More historic than 14% of U.S. towns · #119 of 169 in South Carolina. What drives it
Most of Gantt was built recently: 1% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1974. Below: maps from 1938 on and the census since 2000.
Founding year: the first Gantt post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Gantt’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Gantt is more historic than 14% of U.S. towns, #119 of 169 in South Carolina. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Gantt’s overall grade.
South Carolina towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical South Carolina town has 3.2 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Gantt’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (23% of South Carolina towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D to C−. The pre-1940 share (±0.8 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Gantt’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Gantt yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Gantt is a census-designated place (CDP) in Greenville County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 14,229 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Greenville-Mauldin-Easley metropolitan area and a suburb of the city of Greenville.
Its first post office opened in 1897. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 14,229 to 15,006 (+5%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Gantt, 1897 to 1938
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
The Gantt post office opened in 1897, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Gantt rank for history?
Gantt is more historic than 14% of U.S. towns, #119 of 169 in South Carolina. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Gantt?
1% of Gantt’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 3.5% for a South Carolina town; the median home was built in 1974.
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).
From 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.
