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Welcome to Saluca ...

Saluca is located in Greenwood County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Saluca, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1892.

Saluca is 550 feet [168 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Saluca: 864 & 821<3>

Communities near Saluca ...

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

  • Greenwood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Laurens
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Clinton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Abbeville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Ware Shoals
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Ninety Six
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Due West
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Cross Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Donalds
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Waterloo
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Saluca ...

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

Adding Saluca to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Saluca post office opened in 1892.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Saluca.

Footnotes ...

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