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Welcome to Hughes ...

Hughes is located in Bamberg County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hughes, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1888.

Hughes is 150 feet [46 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Hughes: 803 & 839<3>

Communities Also Named Hughes ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 23 communities that are also named Hughes - they are located in Alaska, Arkansas (2), California, Georgia (2), Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Tennessee (2), Texas (6) and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Hughes ...

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

  • Bamberg
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Denmark
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Allendale
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Hampton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Fairfax
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Branchville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Brunson
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Hilda
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Rowesville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Olar
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olar
    • Olar is located in Bamberg County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olar <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 Hughes. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hughes.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hughes ...

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

Adding Hughes to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Hughes post office opened in 1888.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hughes.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of South Carolina's counties, including Bamberg, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hughes - 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 803 code has been Overlayed with the 839 area code. New phone numbers in the Hughes area will be assigned with one of these codes: 803 or 839. As a result, placing a call in the Hughes 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>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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