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Welcome to Pearidge ...

Pearidge is located in Pickens County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pearidge, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1832.

Pearidge is 1,060 feet [323 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Pearidge: 864 & 821<3>

Communities near Pearidge ...

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

  • Easley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Clemson
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Seneca
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Central
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Walhalla
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Pendleton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Pickens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Liberty
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Norris
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • West Union
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pearidge ...

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

Adding Pearidge to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pearidge in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Pearidge was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Pearidge post office opened in 1832.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pearidge.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of South Carolina's counties, including Pickens, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pearidge - 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 864 code has been Overlayed with the 821 area code. New phone numbers in the Pearidge area will be assigned with one of these codes: 864 or 821. As a result, placing a call in the Pearidge 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/