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34.655099, -82.994316
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We found 32 communities that share the name The Woods.
There is one other community in South Carolina which is also named The Woods.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of another 31 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 31 communities, 32 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Located In South Carolina ...
Greenville County
This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of The Woods [Greenville County].
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
Benton County
This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of The Woods [Benton County].
Delaware
New Castle County
This The Woods is located in New Castle County and lies 533 miles [857.8 km]<2> to the northeast of the The Woods that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of The Woods.
Florida
Liberty County
This The Woods is located in Liberty County and lies 319 miles [513.4 km]<2> to the south southwest of the The Woods that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Liberty County community of The Woods.
Pasco County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of The Woods [Pasco County].
Georgia
Fulton County
This The Woods is located in Fulton County and lies 115 miles [185.1 km]<2> to the southwest of the The Woods that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of The Woods.
Illinois
Madison County
This The Woods is located in Madison County and lies 492 miles [791.8 km]<2> to the northwest of the The Woods that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of The Woods.
Indiana
Randolph County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of The Woods [Randolph County].
Kansas
Stevens County
This The Woods is located in Stevens County and lies 1,026 miles [1,651.2 km]<2> to the west northwest of the The Woods that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stevens County community of The Woods.
Kentucky
Floyd County
This The Woods is located in Floyd County and lies 206 miles [331.5 km]<2> to the north of the The Woods that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Floyd County community of The Woods.
Harlan County
This The Woods is located in Harlan County and lies 152 miles [244.6 km] to the north of the The Woods that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harlan County community of The Woods.
Hopkins County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of The Woods [Hopkins County].
Louisiana
East Baton Rouge Parish
This The Woods is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 550 miles [885.1 km]<2> to the west southwest of the The Woods that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of The Woods.
Saint Tammany Parish
This The Woods is located in Saint Tammany Parish and lies 500 miles [804.7 km] to the southwest of the The Woods that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Tammany Parish community of The Woods.
Maine
Kennebec County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maine community of The Woods [Kennebec County].
Maryland
Anne Arundel County
This The Woods is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 465 miles [748.3 km]<2> to the northeast of the The Woods that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of The Woods.
Frederick County
This The Woods is located in Frederick County and lies 451 miles [725.8 km] to the northeast of the The Woods that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of The Woods.
Massachusetts
Nantucket County
This The Woods is located in Nantucket County and lies 834 miles [1,342.2 km]<2> to the northeast of the The Woods that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nantucket County community of The Woods.
Michigan
Isabella County
This The Woods is located in Isabella County and lies 636 miles [1,023.5 km]<2> to the north of the The Woods that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Isabella County community of The Woods.
New York
Cayuga County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of The Woods [Cayuga County].
Hamilton County
This The Woods is located in Hamilton County and lies 778 miles [1,252.1 km]<2> to the north northeast of the The Woods that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of The Woods.
North Dakota
Cass County
This The Woods is located in Cass County and lies 1,111 miles [1,788 km]<2> to the northwest of the The Woods that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of The Woods.
Ohio
Butler County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of The Woods [Butler County].
Oklahoma
Oklahoma County
This The Woods is located in Oklahoma County and lies 807 miles [1,298.7 km]<2> to the west of the The Woods that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma County community of The Woods.
Ontario
This The Woods lies 761 miles [1,224.7 km]<2> to the north of the The Woods that is located in Oconee County.
Oregon
Tillamook County
This The Woods is located in Tillamook County and lies 2,260 miles [3,637.1 km]<2> to the west northwest of the The Woods that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tillamook County community of The Woods.
Pennsylvania
Montgomery County
This The Woods is located in Montgomery County and lies 571 miles [918.9 km]<2> to the northeast of the The Woods that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of The Woods.
Tennessee
Cannon County
This The Woods is located in Cannon County and lies 185 miles [297.7 km]<2> to the west northwest of the The Woods that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cannon County community of The Woods.
Texas
Panola County
This The Woods is located in Panola County and lies 674 miles [1,084.7 km]<2> to the west southwest of the The Woods that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Panola County community of The Woods.
Vermont
Rutland County
This The Woods is located in Rutland County and lies 826 miles [1,329.3 km]<2> to the northeast of the The Woods that is located in Oconee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutland County community of The Woods.
West Virginia
Putnam County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of The Woods [Putnam County].
Wyoming
Albany County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of The Woods [Albany County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near The Woods ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
Bent Tree (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bent Tree have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as The Woods to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in The Woods and extending to:
Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 120 miles [193.1 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from The Woods to Columbia, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 440 miles [708.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 25 days.
The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,338 miles [10,200 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,040 miles [11,329.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,918 miles [7,914.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
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 The Woods, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- The Woods) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in The Woods. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6551, Longitude: -82.9943 In this case, the coordinates for The Woods have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>
If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that The Woods could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<4>
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.
<5>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>
While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<7>
The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from The Woods to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.466 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.899 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.509 degrees.