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Welcome to Toney Creek ...

Toney Creek is located in Anderson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Toney Creek, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1874.

A typical abbreviation for Toney Creek: Toney Crk. (or less commonly used: Toney Ck. or Toney Cr.)

Toney Creek is 680 feet [207 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Toney Creek: 864 & 821<3>

Communities near Toney Creek ...

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

  • Anderson
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Mauldin
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauldin
    • Mauldin is located in Greenville County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,562 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mauldin <4>
  • Simpsonville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Fountain Inn
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Belton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Williamston
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Honea Path
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Ware Shoals
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Pelzer
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Due West
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Toney Creek ...

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

Adding Toney Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Toney Creek post office opened in 1874.

We also found Toney Creek in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Toney Creek.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of South Carolina's counties, including Anderson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Toney Creek - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 Toney Creek area will be assigned with one of these codes: 864 or 821. As a result, placing a call in the Toney Creek area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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