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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 Lexington (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 Lexington. 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 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.

Lexington is located in Lexington 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 Lexington County: Aiken, Calhoun, Newberry, Orangeburg, Richland & Saluda.

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

  • Lexington County     (The home county of Lexington)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lexington, with the one closest to Lexington listed first.
    • Red Bank
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Bank have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
      • Red Bank is located in Lexington County
    • Oak Grove
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
      • Oak Grove is located in Lexington County
    • Springdale
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
      • Springdale is located in Lexington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,732 people
    • Irmo
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irmo
      • Irmo is located in Lexington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,734 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Irmo <2>
    • Seven Oaks
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • South Congaree
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Congaree have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Congaree
      • South Congaree is located in Lexington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,485 people
    • Pineridge
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineridge
      • Pineridge is located in Lexington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,419 people
    • Cayce
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayce
      • Cayce is located in Lexington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,994 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cayce <2>
    • West Columbia
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Gilbert
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Clubhouse Crossroads
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clubhouse Crossroads
      • Clubhouse Crossroads is located in Lexington County
    • Glenn Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glenn Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn Village
      • Glenn Village is located in Lexington County
  • Aiken County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lexington, with the one closest to Lexington listed first.
    • Seivern
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seivern
      • Seivern is located in Aiken County
    • Wagener
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Monetta
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Perry
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Camp Rawls
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Rawls
      • Camp Rawls is located in Aiken County
    • Salley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Fairfield County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lexington, with the one closest to Lexington listed first.
    • Rock Hill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
      • Rock Hill is located in Fairfield County
    • Jenkinsville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Rion
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Monticello
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
      • Monticello is located in Fairfield County
    • Smallwood
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smallwood
      • Smallwood is located in Fairfield County
    • Winnsboro Mills
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winnsboro Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnsboro Mills
      • Winnsboro Mills is located in Fairfield County
    • Ridgeway
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Winnsboro
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Kershaw County
    • Elgin
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
      • Elgin is located in Kershaw County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,585 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elgin <2>
  • Lancaster County
  • Newberry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lexington, with the one closest to Lexington listed first.
    • Little Mountain
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Peak
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • 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 <2>
    • Slighs
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slighs
      • Slighs is located in Newberry County
    • Pomaria
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Prosperity
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Union
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
      • Union is located in Newberry County
    • Newberry
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Glymphville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glymphville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glymphville
      • Glymphville is located in Newberry County
  • Orangeburg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lexington, with the one closest to Lexington listed first.
    • Woodford
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
      • Woodford is located in Orangeburg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 169 people
    • North
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North
      • North is located in Orangeburg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 699 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North <2>
    • Livingston
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Livingston have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
      • Livingston is located in Orangeburg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 124 people
  • Richland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lexington, with the one closest to Lexington listed first.
    • Saint Andrews
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Andrews have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrews
      • Saint Andrews is located in Richland County
    • Ballentine
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Lake Murray of Richland
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Dutch Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dutch Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Village
      • Dutch Village is located in Richland County
    • Columbia
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • White Rock
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Hollywood
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood
      • Hollywood is located in Richland County
    • Arthurtown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthurtown
      • Arthurtown is located in Richland County
    • Belmont
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Brickyard Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brickyard Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickyard Village
      • Brickyard Village is located in Richland County
    • Forest Acres
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Acres
      • Forest Acres is located in Richland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,269 people
    • Valencia Heights
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valencia Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valencia Heights
      • Valencia Heights is located in Richland County
  • Saluda County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lexington, with the one closest to Lexington listed first.
    • Ridge Spring
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Hickory Grove
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
      • Hickory Grove is located in Saluda County
    • Ward
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Saluda
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Lexington ...

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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lexington.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Lexington. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Lexington and those printed in the larger area surrounding Lexington.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> of Lexington.

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 Lexington:

Cemeteries Near Lexington ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lexington.

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

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

  • George Gross Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the George Gross Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the George Gross Cemetery
  • St. Paul Baptist Church Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Pisgah Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pisgah Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pisgah Cemetery
  • Zion Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Emmanuel Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Emmanuel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Emmanuel Cemetery
  • Southland Memorial Gardens
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Southland Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Southland Memorial Gardens
  • Celestial Memorial Gardens
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Celestial Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Celestial Memorial Gardens
  • Mt. Hermon Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Hermon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Hermon Cemetery
  • Mt. Hebron UMC Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Bush River Memorial Gardens
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Bethany Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethany Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethany Cemetery
  • St. Andrews Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Andrews Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Andrews Cemetery
  • Continue List   (335 more) ...
    • Lower Pine Grove Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lower Pine Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lower Pine Grove Cemetery
    • Upper Pine Grove Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Upper Pine Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Upper Pine Grove Cemetery
    • Boiling Springs Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)

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>

While we didn't find Lexington in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lexington.

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

  • Spring Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
    • Spring Hill is located in Lexington County
  • Arthur
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arthur have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
    • Arthur is located in Lexington County
  • Leaphart
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leaphart have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaphart
    • Leaphart is located in Lexington County
  • Irmo
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irmo
    • Irmo is located in Lexington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,734 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Irmo <2>
  • Pineridge
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineridge
    • Pineridge is located in Lexington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,419 people
  • Ballentine
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Cayce
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayce
    • Cayce is located in Lexington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,994 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cayce <2>
  • Summit
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summit have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
    • Summit is located in Lexington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
  • White Rock
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Columbia
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Ella
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ella have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
    • Ella is located in Lexington County
  • Fredonia
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fredonia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
    • Fredonia is located in Lexington County
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Gaston
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaston
      • Gaston is located in Lexington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,712 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gaston <2>
    • Bookman
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bookman have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bookman
      • Bookman is located in Richland County
    • Chapin
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • 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 <2>

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

The official website for Lexington: www.lexsc.com/

The official website for Lexington County: www.lex-co.com/

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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lexington) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lexington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9812, Longitude: -81.2359    
<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 Lexington, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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