RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of South Carolina >> Fairfield County >> SheltonIndex...

Welcome to Shelton ...

Shelton is located in Fairfield County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Shelton, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1856.

Shelton is 320 feet [98 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Shelton: 803 & 839<3>

Communities Also Named Shelton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Shelton - they are located in Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Carolina, Virginia (2), Washington and West Virginia.

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

Websites for Shelton ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.fairfieldchamber.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Shelton, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Shelton ...

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

  • Newberry
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Union
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Chester
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Whitmire
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Carlisle
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Pomaria
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Peak
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peak
    • Peak is located in Newberry County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Peak <4>
  • Jenkinsville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Tuckertown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckertown
    • Tuckertown is located in Union County
  • Blair
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Shelton ...

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

Adding Shelton to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Shelton post office opened in 1856.

We also found Shelton in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Shelton.

Footnotes ...

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