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History · Eastover

Eastover’s post office opened in 1875, and 2 of its places are on the National Register

Most of Eastover was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1981. Its Register listings are the Byrd, J. A., Mercantile Store and the Farmers and Merchants Bank Building. Its Register listings are the Byrd, J. A., Mercantile Store and the Farmers and Merchants Bank Building. Below: 5 old photos and papers, maps from 1943 on, and the census since 1910.

1875first post office
2on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
5old photos & papers
5famous people
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From Eastover’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Eastover began

When was Eastover founded?

1875

The Eastover post office opened in 1875, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 237 in 19102020 census: 614151 years
Founding year: the first Eastover post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Eastover’s past

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

Boom and bustPeaked at 1,044 in 1990; 614 people lived here in 2020.
★ What stands out · People over time

Eastover, census by census

02004006008001,000192019401960198020002020Peak: 1,044

Peaked at 1,044 in 1990; 614 people lived here in 2020.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Eastover’s Wikipedia page.

The story

How Eastover came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Eastover.

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The J.A. Byrd Mercantile Store, Farmers and Merchants Bank Building, Good Hope Baptist Church, Goodwill Plantation, Kensington Plantation House, St. Phillip School, Saint Thomas' Protestant Episcopal Church, Claudius Scott Cottage, and Siloam School are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Eastover, 1846 to 1990

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1846Born hereJacob Stroyer is born here
  3. 1875Post officeThe Eastover post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1920Born hereAnnie B. Martin is born here
  6. 1933Born hereSarah Mae Flemming is born here
  7. 1943On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  8. 1955Born hereTerry Anderson is born here
  9. 1980In the archiveKensington Manor on the antebellum Kensington Plantation
  10. 1990CensusPopulation peaks at 1,044
By decade

Eastover, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1980s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1980s5 items
Kensington Manor on the antebellum Kensington Plantation1980Kensington Manor on the antebellum Kensington Plantat…Kensington Manor on the antebellum Kensington Planation1980Kensington Manor on the antebellum Kensington Planati…Kensington Manor on the antebellum Kensington Planation1980Kensington Manor on the antebellum Kensington Planati…Fireplace at Kensington Manor, an 1855 Renaissance Revival villa on the Kensington Plantation1980Fireplace at Kensington Manor, an 1855 Renaissance Re…Interior hall and doorway at Kensington Manor, an 1855 Renaissance Revival villa on the Kensington Plantation1980Interior hall and doorway at Kensington Manor, an 185…
1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today13 recent
Senior leader visits South Carolina Youth ChalleNGe Academy2020Senior leader visits South Carolina Youth ChalleNGe A…Senior leader visits South Carolina Youth ChalleNGe Academy2020Senior leader visits South Carolina Youth ChalleNGe A…South Carolina National Guard2019South Carolina National GuardSouth Carolina National Guard2019South Carolina National GuardJ. A. Mercantile Store2018J. A. Mercantile StoreGood Hope Baptist Church2018Good Hope Baptist ChurchSecurity Forces ruck march 150411-Z-VN552-0012015Security Forces ruck march 150411-Z-VN552-001Farmers and Merchants Bank Building2014Farmers and Merchants Bank BuildingUntitled photo2012Untitled photoGorgeous store built in 1908 and now empty2009Gorgeous store built in 1908 and now emptyEastover092009Eastover09Good Hope Baptist Church 18572007Good Hope Baptist Church 1857US Navy 060222-N-0411D-027 U.S. Navy Sailors practice urban assault training at McCrady Training Center2006US Navy 060222-N-0411D-027 U.S. Navy Sailors practice…
On the map

Eastover on the map, 1943 to 1982

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

Eastover on the 1943 USGS mapEastover on the 1953 USGS mapEastover on the 1982 USGS map1943Eastover 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 Eastover.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Kensington Manor on the antebellum Kensington Plantation
Retake this viewKensington Manor on the antebellum Kensington Plantation, 1980

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Eastover’s page.

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On the National Register

2 historic places in Eastover

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
1986
Byrd, J. A., Mercantile Store
Byrd, J. A., Mercantile StoreFarmers and Merchants Bank Building
Buildings
Byrd, J. A., Mercantile StoreBuilding
Farmers and Merchants Bank BuildingBuilding

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

5 famous people were born in Eastover

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Terry AndersonAmerican football player · b. 1955
Jacob StroyerAmerican preacher and writer · b. 1846
Sarah Mae FlemmingAmerican activist · b. 1933
A
Annie B. MartinAmerican labor and civil rights activist · b. 1920
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Lewis C. DowdyAmerican educator · b. 1917
Help out

Finish Eastover’s story

Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Questions about Eastover’s history

What year was Eastover founded?

The Eastover post office opened in 1875, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Eastover?

Two places: the Byrd, J. A., Mercantile Store (listed 1986) and the Farmers and Merchants Bank Building (1986).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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 Wikimedia Commons (14), the Library of Congress (4), the National Register of Historic Places (2), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.