Quoting from Edna Riddle Foy in Laurens County Sketchbook
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WATERLOO p. 19: "Tradition tells us that a man traveling through the area asked at a local well if he might water his horse name [sic] Loo. Apparently, the combination appealed to some of the residents, and thereafter they called their community Waterloo."  (Another more likely possibility is that the Huguenot families there named it Waterloo in public exultation over Napoleon's defeat.)

CLINTON p. 23: "About one mile west of Holland's Store was an intersection of five roads called Five Points or Five Forks which led to nearby points of business contacts. The present streets of the city follow closely the lines of these early five roads. For several years after a railroad was extended to Five points in 1850, passengers boarding and leaving the trains used gangplanks because of the flat and marshy ground. "When some identification for the community was considered, the name 'Round Jacket,' a nickname for a prominent citizen who wore a round jacket even on formal occasions, was proposed. Whether or not this suggestion was in jest, the town was named for Henry Clinton Young, a local attorney and representative to the South Carolina Legislature, who had assisted the struggling village elders in laying off the streets. Clinton was issued a charter in 1864."

CROSS HILL p. 24: "Cross Hill was so-named because it was located at a crossing of the foot trail and the wagon road at the top of a hill. The town itself was moved from the crossroad, and little evidence of the early village, a mile to the north of the present site, is seen today."

 BEAVERDAM/ MOUNTVILLE p. 25: Beaverdam Creek "had received its name because of the numerous beaver dams located on the stream. . . . Some of the settlers objected to having their mail addressed to Beaverdam and suggested the name of Mountville since the first building of the new settlement had been on a slight 'mount.'"

HICKORY TAVERN p. 26: "Hickory Tavern [was] a name most likely given because of a tavern surrounded by hickory trees."

GRAY COURT p. 27-28: "The community was named Dorroh, or Dorrohville, honoring Mr. and Mrs. David R. Dorroh. Their home, one of the first to be built in the small town, stands today in good condition. . . . An engineer on the newly constructed railroad, whose name is not known, admired Mr. R.L. Gray, the depot agent, and suggested to some of the residents that the town and post office be named for Mr. Gray. Too, as the train passed through the town, the engineer said he would be reminded of Gray Court, New York, the prettiest spot in his native state." Petitions were "cirulated by friends of the two families, one group favoring the name Dorroh and the other, Gray Court. When the votes were counted, Gray Court received the greater number. On October 17, 1899, the name Dorroh gave way to Gray Court. . . . Greenpond got its name from a frog pond near the Talmage Kellett home. The water became stagnant and turned green".

More information on Laurens County may be obtained by reading Bolick, A LAURENS COUNTY SKETCHBOOK, and Jacobs, W. P., compiler, LAURENS COUNTY SCRAPBOOK.