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Tumbling Shoals

Ghost town · Laurens County, South Carolina

Fountain Inn quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1957, 1:62,500)
Fountain Inn quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1957, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Tumbling Shoals is a ghost town in Laurens County, South Carolina. It is one of 15 former communities in Laurens County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 4th among the 43 South Carolina counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Tumbling Shoals as a historical populated place on the Hickory Tavern topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 34.5057° N, 82.2248° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleHickory Tavern
Elevation579 ft
Nearest living townPrinceton, SC
Distance to it4.2 miles
GNIS feature ID1234987
Coordinates34.50567, -82.22484

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What's there now

Tumbling Shoals is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Princeton, SC (population 88), about 4.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 579 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Tumbling Shoals?

Tumbling Shoals is in Laurens County, South Carolina, at 34.5057, -82.2248.

How many ghost towns are in Laurens County?

Laurens County, South Carolina has 15 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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