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Welcome to Morrisville ...

Morrisville is located in Williamsburg County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Morrisville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

Morrisville is 40 feet [12 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Morrisville: 843 & 854<3>

Communities Also Named Morrisville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 14 communities that are also named Morrisville - they are located in Alabama (2), Maryland, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania (2), Vermont and Virginia.

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

Communities near Morrisville ...

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

  • Kingstree
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Andrews
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Johnsonville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Hemingway
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Stuckey
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Stuckey is located in Williamsburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuckey
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
  • Rome
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Rome is located in Williamsburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
  • Willie Towne
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Willie Towne is located in Georgetown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willie Towne
  • Indiantown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Indiantown is located in Williamsburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiantown
  • Allentown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Allentown is located in Georgetown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allentown
  • Carters Crossroads
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Carters Crossroads is located in Georgetown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Crossroads

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Morrisville ...

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

Adding Morrisville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Morrisville 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 (so far) for Morrisville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Morrisville post office opened in 1891. The Morrisville post office closed in 1931.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Morrisville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of South Carolina's counties, including Williamsburg, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Morrisville - 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 Morrisville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 843 or 854. As a result, placing a call in the Morrisville 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.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/