Welcome to Longtown ...

Longtown is located in Fairfield County<1>.

The location of Longtown has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Longtown, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1850.

Longtown is 530 feet [162 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Longtown is within the boundaries of the (803) area code.

Websites for Longtown ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.fairfieldchamber.org/

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

Communities Also Named Longtown ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Longtown - they are located in Alabama, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina (2), Oklahoma and Tennessee (2).

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

Communities near Longtown ...

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

• Camden
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden
  • Camden is located in Kershaw County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,288 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Camden <4>
• Blythewood
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blythewood
  • Blythewood is located in Richland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,531 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blythewood <4>
• Winnsboro
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnsboro
  • Winnsboro is located in Fairfield County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,130 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winnsboro <4>
• Great Falls
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Falls
  • Great Falls is located in Chester County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,872 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Great Falls <4>
• Elgin
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
  • Elgin is located in Kershaw County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,585 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elgin <4>
• Heath Springs
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath Springs
  • Heath Springs is located in Lancaster County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,054 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Heath Springs <4>
• Ridgeway
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
  • Ridgeway is located in Fairfield County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 279 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ridgeway <4>
• Smallwood
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smallwood
  • Smallwood is located in Fairfield County
• Liberty Hill
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
  • Liberty Hill is located in Kershaw County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Liberty Hill <4>
• Lugoff
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lugoff
  • Lugoff is located in Kershaw County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lugoff <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 Longtown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Longtown.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Longtown ...

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

Adding Longtown to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Longtown post office opened in 1850.

We also found Longtown in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Longtown.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

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