Welcome to White Stone Springs ...

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

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

White Stone Springs would have been located within present day Spartanburg County<2>.

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

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

A typical abbreviation for White Stone Springs: White Stone Spgs. (or less commonly used: White Stone Spngs. or White Stone Sprngs.)

While the community is gone, the present day location for White Stone Springs is 610 feet [186 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

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

Communities near White Stone Springs ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near White Stone Springs.

• Spartanburg
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
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  • Spartanburg is located in Spartanburg County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 37,317 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spartanburg <5>
• Gaffney
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
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  • Gaffney is located in Cherokee County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,695 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gaffney <5>
• Union
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
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  • Union is located in Union County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,535 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Union <5>
• Woodruff
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
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  • Woodruff is located in Spartanburg County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,507 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodruff <5>
• Lyman
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
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  • Lyman is located in Spartanburg County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,796 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lyman <5>
• Duncan
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
  • Duncan is located in Spartanburg County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,715 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Duncan <5>
• Wellford
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
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  • Wellford is located in Spartanburg County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,774 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wellford <5>
• Pacolet
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
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  • Pacolet is located in Spartanburg County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,604 people
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• Inman
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
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  • Inman is located in Spartanburg County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Inman <5>
• Cowpens
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowpens
  • Cowpens is located in Spartanburg County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,465 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cowpens <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 White Stone Springs. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for White Stone Springs.

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

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

Adding White Stone Springs to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the White Stone Springs post office opened in 1901.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for White Stone Springs.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Spartanburg County: www.co.spartanburg.sc.us/

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