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History · Kline

Kline’s post office opened in 1891, and 21% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1919 on and the census since 1900.

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Quick answers

How Kline began

When was Kline founded?

1891

The Kline post office opened in 1891, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Fiddle Pond (1849), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 93 in 19002020 census: 148135 years
Founding year: the first Kline post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Kline’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 Kline are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 315 in 1980; 148 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Kline’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

Kline, census by census

01002003001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 315

Peaked at 315 in 1980; 148 people lived here in 2020.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

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

The story so far

Kline, in brief

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

Kline is a town in Barnwell County, South Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Kline had a population of 148.

Its first post office opened in 1891. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 197 to 148 (-25%).

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

Timeline

Kline, 1849 to 1980

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1849Post officeThe Fiddle Pond post office opens
  3. 1891Post officeThe Kline post office opens
  4. 1894Post officeThe Fiddle Pond post office closes
  5. 20th century
  6. 1919On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1954Post officeThe Kline post office closes
  8. 1980CensusPopulation peaks at 315
By decade

Kline, decade by decade

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On the map

Kline on the map, 1919 to 1943

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

Kline on the 1919 USGS mapKline on the 1943 USGS map1919Allendale 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 Kline.

Famous people

Famous people close to Kline

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

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Nikki HaleyAmerican politician and diplomat · b. 1972
J. B. HuttoAmerican blues musician · b. 1926
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Eric BucknerAmerican basketball player · b. 1990
Thomas S. McMillanBaseball player and coach, lawyer, politician · b. 1888
Clara G. McMillanAmerican politician · b. 1894
Joseph Emile HarleyGovernor of South Carolina, 1941-1942 · b. 1880
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Kline had its own post office from 1891 to 1954. Another post office, Fiddle Pond, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Fiddle Pond
1849–1894
Kline
1891–1954
18401930today

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

Questions about Kline’s history

What year was Kline founded?

The Kline post office opened in 1891, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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 (2), 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.