The Homewood post office opened in 1899, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Grantsville (1873), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 1,693127 years
How historic is Homewood?
C−
More historic than 17% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Homewood post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Homewood’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Homewood is more historic than 17% of U.S. towns, #110 of 169 in South Carolina. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
C−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Homewood’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 Homewood’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 (±2.7 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 Homewood’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 Homewood yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Homewood is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Horry County, South Carolina, United States, just north of Conway in the northeastern part of the state. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 1,693. Homewood is located at the junction of South Carolina Highway 319 and U.S. Highway 701. There is an elementary school in the community. Many of the inhabitants make a living from family farms, growing tobacco, corn, soybeans, and tomatoes.
Its first post office opened in 1899.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Homewood, 1873 to 1943
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
The Homewood post office opened in 1899, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Homewood rank for history?
Homewood is more historic than 17% of U.S. towns, #110 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 Homewood?
2% of Homewood’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.7 points), against a typical 3.5% for a South Carolina town; the median home was built in 2009.
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, 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.
