Gable, South Carolina

Gable is an unincorporated community in Clarendon County, South Carolina, United States.[1] The community is located along U.S. Route 301, 10.7 miles (17.2 km) north-northeast of Manning. Gable has a post office with ZIP code 29051, which opened on June 6, 1916.[2][3]

Gable, South Carolina
Unincorporated community
Gable is located in South Carolina
Gable
Gable
Gable is located in the United States
Gable
Gable
Coordinates: 33°49′31″N 80°06′33″W
CountryUnited States
StateSouth Carolina
CountyClarendon
Elevation
105 ft (32 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
29051
Area code(s)803, 839
GNIS feature ID1247853[1]

Education

The community formerly had two all-white public high schools: Gable High School & Black River High School.

Gable High School had first opened in the fall of 1934, and dissolved following the end of the 1948–1949 school year when it consolidated with New Zion, South Carolina's Salem High School to create Black River High School.

Black River High School had first opened in the fall of 1949, & it dissolved following the end of the 1951–1952 school year when it consolidated with Turbeville High School to create East Clarendon High School. Their school mascot was the alligator.

Both of these schools had offered baseball, boys' and girls' basketball and football as sports.

References

https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1265/images/sid_29321521516_1942_0009?ssrc=&backlabel=Return https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1265/images/sid_29321521517_1951_0005?ssrc=&backlabel=Return https://www.newspapers.com/image/668818634/?terms=gable%20high%20school&match=1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/748918321/?terms=black%20river%20high%20school&match=1

  1. "Gable". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. United States Postal Service. "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved October 23, 2016.
  3. "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved October 23, 2016.


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