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Prices Store

Ghost town · Pickens County, South Carolina

Sunset quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1961, 1:24,000)
Sunset quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1961, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Prices Store is a ghost town in Pickens County, South Carolina. It is one of 4 former communities in Pickens County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 33rd among the 43 South Carolina counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Prices Store as a historical populated place on the Sunset 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 34.9893° N, 82.7574° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleSunset
Elevation1,077 ft
Nearest living townPickens, SC
Distance to it7.6 miles
GNIS feature ID1243507
Coordinates34.98928, -82.75736

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What's there now

Prices Store is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Pickens, SC (population 3,386), about 7.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,077 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 Prices Store?

Prices Store is in Pickens County, South Carolina, at 34.9893, -82.7574.

How many ghost towns are in Pickens County?

Pickens County, South Carolina has 4 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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