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Welcome to Orum ...

Orum is located in Florence County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Orum, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1895.

Orum is 90 feet [27 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Orum: 843 & 854<3>

Communities Also Named Orum ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Orum - it's located in Nebraska.

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

Communities near Orum ...

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

  • Florence
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Lake City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Marion
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Mullins
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Johnsonville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Latta
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Pamplico
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Quinby
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Scranton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Coward
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Orum ...

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

Adding Orum to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Orum post office opened in 1895.

We also found Orum on a map titled Rand McNally Map of South Carolina (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Orum.

Footnotes ...

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

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