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Welcome to Varntown ...

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

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

Varntown would have been located within present day Colleton County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Varntown, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1901.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Varntown is 60 feet [18 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

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

Communities near Varntown ...

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

  • Walterboro
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Hampton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Varnville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Yemassee
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Brunson
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Ehrhardt
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Gifford
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Smoaks
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Lodge
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Williams
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)

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

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

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

Adding Varntown to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Varntown post office opened in 1901.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Varntown.

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 Varntown, 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 Colleton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Varntown - 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 Varntown area will be assigned with one of these codes: 843 or 854. As a result, placing a call in the Varntown 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 their list with background information can be found at:

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