Grindall
Ghost town · Cherokee County, South Carolina

Grindall is a ghost town in Cherokee County, South Carolina. It is one of 10 former communities in Cherokee County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 15th among the 43 South Carolina counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Grindall as a historical populated place on the Pacolet Mills 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 34.8912° N, 81.6373° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Pacolet Mills |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 532 ft |
| Nearest living town | Jonesville, SC |
| Distance to it | 4.7 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1228555 |
| Coordinates | 34.89124, -81.63732 |
What's there now
Grindall is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Jonesville, SC (population 1,016), about 4.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 532 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Hancockvilleghost town · Cherokee County · 1.9 mi
- Flat Rockghost town · Union County · 3.2 mi
- Gowdeysvilleghost town · Cherokee County · 3.9 mi
- Humphriesvilleghost town · Union County · 6.2 mi
- Pine Treeghost town · Union County · 7.9 mi
- Bailey Townghost town · Union County · 8.1 mi
- Simmon Treeghost town · Union County · 8.2 mi
- Meansvilleghost town · Union County · 8.8 mi
- Ettaghost town · Cherokee County · 8.8 mi
- Beauty Spotghost town · York County · 9.5 mi
- Rogansvilleghost town · Union County · 10 mi
- White Stone Springsghost town · Spartanburg County · 10 mi
Questions
Where is Grindall?
Grindall is in Cherokee County, South Carolina, at 34.8912, -81.6373.
How many ghost towns are in Cherokee County?
Cherokee County, South Carolina has 10 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.