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Welcome to Springville ...

So far, we found very little information about Springville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Springville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Springville, please Contact Us.


Springville would have been located within present day Darlington County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Springville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1826.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Springville is 160 feet [49 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Springville was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Springville was located: 843 & 854<4>

Communities Also Named Springville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 38 communities that are also named Springville - they are located in Alabama, California (3), Florida, Illinois, Indiana (3), Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York (2), Nova Scotia, Ohio (2), Ontario (3), Pennsylvania (5), Tennessee, Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Springville ...

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

  • Florence
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Hartsville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Timmonsville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Pine Ridge
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Pine Ridge is located in Darlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
  • Lamar
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Lamar is located in Darlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lamar <5>
  • Quinby
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Society Hill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Patrick
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Blenheim
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Dovesville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Dovesville is located in Darlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dovesville

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

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

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

Adding Springville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Springville in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Springville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Springville post office opened in 1826. The Springville post office closed in 1832.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Springville.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Springville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of South Carolina's counties, including Darlington, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Springville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 843 code has been Overlayed with the 854 area code. New phone numbers in the Springville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 843 or 854. As a result, placing a call in the Springville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/