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Welcome to Lafayette Heights ...

Lafayette Heights is located in Sumter County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Lafayette Heights: Lafayette Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)

Lafayette Heights is 160 feet [49 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Lafayette Heights: 803 & 839<3>

Communities near Lafayette Heights ...

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

  • Manning
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Bishopville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Turbeville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Mayesville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Pinewood
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Lynchburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Paxville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Oswego
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Oswego is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oswego
  • Ashley Creek Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Ashley Creek Village is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley Creek Village
  • Cherryvale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Cherryvale is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherryvale

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lafayette Heights ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of South Carolina's counties, including Sumter, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lafayette Heights - 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 Lafayette Heights area will be assigned with one of these codes: 803 or 839. As a result, placing a call in the Lafayette Heights 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.