Welcome to Great Falls ...

The town of Great Falls is located in Chester County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Great Falls, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1906.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Great Falls has a population of 1,876 people<2> (see below for details).

Great Falls is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Great Falls lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Great Falls lies within the (803) area code.

The ZIP code for Great Falls: 29055<4>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Great Falls had an population of 1,876 people. This is a decrease of 5.2% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 14.49% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Great Falls had a population of 1,979 people (which is 5.97% of the total population of Chester County). This makes Great Falls the county's 2nd most populous community.

The population of Great Falls represents 0.04% of the total population of South Carolina (which has 4,625,364 people), making it the state's 122nd most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 1,979 people, the population of Great Falls decreased 9.8% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 2,194 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Great Falls.

Communities Also Named Great Falls ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Great Falls - they are located in Maine (2), Manitoba, Maryland, Montana, New York and Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Great Falls.

Communities near Great Falls ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Great Falls.

• Lancaster
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
  • Lancaster is located in Lancaster County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,156 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lancaster <5>
• Winnsboro
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnsboro
  • Winnsboro is located in Fairfield County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,130 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winnsboro <5>
• Kershaw
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kershaw
  • Kershaw is located in Kershaw County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,404 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kershaw <5>
• Heath Springs
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath Springs
  • Heath Springs is located in Lancaster County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,054 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Heath Springs <5>
• Fort Lawn
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Lawn
  • Fort Lawn is located in Chester County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 889 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Lawn <5>
• Ridgeway
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
  • Ridgeway is located in Fairfield County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 279 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ridgeway <5>
• Richburg
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richburg
  • Richburg is located in Chester County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richburg <5>
• Mitford
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitford
  • Mitford is located in Fairfield County
• Bell Town
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bell Town have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Town
  • Bell Town is located in Lancaster County
• Liberty Hill
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
  • Liberty Hill is located in Kershaw County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Liberty Hill <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Great Falls. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Great Falls.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Great Falls. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Great Falls.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Great Falls. See our Newspapers Page for Great Falls.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Great Falls ...

Looking for more information about Great Falls? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Great Falls, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Great Falls.

Adding Great Falls to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Great Falls in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Great Falls was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Great Falls post office opened in 1906.

We also found Great Falls on a map titled Rand McNally Map of South Carolina (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Great Falls.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Great Falls. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/