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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Ada. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Ada to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Ada, please Contact Us.

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 Ada (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 Ada. 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 southwest 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 south.

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 south 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Ada is historic, it would have been located within present day Union County.

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 Union County: Cherokee, Chester, Fairfield, Laurens, Newberry, Spartanburg & York.

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

  • Union County     (The home county of Ada)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ada, with the one closest to Ada listed first.
    • Red Town ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Town
      • Red Town is located in Union County
    • Sartor Town
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sartor Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sartor Town
      • Sartor Town is located in Union County
    • Tuckertown
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckertown
      • Tuckertown is located in Union County
    • Carlisle
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Union
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Bishop Town ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bishop Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop Town
      • Bishop Town is located in Union County
    • Buffalo
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Lockhart
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Bonham
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bonham have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonham
      • Bonham is located in Union County
    • Bailey Town ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bailey Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
      • Bailey Town is located in Union County
    • Colerain
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colerain have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colerain
      • Colerain is located in Union County
    • Jonesville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Chester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ada, with the one closest to Ada listed first.
    • Cabal
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabal
      • Cabal is located in Chester County
    • Gayle Mill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gayle Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayle Mill
      • Gayle Mill is located in Chester County
    • Cornwell
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cornwell have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwell
      • Cornwell is located in Chester County
    • Chester
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Blackstock
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Eureka Mill
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Mill
      • Eureka Mill is located in Chester County
    • Lowrys
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lowrys have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowrys
      • Lowrys is located in Chester County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
    • Smith
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith
      • Smith is located in Chester County
    • Richburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Fairfield County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ada, with the one closest to Ada listed first.
    • Blair
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Monticello
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
      • Monticello is located in Fairfield County
    • Woodward
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodward have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodward
      • Woodward is located in Fairfield County
    • Adger
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Adger have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adger
      • Adger is located in Fairfield County
    • White Oak
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Jenkinsville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Rock Hill
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
      • Rock Hill is located in Fairfield County
    • Winnsboro Mills
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winnsboro Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnsboro Mills
      • Winnsboro Mills is located in Fairfield County
    • Winnsboro
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Rion
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Laurens County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ada, with the one closest to Ada listed first.
    • Renno
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renno
      • Renno is located in Laurens County
    • Joanna
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Kinards
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Clinton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Tylersville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tylersville
      • Tylersville is located in Laurens County
    • Mountville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Laurens
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Lisbon ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lisbon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
      • Lisbon is located in Laurens County
  • Lexington County
    • Chapin
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapin
      • Chapin is located in Lexington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,664 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chapin <3>
  • Newberry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ada, with the one closest to Ada listed first.
    • Whitmire
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Glymphville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glymphville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glymphville
      • Glymphville is located in Newberry County
    • Newberry
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Union
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
      • Union is located in Newberry County
    • Pomaria
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Smyrna
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Prosperity
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Slighs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slighs
      • Slighs is located in Newberry County
    • Peak
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peak
      • Peak is located in Newberry County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Peak <3>
    • Little Mountain
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Silverstreet
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Spartanburg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ada, with the one closest to Ada listed first.
    • Cross Anchor
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Enoree
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Central Pacolet
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Central Pacolet have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Pacolet
      • Central Pacolet is located in Spartanburg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
    • Pacolet
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacolet
      • Pacolet is located in Spartanburg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,604 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pacolet <3>
    • Pauline
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Pacolet Mills
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • White Stone
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Camp Croft
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Croft
      • Camp Croft is located in Spartanburg County
  • York County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ada, with the one closest to Ada listed first.
    • Hopewell
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hopewell have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
      • Hopewell is located in York County
    • Blairsville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairsville
      • Blairsville is located in York County
    • McConnells
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Sharon
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Hickory Grove
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Ada ...

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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ada.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ada, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ada.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites 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 Ada:

Cemeteries Near Ada ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ada.

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 Ada covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Rogers Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rogers Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rogers Cemetery
  • Sims Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sims Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sims Cemetery
  • Cane Creek Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cane Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cane Creek Cemetery
  • Gilliams Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gilliams Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gilliams Cemetery
  • Otterson Fort Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Otterson Fort Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Otterson Fort Cemetery
  • Rogers Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rogers Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rogers Cemetery
  • Cane Creek Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cane Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cane Creek Cemetery
  • Kellys Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kellys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kellys Cemetery
  • Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hill Cemetery
  • Jeter Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jeter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jeter Cemetery
  • Cane Creek Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cane Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cane Creek Cemetery
  • Salem Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (311 more) ...
    • Fant Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fant Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fant Cemetery
    • Cold Well Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cold Well Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cold Well Cemetery
    • Lee Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lee Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lee Cemetery

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.

Ada itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having railroad service and no post office.

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

  • Delta
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Delta have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
    • Delta is located in Union County
  • Goshen Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goshen Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen Hill
    • Goshen Hill is located in Union County
  • Carlisle
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Santuc
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Santuc have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santuc
    • Santuc is located in Union County
  • Whitmire
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Shelton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shelton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelton
    • Shelton is located in Fairfield County
  • Herbert
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Herbert have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbert
    • Herbert is located in Union County
  • Maybinton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maybinton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybinton
    • Maybinton is located in Newberry County
  • Leeds
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leeds have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds
    • Leeds is located in Chester County
  • Meador ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meador have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meador
    • Meador is located in Union County
  • Lylesford ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lylesford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lylesford
    • Lylesford is located in Fairfield County
  • Feasterville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Feasterville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feasterville
    • Feasterville is located in Fairfield County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Union
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Sedalia
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sedalia have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
      • Sedalia is located in Union County
    • Blair
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)

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

The official website for Union County: www.countyofunion.com/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Ada, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Ada) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ada. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5662, Longitude: -81.5284       In this case, the coordinates for Ada have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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