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Welcome to Great Falls ...

The town of Great Falls is located in Chester County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Great Falls, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1906.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Great Falls has a population of 1,876 people<2> (see below for details).

Great Falls is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area Codes for Great Falls: 803 & 839<4>

The ZIP code for Great Falls: 29055<5>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Great Falls had an population of 1,876 people. This is a decrease of 5.2% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 14.49% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Great Falls had a population of 1,979 people (or 5.97% of the total population of Chester County). This makes Great Falls the county's 2nd most populous community.

The population of Great Falls represents 0.04% of the total population of South Carolina (which has 4,625,364 people), making it the state's 122nd most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 1,979 people, the population of Great Falls decreased 9.8% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 2,194 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Great Falls.

Communities Also Named Great Falls ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Great Falls - they are located in Maine (2), Manitoba, Maryland, Montana, New York and Virginia.

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

Communities near Great Falls ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Great Falls ...

Looking for more information about Great Falls? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Great Falls, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Great Falls.

Adding Great Falls to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Great Falls 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 Great Falls was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>

From that list, the Great Falls post office opened in 1906.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Great Falls.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of South Carolina's counties, including Chester, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Great Falls.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Great Falls - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 Great Falls area will be assigned with one of these codes: 803 or 839. As a result, placing a call in the Great Falls area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a town (such as Great Falls). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Great Falls or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<8>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/