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Welcome to State Farm ...

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

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

State Farm would have been located within present day Sumter County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of State Farm, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was on a map dated 1911.

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

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

The Area Codes where State Farm was located: 803 & 839<4>

Communities Also Named State Farm ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named State Farm - it's located in Massachusetts.

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

Communities near State Farm ...

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

  • Sumter
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Camden
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Elgin
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Elgin is located in Kershaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,585 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elgin <5>
  • Eastover
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Horatio
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Claremont
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Claremont is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claremont
  • Dalzell
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Oakland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Oakland is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
  • Spring Village
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Spring Village is located in Kershaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Village
  • Stateburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Stateburg is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stateburg

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

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

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

Adding State Farm to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of State Farm 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 State Farm was on a map titled Map of South Carolina (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for State Farm.

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 State Farm, 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 Sumter, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around State Farm - 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 803 code has been Overlayed with the 839 area code. New phone numbers in the State Farm area will be assigned with one of these codes: 803 or 839. As a result, placing a call in the State Farm 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.