdeysville, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Gowdeysville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two South Carolina communities named Gowdeysville: This one is located in Cherokee County and the other is located in Union County.

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

Communities near Gowdeysville ...

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

• Gaffney
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaffney
  • Gaffney is located in Cherokee County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,695 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gaffney <5>
• York
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
  • York is located in York County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,637 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for York <5>
• Union
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
  • Union is located in Union County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,535 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Union <5>
• Pacolet
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacolet
  • Pacolet is located in Spartanburg County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,604 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pacolet <5>
• Cowpens
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowpens
  • Cowpens is located in Spartanburg County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,465 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cowpens <5>
• Blacksburg
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksburg
  • Blacksburg is located in Cherokee County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,880 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blacksburg <5>
• Jonesville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
  • Jonesville is located in Union County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 819 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jonesville <5>
• Grover
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
  • Grover is located in Cleveland County (NC)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 709 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grover <5>
• Pacolet Mills
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacolet Mills
  • Pacolet Mills is located in Spartanburg County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pacolet Mills <5>
• Sharon
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
  • Sharon is located in York County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 641 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sharon <5>

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

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

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

Adding Gowdeysville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Gowdeysville in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Gowdeysville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Gowdeysville post office opened in 1830.

We also found Gowdeysville on a map titled Rand McNally Map of South Carolina (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gowdeysville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/