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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 Stevens Creek West (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 Stevens Creek West. 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.

Name Variations for Stevens Creek West ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

  • A typical abbreviation for Stevens Creek West: Stevens Crk. West (or less commonly used: Stevens Ck. West or Stevens Cr. West)
  • While the name of this community is Stevens Creek West, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Stevens Creek West may originally have been Steven's Creek West.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Stevens Creek West might be written as Steven Creek West.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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.

Stevens Creek West is located in Columbia County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Columbia County: Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond, Edgefield (SC) & McCormick (SC).

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

  • Columbia County     (The home county of Stevens Creek West)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stevens Creek West, with the one closest to Stevens Creek West listed first.
    • Snead
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Snead is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snead
      • Estimated population in 2019: 20,077 people
    • Lamkin
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Lamkin is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamkin
    • Lulaville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Lulaville is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulaville
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,961 people
    • Martinez
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Memory Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Memory Park is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memory Park
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 122 people
    • Evans
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Arrow Head
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Arrow Head is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrow Head
    • Kiokee
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Kiokee is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiokee
    • Fort Gordon
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Forrest ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Forrest is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrest
    • Grovetown
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Maddox
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Maddox is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maddox
  • Burke County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stevens Creek West, with the one closest to Stevens Creek West listed first.
    • Keysville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Brushy Creek ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Brushy Creek is located in Burke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Creek
    • Saint Clair
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Saint Clair is located in Burke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
    • Torbit Station ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Torbit Station is located in Burke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torbit Station
      • Torbit Station has also been known as:
      • Torbit
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stevens Creek West, with the one closest to Stevens Creek West listed first.
    • Noah
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Noah is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noah
      • Noah has also been known as:
      • Noah Station
    • Matthews
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Wrens
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Wrens is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrens
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,924 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wrens <2>
    • Wrens Station
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Wrens Station is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrens Station
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,939 people
    • Zebina
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Zebina is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebina
  • Lincoln County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stevens Creek West, with the one closest to Stevens Creek West listed first.
    • Loce
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Loce is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loce
    • Lincolnton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • McDuffie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stevens Creek West, with the one closest to Stevens Creek West listed first.
    • Dearing
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Megahee
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Megahee is located in McDuffie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Megahee
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,031 people
    • Boneville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Hamilton Crossroads
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Hamilton Crossroads is located in McDuffie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Crossroads
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,117 people
    • Thomson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Columbia Mine ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Columbia Mine is located in McDuffie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Mine
      • Estimated population in 2019: 195,769 people
  • Richmond County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stevens Creek West, with the one closest to Stevens Creek West listed first.
    • Bonair
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Bonair is located in Richmond County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonair
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 3,135 people
    • Waverly
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Waverly is located in Richmond County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
    • National Hills
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • National Hills is located in Richmond County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for National Hills
    • Forest Hills
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Rockbrook
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Rockbrook is located in Richmond County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockbrook
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 160 people
    • Belair
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Belair is located in Richmond County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belair
    • Augusta
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Barton Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Barton Village is located in Richmond County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton Village
    • Southgate Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Southgate Village is located in Richmond County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southgate Village
    • Fleming Heights
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Fleming Heights is located in Richmond County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming Heights
      • Estimated population in 2019: 717 people
    • Richmond Hills
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Richmond Hills is located in Richmond County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Hills
      • Estimated population in 2019: 13,839 people
    • Fairvale
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Fairvale is located in Richmond County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairvale
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 6,769 people
  • Warren County
  • Aiken County (SC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stevens Creek West, with the one closest to Stevens Creek West listed first.
    • North Augusta
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Belvedere
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Belvedere is located in Aiken County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvedere
    • Clearwater
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Bath
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Burnettown
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Burnettown is located in Aiken County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnettown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,769 people
    • Springdale
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Springdale is located in Aiken County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
    • Savanna Town ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Savanna Town is located in Aiken County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savanna Town
    • Gloverville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Langley
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Beech Island
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Graniteville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Vaucluse
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Edgefield County (SC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stevens Creek West, with the one closest to Stevens Creek West listed first.
    • Lenoir ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Lenoir is located in Edgefield County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenoir
    • Murphys Estates
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Murphys Estates is located in Edgefield County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphys Estates
    • Colliers
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Colliers is located in Edgefield County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colliers
    • Edgefield
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Edgefield is located in Edgefield County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgefield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,825 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edgefield <2>
    • Trenton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Trenton is located in Edgefield County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trenton <2>
    • Johnston
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Johnston is located in Edgefield County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnston
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,395 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Johnston <2>
  • McCormick County (SC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stevens Creek West, with the one closest to Stevens Creek West listed first.
    • Clarks Hill
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Modoc
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Parksville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Plum Branch
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Liberty Hill
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Liberty Hill is located in McCormick County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
    • McCormick
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • McCormick is located in McCormick County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCormick
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,320 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McCormick <2>
  • Saluda County (SC)
    • Ward
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Ward is located in Saluda County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ward <2>

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

Cemeteries Near Stevens Creek West ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stevens Creek West.

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.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Stevens Creek West - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Abilene Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Darling Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Crafton Family Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Evans Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Hopewell Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Thurmond Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Taylor Family Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Westover Memorial Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover Memorial Park
    • The Westover Memorial Park has also been known as:
    • Westover Memorial Cemetery
  • McKie Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Hopewell Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • King Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Bellevue Memorial Gardens
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (336 more) ...
    • Newmen Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Walker Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Summerville 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.<4>

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

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

  • Lamkin
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Lamkin is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamkin
  • Martinez
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Poverty Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Poverty Hill is located in Edgefield County (SC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poverty Hill
  • Morgana
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Morgana is located in Edgefield County (SC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgana
  • Lenoir ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Lenoir is located in Edgefield County (SC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenoir
  • Belair
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Belair is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belair
  • Wheless
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Wheless is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheless
  • Augusta
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Hamburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Hamburg is located in Aiken County (SC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
  • Kiokee
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Kiokee is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiokee
  • Grovetown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Forrest ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Forrest is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrest
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Adams ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Adams is located in Richmond County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
    • Colliers
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Colliers is located in Edgefield County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colliers
    • Adventure ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Adventure is located in Richmond County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adventure

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

Newspapers Published in Stevens Creek West ...

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 123 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stevens Creek West.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stevens Creek West, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stevens Creek West.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Stevens Creek West:

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>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 Stevens Creek West, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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- Stevens Creek West) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.