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Welcome to Huntington ...

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

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

Huntington would have been located within present day Laurens County<2>.


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


While we don't have a date for the founding of Huntington, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1808.

When the people of Huntington referred to themselves (known as a demonym), they are believed to have used Huntingtonian<4>

While the community is gone, the present day location for Huntington is 570 feet [174 m] above sea level.<5>.

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

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

Communities Also Named Huntington ...

While we believe that this Huntington is located in Laurens County, we know of another 3 South Carolina communities named Huntington. Those communities are located in the following counties: Cherokee, Richland and Sumter County.

Beyond South Carolina, there are 44 communities that are also named Huntington - they are located in Arkansas, California (2), Connecticut, Florida (2), Georgia (4), Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, Maryland (7), Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri (2), Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oregon, Texas (2), Utah, Vermont, Virginia (4), West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Huntington ...

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

  • Laurens
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Clinton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Union
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Woodruff
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Whitmire
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Gray Court
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Cross Hill
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Carlisle
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Waterloo
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Renno
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renno
    • Renno is located in Laurens 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 Huntington. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Huntington.

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

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

Adding Huntington to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Huntington 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 Huntington was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Huntington post office opened in 1808.

We also found Huntington in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Huntington.

The official website for Laurens County: www.laurenscountysc.org/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Huntington, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of South Carolina's counties, including Laurens, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>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.
<4>A demonym is the name for a resident of a community which is usually derived from (or is related to) the name of that community. In other words, it's how the residents of Huntington refer to themselves. It's important to note that there aren't any rules for taking a community's name and turning it into a demonym. A demonym is informal and while the majority of Huntington may use one name, keep in mind that others may use something different.
<5>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Huntington - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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




 

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