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Welcome to Midway Crossroads ...

Midway Crossroads is located in Lancaster County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Midway Crossroads: Midway Xrds.

Midway Crossroads is 530 feet [162 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Midway Crossroads: 803 & 839<3>

Communities Also Named Midway Crossroads ...

While we believe that this Midway Crossroads is located in Lancaster County, we know of another 2 South Carolina communities named Midway Crossroads. Those communities are located in the following counties: Georgetown and Williamsburg County.

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

Communities near Midway Crossroads ...

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

  • Lancaster
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Pageland
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Kershaw
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Heath Springs
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • McBee
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • McBee is located in Chesterfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBee
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 838 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McBee <4>
  • Jefferson
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Bethune
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Mount Croghan
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • White Plains
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • White Plains is located in Chesterfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
  • Oakhurst
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Oakhurst is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhurst

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Midway Crossroads ...

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

Footnotes ...

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