Welcome to Grassy Pond ...

Grassy Pond is located in Cherokee County<1>.

The location of Grassy Pond has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Grassy Pond, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1839.

Grassy Pond is 880 feet [268 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Grassy Pond lies within the (864) area code.

Websites for Grassy Pond ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.cherokeechamber.org/

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

Communities Also Named Grassy Pond ...

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

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

Communities near Grassy Pond ...

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

• Spartanburg
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartanburg
  • Spartanburg is located in Spartanburg County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 37,317 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spartanburg <4>
• Shelby
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
  • Shelby is located in Cleveland County (NC)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,145 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shelby <4>
• Gaffney
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • 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 <4>
• Kings Mountain
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Mountain
  • Kings Mountain is located in Cleveland County (NC)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,118 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kings Mountain <4>
• Forest City
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
  • Forest City is located in Rutherford County (NC)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,138 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forest City <4>
• Boiling Springs
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Springs
  • Boiling Springs is located in Cleveland County (NC)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,617 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boiling Springs <4>
• Pacolet
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • 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 <4>
• Cowpens
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • 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 <4>
• Blacksburg
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • 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 <4>
• Chesnee
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesnee
  • Chesnee is located in Cherokee County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 942 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chesnee <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Grassy Pond ...

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

Adding Grassy Pond to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Grassy Pond 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 Grassy Pond was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Grassy Pond post office opened in 1839.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Grassy Pond.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Grassy Pond. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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