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Do you know of Scuffletown ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Scuffletown. 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 Scuffletown.<1>

Our sources for Scuffletown (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 Scuffletown other than they indicate that Scuffletown would be found somewhere in Laurens County, South Carolina.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1818 and closed  in 1896.

Communities Also Named Scuffletown ...

We found four communities that share the name Scuffletown.

Within South Carolina, the name Scuffletown is unique.

Beyond South Carolina, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • McDuffie County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Scuffletown [McDuffie County].
    • Kentucky
      • Bullitt County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Scuffletown [Bullitt County].
      • Henderson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Scuffletown [Henderson County].
    • Virginia
      • Orange County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Scuffletown [Orange County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Scuffletown ...

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

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

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Scuffletown - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

More Orphans in  Laurens County ...

Can you help?

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.

AlmaMadden
 Manila
BelfastMarengo
BrandMcPherson's
 Merna
CarrollMilam's
Cedar GroveMount Pleasant
Centreville 
 Nashville
Dorroh 
DunlapvilleOwingsville
  
EdenPalmetto
EriPaul
 Philson
GoldvillePower
 Puckett's Ferry
Hairston 
High PointRulane
Highland Home 
HuntsvilleSaint Joe
 Sarah
JachinSimpson's Mills
JacksSimpsonville
 South Clinton
KearneySullivan
  
Lanford StationTip Top
Leakesville 
Line CreekWatts Mills
 West Clinton

Footnotes ...

<1>This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
<2>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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