Welcome to Smallwood ...

Smallwood is located in Fairfield County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Smallwood, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1901.

Smallwood is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Smallwood is within the (803) area code.

Websites for Smallwood ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.fairfieldchamber.org/

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

Communities Also Named Smallwood ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two South Carolina communities named Smallwood: This one is located in Fairfield County and the other is located in Laurens County.

Beyond South Carolina, there are 6 communities that are also named Smallwood - they are located in Kansas, Maryland, New York, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Smallwood ...

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

• Irmo
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irmo
  • Irmo is located in Lexington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,734 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Irmo <3>
• Forest Acres
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Acres
  • Forest Acres is located in Richland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,269 people
• Camden
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden
  • Camden is located in Kershaw County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,288 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Camden <3>
• Blythewood
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blythewood
  • Blythewood is located in Richland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,531 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blythewood <3>
• Winnsboro
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnsboro
  • Winnsboro is located in Fairfield County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,130 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winnsboro <3>
• Elgin
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
  • Elgin is located in Kershaw County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,585 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elgin <3>
• Arcadia Lakes
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arcadia Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia Lakes
  • Arcadia Lakes is located in Richland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 874 people
• Jenkinsville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkinsville
  • Jenkinsville is located in Fairfield County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jenkinsville <3>
• Winnsboro Mills
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winnsboro Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnsboro Mills
  • Winnsboro Mills is located in Fairfield County
• Rion
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rion
  • Rion is located in Fairfield County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rion <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Smallwood ...

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

Adding Smallwood to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Smallwood post office opened in 1901.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Smallwood.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

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