Welcome to Taho ...
So far, we found very little information about Taho. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Taho to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Taho, please Contact Us.
Taho would have been located within present day Greenville County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Taho, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Taho is 1,040 feet [317 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: The area where Taho was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Codes where Taho was located: 864 & 821<4>
Communities near Taho ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Taho.
- Greenville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Greer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mauldin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hendersonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Travelers Rest
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lyman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Duncan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Flat Rock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Flat Rock. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Flat Rock is located in Henderson County (NC)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,408 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Flat Rock <5>
- Wellford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Landrum
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
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 Taho. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Taho.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Taho. 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 Taho.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Taho. See our Newspapers Page for Taho.
Adding Taho to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Taho 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 for Taho was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
From that list, the Taho post office opened in 1891.
We also found Taho in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Taho.
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 Taho, 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 Greenville, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Taho - 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 864 code has been Overlayed with the 821 area code. New phone numbers in the Taho area will be assigned with one of these codes: 864 or 821. As a result, placing a call in the Taho 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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |