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Welcome to Sellars Heights ...

Sellars Heights is located in Sumter County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Sellars Heights: Sellars Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Sellars Heights for more information about variations on the name of Sellars Heights.

Sellars Heights is 180 feet [55 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Sellars Heights: 803 & 839<3>

Communities near Sellars Heights ...

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

  • Sumter
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Manning
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Eastover
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Mayesville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Pinewood
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Paxville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Mulberry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Mulberry is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
  • Dalzell
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • East Sumter
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • East Sumter is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sumter
  • Lakewood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Lakewood is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sellars Heights ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of South Carolina's counties, including Sumter, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sellars Heights - 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 803 code has been Overlayed with the 839 area code. New phone numbers in the Sellars Heights area will be assigned with one of these codes: 803 or 839. As a result, placing a call in the Sellars Heights 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.