City Directories and History: Click on the MORE INFORMATION / MAPS link, found under the primary picture, to see an enlargeable postal maps of the county Post Office locations in 1896. Enter the specific name in R&R’s search box to locate additional information on each of these locations found on R&R’s pages. (Old Postal Maps – Marlboro County, S.C.)
The Yorkville Enquirer reported on Oct. 24, 1894 – “The safe at the Bennettsville PO was blown open with explosives and robbed of money and stamps.”
LIST OF LOCATIONS:
1902 & 1917 SC POSTAL MAPS
| Adamsville |
| Bennettsville |
| Blenheim |
| Brightsville |
| Brownsville |
| Clio |
| Covington |
| Drake |
| Dunbar |
| Kollock |
| Lester |
| McColl |
| Newtonville |
| Parnassus |
| Queensdale |
| Red Hill |
| Tatum Station |
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Adamsville perpetuates the name of Jonathan Adams who came to Marlborough District from Ireland before the Revolutionary War. His descendants are many and have been successful farmers of the rich soil in Adamsville Township.
(Information from: Names in South Carolina by C.H. Neuffer, Published by the S.C. Dept. of English, USC)
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