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Welcome to Terry ...

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

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


Terry would have been located within present day Greenville County<2>.


The location of Terry has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Terry, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1899.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Terry is 1,140 feet [347 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

If Terry still existed, it would have been in the (864) area code.

Communities Also Named Terry ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Terry - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri (2), Montana (2), South Dakota, Tennessee (2), Texas and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Terry ...

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

  • Greenville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Greer
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greer
    • Greer is located in Greenville County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,316 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greer <5>
  • Hendersonville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Travelers Rest
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Brevard
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brevard
    • Brevard is located in Transylvania County (NC)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,899 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brevard <5>
  • Mills River
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Flat Rock
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flat Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • 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>
  • Landrum
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landrum
    • Landrum is located in Spartanburg County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,725 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Landrum <5>
  • Laurel Park
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Laurel Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Park
    • Laurel Park is located in Henderson County (NC)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,339 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Laurel Park <5>
  • Tryon
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryon
    • Tryon is located in Polk County (NC)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,635 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tryon <5>

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

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

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

Adding Terry to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Terry 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 Terry was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Terry post office opened in 1899.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Terry.

The official website for Greenville County: www.greenvillecounty.org/

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

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 Terry, 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 location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Terry - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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 their list with background information can be found at:

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









 

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