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Welcome to Willington ...

Willington is located in McCormick County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Willington, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1916.

Willington is 480 feet [146 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Willington: 864 & 821<3>

Communities Also Named Willington ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two South Carolina communities named Willington: This one is located in McCormick County and the other is located in Abbeville County.

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

Communities near Willington ...

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

  • Abbeville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • McCormick
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Calhoun Falls
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Lincolnton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Hesters Ferry
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hesters Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesters Ferry
    • Hesters Ferry is located in Lincoln County (GA)
    • Estimated population in 2019: 911 people
  • Tignall
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tignall have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tignall
    • Tignall is located in Wilkes County (GA)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tignall <4>
  • Lowndesville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Parksville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Troy
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
    • Troy is located in Greenwood County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 101 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <4>
  • Plum Branch
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Willington ...

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

Adding Willington to Our Gazetteer ...

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

X2X - From that list, the Willington post office opened in 1916.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Willington.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Willington. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of South Carolina's counties, including McCormick, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Willington - 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 Willington area will be assigned with one of these codes: 864 or 821. As a result, placing a call in the Willington 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>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.
<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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