City Directories and History: This historic map, on the wall of the S.C. Dept. of Archives and History, exhibits some of the numerous locations across S.C. and Fairfield County, which have been nearly forgotten. Rural names and forgotten places recorded on this map, have been extracted and placed in alphabetical order to assist researchers. Also see the entire map under the History Thread link – right.
R&R HISTORY THREAD: link to the digital Colton’s 1854 Map (Statewide)
INDEX OF NAMES – Does not include roads and rivers…., names are often spelled differently than contemporary spellings.
| Adger Homeplace |
| Adger’s |
| Aiken Homeplace |
| Aimwell |
| Aldrich Shoal |
| Alston Depot |
| Anvil Rock |
| Ashford’s Ferry |
| Beaver Creek Meeting House |
| Belar |
| Bell’s |
| Black Jack Meeting House |
| Boller Homeplace |
| Brown’s P.O. |
| Buchanan’s Homeplace |
| Buckhead P.O. |
| Caldwell’s Homeplace |
| Cockrell |
| Cockrell’s |
| Concord Church |
| Concord Meeting House |
| Cook Homeplace |
| Cookholm P.O. |
| Davis Ferry |
| Dawkins |
| DuBose |
| Dutchman’s Creek Meeting House |
| Ebenezer Meeting House |
| Feasterville P.O. |
| Ford Home |
| Furman, W. |
| Gaillard, D. Homeplace |
| Gibson’s Meeting House |
| Gladden P.O. |
| Harrison Homeplace |
| Henderson’s Island |
| Horeb Church |
| Hughey’s Ferry |
| Johnston, A. |
| Kincaid |
| Kirkland |
| Lakin Mill (?) |
| Lebanon Church |
| Leitner’s Homeplace |
| Lemon’s P.O. |
| Little Rocky Creek Meeting House |
| Longtown |
| Lyles |
| Lyles, W.S. |
| McConnell Homeplace |
| McConnell’s |
| McCrory |
| McKinstry Homeplace |
| McMeekins P.O. |
| Means, Governor |
| Montgomery |
| Monticello |
| Nelson |
| Owens, General |
| Owens, S. |
| Palmer, E.G. |
| Pearsons |
| Peay, N.A. |
| Pickett’s |
| Poplar Spring P.O. |
| Ridgeway |
| Robertson |
| Robertson, W.R. |
| Rocky Creek Meeting House |
| Rocky Mount P.O. *** Historian, Harvey S. Teal’s S.C. Post Office History, 1989 states: the “Rocky Mt., PO was operated by Postmasters, Vincent Edwards, Thomas F. Barkley and James Barkley from 1815 -1843.” |
| Salem Meeting House |
| Sandfield Meeting House *** Historian, Harvey S. Teal’s S.C. Post Office History, 1989 states: the “Sandfield PO operated from 1846 1850; Nathaniel B. Hall and Daniel Joyner, Postmasters.” |
| Sandy Level Meeting House |
| Shelton Ferry |
| Simonton’s Homeplace |
| Simpson’s |
| Sims Homeplace |
| Steam Saw Mill |
| Steam Saw Mill at Ridgeway |
| Thomas Homeplace |
| Thorne Homeplace |
| Wallace Trapp’s, Dr. or Trapp, Dr. (?) |
| Wateree Meeting House |
| White Oak |
| Woodward, O. |
| Woodward’s |
| Yongesville Church |
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