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History · Cherokee Falls

Cherokee Falls’ post office opened in 1900, and 75% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1909 on.

1900first post office
0on the National Register
75%homes built before 1940
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How Cherokee Falls began

When was Cherokee Falls founded?

1900

The Cherokee Falls post office opened in 1900, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 113126 years
Founding year: the first Cherokee Falls post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Cherokee Falls’ past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Cherokee Falls are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Cherokee Falls, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Cherokee Falls yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Cherokee Falls is a Census-designated place in Cherokee County, South Carolina, United States. It is 5 miles (8 km) south of the town of Blacksburg. A former mill community along the Broad River, Cherokee Falls was a town until disincorporation in the 1990s. The former Cherokee Falls Cotton Mill is now a major fireworks distribution center for Herbie's Famous Fireworks. The community was named after the Cherokee people.

Its first post office opened in 1900.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Cherokee Falls, 1900 to 1992

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 20th century
  2. 1900Post officeThe Cherokee Falls post office opens
  3. 1909On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1992Post officeThe Cherokee Falls post office closes
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On the map

Cherokee Falls on the map, 1909 to 1971

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Cherokee Falls. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Cherokee Falls on the 1909 USGS mapCherokee Falls on the 1971 USGS map1909Gaffney sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Cherokee Falls.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Cherokee Falls had its own post office from 1900 to 1992.

Cherokee Falls
1900–1992
19001960today

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Cherokee Falls’ history

What year was Cherokee Falls founded?

The Cherokee Falls post office opened in 1900, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.