Welcome to Newell ...

So far, we found very little information about Newell. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Newell to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Newell - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Newell, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Newell , we believe that it would have been located within present day Anderson County<2>.

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

Time Zone: The area where Newell was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Newell was located: 864 & 821<3>

Communities Also Named Newell ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Newell - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee and West Virginia.

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

Adding Newell to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Newell was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

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

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Newell.

Footnotes ...

<1>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Newell, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of South Carolina's counties, including Anderson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<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 864 code has been Overlayed with the 821 area code. New phone numbers in the Newell area will be assigned with one of these codes: 864 or 821. As a result, placing a call in the Newell area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/