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Welcome to Little Rock ...

Little Rock is located in Dillon County<1> (at the time of its founding, Little Rock was located in Marion County).

While we don't have a date for the founding of Little Rock, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1853.

Little Rock is 130 feet [40 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Little Rock: 843 & 854<3>

The ZIP code for Little Rock: 29536<4>

Communities Also Named Little Rock ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 15 communities that are also named Little Rock - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky (2), Louisiana, Minnesota (3), Mississippi and Missouri.

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

Communities near Little Rock ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Little Rock ...

Looking for more information about Little Rock? 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 Little Rock, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Little Rock.

Adding Little Rock to Our Gazetteer ...

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

X2X - From that list, the Little Rock post office opened in 1853.

We also found Little Rock in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Little Rock.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Little Rock. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of South Carolina's counties, including Dillon, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Little Rock - 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 843 code has been Overlayed with the 854 area code. New phone numbers in the Little Rock area will be assigned with one of these codes: 843 or 854. As a result, placing a call in the Little Rock area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>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 community (such as Little Rock). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Little Rock or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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/




 

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