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We found 33 communities that share the name Pine Valley.
There are two communities within South Carolina that are also named Pine Valley.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of another 31 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 31 communities, 31 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
Communities Located In South Carolina ...
Aiken County
This Pine Valley is located in Aiken County and lies 79 miles [127.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Pine Valley that is located in Kershaw County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aiken County community of Pine Valley.
Richland County
This Pine Valley is located in Richland County and lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Pine Valley that is located in Kershaw County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Pine Valley.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
Independence County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Pine Valley [Independence County].
British Columbia
This Pine Valley lies 2,403 miles [3,867.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Pine Valley that is located in Kershaw County.
California
San Diego County
This Pine Valley is located in San Diego County and lies 2,048 miles [3,295.9 km]<1> to the west of the Pine Valley that is located in Kershaw County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Diego County community of Pine Valley.
Colorado
Douglas County
This Pine Valley is located in Douglas County and lies 1,368 miles [2,201.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Pine Valley that is located in Kershaw County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Pine Valley.
Georgia
Cook County
This Pine Valley is located in Cook County and lies 263 miles [423.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Pine Valley that is located in Kershaw County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Pine Valley.
Richmond County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Pine Valley [Richmond County].
Ware County
This Pine Valley is located in Ware County and lies 228 miles [366.9 km] to the south southwest of the Pine Valley that is located in Kershaw County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ware County community of Pine Valley.
Illinois
Lake County
This Pine Valley is located in Lake County and lies 677 miles [1,089.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Pine Valley that is located in Kershaw County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Pine Valley.
Indiana
Allen County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Pine Valley [Allen County].
Orange County
This Pine Valley is located in Orange County and lies 431 miles [693.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Pine Valley that is located in Kershaw County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Pine Valley.
Kentucky
Letcher County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Pine Valley [Letcher County].
Maryland
Baltimore County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Pine Valley [Baltimore County].
Howard County
This Pine Valley is located in Howard County and lies 405 miles [651.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Pine Valley that is located in Kershaw County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Pine Valley.
Mississippi
Yalobusha County
This Pine Valley is located in Yalobusha County and lies 497 miles [799.8 km]<1> to the west of the Pine Valley that is located in Kershaw County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yalobusha County community of Pine Valley.
Missouri
Reynolds County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Pine Valley [Reynolds County].
Nevada
Elko County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Elko County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elko County community of Pine Valley.
New Hampshire
Hillsborough County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Pine Valley [Hillsborough County].
New York
Cattaraugus County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Pine Valley [Cattaraugus County].
Chemung County
This Pine Valley is located in Chemung County and lies 595 miles [957.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Pine Valley that is located in Kershaw County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chemung County community of Pine Valley.
Saratoga County
This Pine Valley is located in Saratoga County and lies 736 miles [1,184.5 km] to the north northeast of the Pine Valley that is located in Kershaw County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saratoga County community of Pine Valley.
Suffolk County
This Pine Valley is located in Suffolk County and lies 642 miles [1,033.2 km] to the northeast of the Pine Valley that is located in Kershaw County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Pine Valley.
North Carolina
New Hanover County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Pine Valley [New Hanover County].
Ohio
Jefferson County
This Pine Valley is located in Jefferson County and lies 416 miles [669.5 km]<1> to the north of the Pine Valley that is located in Kershaw County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Pine Valley.
Ontario
This Pine Valley lies 812 miles [1,306.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Pine Valley that is located in Kershaw County.
Oregon
Union County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Pine Valley [Union County].
Pennsylvania
Warren County
This Pine Valley is located in Warren County and lies 542 miles [872.3 km]<1> to the north of the Pine Valley that is located in Kershaw County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Pine Valley.
Texas
Angelina County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Pine Valley [Angelina County].
Harris County
This Pine Valley is located in Harris County and lies 903 miles [1,453.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Pine Valley that is located in Kershaw County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Pine Valley.
San Jacinto County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Pine Valley [San Jacinto County].
Walker County
This Pine Valley is located in Walker County and lies 886 miles [1,425.9 km] to the west of the Pine Valley that is located in Kershaw County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walker County community of Pine Valley.
Utah
Washington County
This Pine Valley is located in Washington County and lies 1,836 miles [2,954.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Pine Valley that is located in Kershaw County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Pine Valley.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pine Valley ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
Beaver Creek (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Pine Valley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pine Valley and extending to:
Camden, which is the Seat of Kershaw County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Pine Valley to Camden, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest (SW). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take most of a day.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 387 miles [622.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 22 days.
The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,265 miles [10,082.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,959 miles [11,199.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,841 miles [7,790.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pine Valley) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pine Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1765, Longitude: -80.8076 In this case, the coordinates for Pine Valley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Pine Valley could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>
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 Pine Valley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>
While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<7>
The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Pine Valley to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.196 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.371 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.796 degrees.