Do you know of Philson ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Philson. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Philson.<1>

Our sources for Philson (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Philson other than they indicate that Philson would be found somewhere in Laurens County, South Carolina.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1894 and closed  in 1903.

Communities Also Named Philson ...

We found one communities that share the name Philson.

Within South Carolina, the name Philson is unique.

Beyond South Carolina, there is another community also named Philson in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Pennsylvania
    • Somerset County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Philson [Somerset County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Philson ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Philson:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Rand McNally Map of South Carolina (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Laurens County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Laurens County.