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Welcome to Pumpkintown ...

Pumpkintown is located in Pickens County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pumpkintown, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1828.

Pumpkintown is 950 feet [290 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Pumpkintown: 864 & 821<3>

Communities Also Named Pumpkintown ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Pumpkintown - they are located in Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Pumpkintown ...

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

  • Greenville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Easley
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Travelers Rest
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Brevard
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brevard
    • Brevard is located in Transylvania County (NC)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,899 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brevard <4>
  • Pickens
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Liberty
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Norris
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Six Mile
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Rosman
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rosman have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosman
    • Rosman is located in Transylvania County (NC)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 624 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rosman <4>
  • Salem
    (19 miles [30.6 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 Pumpkintown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pumpkintown.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pumpkintown ...

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

Adding Pumpkintown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pumpkintown 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 Pumpkintown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Pumpkintown post office opened in 1828.

We also found Pumpkintown in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pumpkintown.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pumpkintown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Pickens County: www.co.pickens.sc.us/

The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/

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 Pumpkintown - 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 Pumpkintown area will be assigned with one of these codes: 864 or 821. As a result, placing a call in the Pumpkintown 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>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.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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




 

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