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Welcome to Meeting Street ...

Meeting Street is located in Edgefield County<1>.


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


While we don't have a date for the founding of Meeting Street, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1826.

Meeting Street is 450 feet [137 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The area code for Meeting Street: (803)

Communities near Meeting Street ...

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

  • Edgefield
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Saluda
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Johnston
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Ninety Six
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Ridge Spring
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Monetta
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Trenton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Parksville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Ward
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Chappells
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Meeting Street ...

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

Adding Meeting Street to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Meeting Street post office opened in 1826.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Meeting Street.

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

The official website for Edgefield County: www.edgefieldcounty.sc.gov/

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 Edgefield, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>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.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Meeting Street - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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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