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History · Harleyville

Harleyville’s post office opened in 1898, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Harleyville was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1972. 1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 43 buildings. Below: maps from 1920 on and the census since 1900.

1898first post office
1on the National Register
8%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Harleyville began

When was Harleyville founded?

1898

The Harleyville post office opened in 1898, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 248 in 19002020 census: 666128 years
Founding year: the first Harleyville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Harleyville’s 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 Harleyville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.A historic districtThe St. Paul Camp Ground takes in 43 historic buildings.On the map since 19203 editions of the USGS map, 1920 to 1973. Watch Harleyville change.
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Start Harleyville’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Harleyville’s history is told.

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On the National Register

1 listing protects 43 historic buildings

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
43
each building in a district counts
first listed
1998
St. Paul Camp Ground
St. Paul Camp Ground
Districts
St. Paul Camp GroundDistrict

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

On the map

Harleyville on the map, 1920 to 1973

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

Harleyville on the 1920 USGS mapHarleyville on the 1943 USGS mapHarleyville on the 1973 USGS map1920Ridgeville 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 Harleyville.

The story

How Harleyville came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Harleyville.

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The St. Paul Camp Ground was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Harleyville, decade by decade

Today6 recent
A cluster of dwarf palmetto plants at the Audubon Center at Beidler Forest, a nature preserve, wildlife sanctuary, and …2017A cluster of dwarf palmetto plants at the Audubon Cen…A cluster of dwarf palmetto plants at the Audubon Center at Beidler Forest, a nature preserve, wildlife sanctuary, and …2017A cluster of dwarf palmetto plants at the Audubon Cen…Brightly colored wildflowers planted in a field outside the entrance to the Audubon Center at Beidler Forest, a nature …2017Brightly colored wildflowers planted in a field outsi…Rustic rural cabin near the Audubon Center at Beidler Forest, a nature preserve, wildlife sanctuary, and extensive swam…2017Rustic rural cabin near the Audubon Center at Beidler…It's a horse and donkey show, or at least a grazing, in this yard near Harleyville, South Carolina2017It's a horse and donkey show, or at least a grazing, …SCMap-doton-Harleyville2004SCMap-doton-Harleyville
People over time

Harleyville, census by census

01002003004005006007001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 704

Between 248 and 704 people in every census since 1900.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Harleyville

Nobody well known was born in Harleyville itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Madelyn ClineAmerican actress · b. 1997
Bettye AckermanAmerican actress · b. 1924
Chuck EidsonAmerican basketball player · b. 1980
Brett GardnerAmerican baseball player · b. 1983
Jonathan AmonAmerican soccer player · b. 1999
A. J. GreenAmerican football player · b. 1988
Places that used to be

Places now gone

Harleyville’s post office has been open since 1898.

Gone or out of use
Jenkins Hill Elementary Schoolschool

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

Questions about Harleyville’s history

What year was Harleyville founded?

The Harleyville post office opened in 1898, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Harleyville?

One place: the St. Paul Camp Ground (listed 1998).

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 (1), the Library of Congress (5), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, 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.