Cokesbury, South Carolina
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Ware Shoals-Hodges census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29653. The Survey maps it on the Cokesbury quadrangle. 212 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 633 feet above sea level.
On record in Cokesbury
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Population over time
3 figuresCokesbury fell from 279 to 212 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 279 | |
| 2010 | 215 | -64 (-23%) |
| 2020 | 212 | -3 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 14 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1892 USGS Abbeville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Cokesbury quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Abbeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
238 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 238 fires within 5 miles of Cokesbury between 1992 and 2019, burning about 597 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 10 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 141 |
| Debris and open burning | 45 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Cokesbury: 2 producers, 1 unknown, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Aluminum, Kaolin, Vermiculite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maddens-Kernals | Vermiculite | Past Producer | Metamorphosed Igneous Intrusion | |
| Mrs. Mary Robinson Property | Aluminum, Kaolin | Prospect | ||
| Greenwood Granite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | Metamorphic | |
| Greenwood Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Wilson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Igneous Intrusion |
Storms near this place
13 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cokesbury in 13 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cokesbury | $10,000 | no account filed |
| February 1998 | Hail | Cokesbury | $5,000 | no account filed |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cokesbury | - | Utility company and highway patrol reported multiple trees and large limbs blown down on power lines in the Cokesbury area. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cokesbury | - | DOT reported a tree blown down at Highway 246 and Townsend Rd near Hodges. Highway Patrol reported trees down on E Cambridge Ave, N Main St, and Bailey Circle in the city of Greenwood. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cokesbury | - | Numerous trees were blown down from the Hodges and Cokesbury area south to near Greenwood. The hardest hit areas were in the vicinity Clifton St, Pope St, Deadfall Rd, and Carlton St. Two trees fell on and damaged homes on Carlton St. Numerous power outages also occurred. |
| December 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cokesbury | - | Several trees were blown down near the intersection of highways 254, 246 and 25, about 8 miles west northwest of the city of Greenwood. |
| December 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cokesbury | - | A tree was blown down on highway 254 between Hodges and Cokesbury. |
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cokesbury | - | Trees blown down. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Cokesbury | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Cokesbury | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Cokesbury | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cokesbury | - | no account filed |
| February 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cokesbury | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hodges | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Irving | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| North Hills Estates | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Roman Acres | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Northfall Acres | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Dalewood | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Downs Siding | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Hyde Park | 3.3 miles | 15 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Cokesbury | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1931839 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1247334. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.





