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Welcome to Legare ...

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

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

Legare would have been located within present day Berkeley County<2>.

The pronunciation of Legare: le-GREE<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Legare, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1904.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Legare is 90 feet [27 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

The Area Codes where Legare was located: 843 & 854<5>

Websites for Legare ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.bcoc.com/

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

Communities near Legare ...

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

  • Summerville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Moncks Corner
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Lincolnville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
    • Lincolnville is located in Charleston County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,624 people
  • Ridgeville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Saint Stephen
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Holly Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Santee
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Harleyville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Bonneau
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Eutawville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

Adding Legare to Our Gazetteer ...

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

X2X - From that list, the Legare post office opened in 1904.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Legare.

The official website for Berkeley County: www.co.berkeley.sc.us/

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 Legare, 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 Berkeley, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The pronunciation we've provided is our attempt to give a phonetic pronunciation for Legare. While it might not be exactly right, hopefully it will be close. If we have it wrong or there's a better way to pronounce the name, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Legare - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>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 843 code has been Overlayed with the 854 area code. New phone numbers in the Legare area will be assigned with one of these codes: 843 or 854. As a result, placing a call in the Legare area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<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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