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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Greenwood (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Greenwood. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Greenwood is located in Greenwood County and is the County Seat.

To see how the shape of South Carolina's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Greenwood County: Abbeville, Edgefield, Laurens, McCormick, Newberry & Saluda.

Below are the counties that are near Greenwood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Greenwood:

  • Greenwood County     (The home county of Greenwood)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
    • Grendel Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grendel Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grendel Village
      • Grendel Village is located in Greenwood County
    • Greenwood Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenwood Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Village
      • Greenwood Village is located in Greenwood County
    • Panola Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Panola Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola Village
      • Panola Village is located in Greenwood County
    • Mathews Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mathews Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mathews Village
      • Mathews Village is located in Greenwood County
    • Fairforest
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairforest
      • Fairforest is located in Greenwood County
    • Coronaca
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coronaca have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coronaca
      • Coronaca is located in Greenwood County
    • Promised Land
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Promised Land have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promised Land
      • Promised Land is located in Greenwood County
    • Ninety Six
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Springdale
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
      • Springdale is located in Greenwood County
    • Cokesbury
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cokesbury have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury
      • Cokesbury is located in Greenwood County
    • Verdery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Verdery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdery
      • Verdery is located in Greenwood County
    • Hodges
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Abbeville County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
    • Abbeville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Ware Shoals
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Donalds
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Due West
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Level Land
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Level Land have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Land
      • Level Land is located in Abbeville County
    • Honea Path
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Antreville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antreville
      • Antreville is located in Abbeville County
    • Latimer
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimer
      • Latimer is located in Abbeville County
    • Calhoun Falls
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Lake Secession
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Secession have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Secession
      • Lake Secession is located in Abbeville County
    • Lowndesville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Anderson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
    • Belton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Iva
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iva
      • Iva is located in Anderson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,341 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iva <2>
  • Edgefield County
    • Edgefield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Greenville County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
    • Fork Shoals
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fork Shoals have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fork Shoals
      • Fork Shoals is located in Greenville County
    • Lickville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lickville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickville
      • Lickville is located in Greenville County
  • Laurens County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
    • Collins Lakeside Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Collins Lakeside Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins Lakeside Village
      • Collins Lakeside Village is located in Laurens County
    • Anglers Haven
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anglers Haven
      • Anglers Haven is located in Laurens County
    • Cross Hill
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Waterloo
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Mount Gallagher
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Gallagher have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gallagher
      • Mount Gallagher is located in Laurens County
    • Cold Point
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Point
      • Cold Point is located in Laurens County
    • Ekom
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekom
      • Ekom is located in Laurens County
    • Mountville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Lisbon ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lisbon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
      • Lisbon is located in Laurens County
    • Laurens
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Princeton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Princeton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
      • Princeton is located in Laurens County
    • Clinton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • McCormick County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
    • Liberty Hill
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
      • Liberty Hill is located in McCormick County
    • McCormick
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Mount Carmel
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Willington
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willington
      • Willington is located in McCormick County
    • Plum Branch
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Parksville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Newberry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
    • Chappells
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Old Town Ferry
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Town Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town Ferry
      • Old Town Ferry is located in Newberry County
    • Silverstreet
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Smyrna
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Saluda County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
    • Hickory Grove
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
      • Hickory Grove is located in Saluda County
    • Saluda
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Lincoln County (GA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.
    • Hesters Ferry
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hesters Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesters Ferry
      • Hesters Ferry is located in Lincoln County (GA)
      • Estimated population in 2019: 911 people
    • Lisbon ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lisbon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
      • Lisbon is located in Lincoln County (GA)
    • Goshen
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
      • Goshen is located in Lincoln County (GA)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Greenwood, see our County-by-County Page for Greenwood.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Greenwood ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Greenwood.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Greenwood. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Greenwood and those printed in the larger area surrounding Greenwood.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> of Greenwood.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Greenwood:

Cemeteries Near Greenwood ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Greenwood.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Greenwood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.

  • Magnolia Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Edgewood Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Edgewood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Edgewood Cemetery
  • Hillcrest Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hillcrest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillcrest Cemetery
  • Save All Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Save All Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Save All Cemetery
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
  • Mathews Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mathews Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mathews Cemetery
  • Beaulah Baptist Church Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Morris Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Morris Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Morris Hill Cemetery
  • Old Tabernacle Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Tabernacle Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Tabernacle Cemetery
  • Greenwood Memorial Gardens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Tolbert Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tolbert Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tolbert Cemetery
  • Big Adams Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Big Adams Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Big Adams Cemetery
  • Continue List   (238 more) ...
    • Crossroads Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Crossroads Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Crossroads Cemetery
    • Old Pine Grove Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Pine Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Pine Grove Cemetery
    • Marshall Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Greenwood had a population of 1,326 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Greenwood had a population of 23,356 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Greenwood, with the one closest to Greenwood listed first.

  • Cana ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cana have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cana
    • Cana is located in Abbeville County
  • Ninety Six
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Hodges
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Darraugh
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Darraugh have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darraugh
    • Darraugh is located in Abbeville County
  • Bradley
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Cross Hill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Waterloo
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Mount Gallagher
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Gallagher have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gallagher
    • Mount Gallagher is located in Laurens County
  • Vaughanville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vaughanville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughanville
    • Vaughanville is located in Newberry County
  • Troy
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
    • Troy is located in Greenwood County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 101 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <2>
  • Brewerton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brewerton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewerton
    • Brewerton is located in Laurens County
  • Chappells
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Mountville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Ekom
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekom
      • Ekom is located in Laurens County
    • Donalds
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Greenwood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Greenwood.

The official website for Greenwood: www.cityofgreenwoodsc.com/

The official website for Greenwood County: www.co.greenwood.sc.us/

The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Greenwood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Greenwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1953, Longitude: -82.1616    
<4>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<5>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Greenwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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