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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Wynnsboro. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Wynnsboro to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Wynnsboro, 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 Wynnsboro (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 Wynnsboro. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 Wynnsboro is historic, it would have been located within present day Harrison County.
To see how the shape of Indiana's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Harrison County: Crawford, Floyd, Washington, Hardin (KY), Jefferson (KY) & Meade (KY).
Below are the counties that are near Wynnsboro. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wynnsboro:
- Harrison County (The home county of Wynnsboro)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wynnsboro, with the one closest to Wynnsboro listed first.
- Frenchtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Frenchtown is located in Harrison County
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- Depauw
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Depauw is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depauw
- Ramsey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ramsey is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Corydon Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Corydon Junction is located in Harrison County
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- New Salisbury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Corydon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Crandall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Crandall is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Bradford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bradford is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Palmyra
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Amsterdam
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- New Amsterdam is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Amsterdam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
- Central
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Central is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- New Middletown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wynnsboro, with the one closest to Wynnsboro listed first.
- Borden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Providence
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Providence is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Providence
- Starlight
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Broom Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Broom Hill is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broom Hill
- Blackiston Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Blackiston Village is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackiston Village
- Wilson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson is located in Clark County
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- Bennettsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bennettsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsville
- Clarksville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Jeffersonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sellersburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Speed
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Speed is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speed
- Slatecut
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Slatecut is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slatecut
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wynnsboro, with the one closest to Wynnsboro listed first.
- Milltown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Carefree
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Carefree is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carefree
- Pilot Knob
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pilot Knob is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Knob
- Marengo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Leavenworth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Magnolia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Magnolia is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Beechwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Beechwood is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood
- Fredonia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fredonia is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Jericho
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jericho is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- English
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Grantsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Grantsburg is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantsburg
- Sulphur
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Sulphur is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur
- Dubois County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wynnsboro, with the one closest to Wynnsboro listed first.
- Birdseye
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Norton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Norton is located in Dubois County
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- Schnellville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Schnellville is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schnellville
- Hillham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hillham is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillham
- Kyana
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Kyana is located in Dubois County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyana
- Celestine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Saint Anthony
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wynnsboro, with the one closest to Wynnsboro listed first.
- Georgetown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Greenville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Galena
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Galena is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
- Floyds Knobs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- New Albany
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Lawrence County
- Bono
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bono is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bono
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wynnsboro, with the one closest to Wynnsboro listed first.
- Trotter Crossing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Trotter Crossing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trotter Crossing
- Chambersburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Chambersburg is located in Orange County
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- Youngs Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Youngs Creek is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Creek
- Mahan Crossing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Mahan Crossing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahan Crossing
- Bromer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Bromer is located in Orange County
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- Paoli
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Abydel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Abydel is located in Orange County
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- French Lick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Leipsic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Leipsic is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic
- Orleans
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Prospect
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Prospect is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- West Baden Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- West Baden Springs is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baden Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 557 people
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wynnsboro, with the one closest to Wynnsboro listed first.
- Magnet
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Magnet is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnet
- Saint Croix
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Branchville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Branchville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Dexter
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dexter is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Leopold
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Apalona
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Apalona is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apalona
- Derby
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Sassafras
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Sassafras is located in Perry County
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- Gerald
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gerald is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerald
- Ranger
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ranger is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranger
- Siberia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Siberia is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siberia
- Bristow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wynnsboro, with the one closest to Wynnsboro listed first.
- Fredericksburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hardinsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Livonia
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Livonia is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- New Pekin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- New Pekin is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pekin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,392 people
- Claysville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Claysville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claysville
- Salem
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Smedley
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Smedley is located in Washington County
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- Harristown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Harristown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harristown
- Campbellsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- South Boston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- South Boston is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Boston
- Saltillo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Saltillo is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltillo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Bartle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bartle is located in Washington County
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- Breckinridge County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wynnsboro, with the one closest to Wynnsboro listed first.
- Chenaultt
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Chenaultt is located in Breckinridge County (KY)
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- Raymond
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Raymond is located in Breckinridge County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
- Ammons
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ammons is located in Breckinridge County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammons
- Union Star
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Union Star is located in Breckinridge County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Star
- Webster
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Webster is located in Breckinridge County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Irvington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Stephensport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stephensport is located in Breckinridge County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephensport
- Bullitt County (KY)
- Cupio
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cupio is located in Bullitt County (KY)
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- Hardin County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wynnsboro, with the one closest to Wynnsboro listed first.
- Howard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Howard is located in Hardin County (KY)
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- West Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wynnsboro, with the one closest to Wynnsboro listed first.
- Saint Dennis
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Saint Dennis is located in Jefferson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Dennis
- Pleasure Ridge Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasure Ridge Park is located in Jefferson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasure Ridge Park
- Parkland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Parkland is located in Jefferson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkland
- Valley Station
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Shively
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Kosmosdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kosmosdale is located in Jefferson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kosmosdale
- Prairie Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Prairie Village is located in Jefferson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Village
- Louisville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- German Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- German Town is located in Jefferson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Town
- Parkway Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Parkway Village is located in Jefferson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkway Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 661 people
- Audubon Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Audubon Park is located in Jefferson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Audubon Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,487 people
- Clifton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Clifton is located in Jefferson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Meade County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wynnsboro, with the one closest to Wynnsboro listed first.
- Cedar Flat
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Cedar Flat is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Flat
- Wolf Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wolf Creek is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Battletown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Battletown is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battletown
- Beechland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Beechland is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechland
- Oolite
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Oolite is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oolite
- Roberta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Roberta is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberta
- Cold Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Cold Springs is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
- Lodale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Lodale is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodale
- Andyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Andyville is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andyville
- Liberty
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Liberty is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Concordia
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Concordia is located in Meade County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concordia
- Brandenburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wynnsboro, see our County-by-County Page for Wynnsboro.
Cemeteries Near Wynnsboro ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wynnsboro.
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 Wynnsboro - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wynnsboro covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wynnsboro, with the one closest to Wynnsboro listed first.
- Pitman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- St. Bernards Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- St. Bernards Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Fairdale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Conrad Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Woods Chapel United Methodist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Satenfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- El Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Everton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Trout Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (367 more) ...
- Totten Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- White Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Old Leavenworth Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.
While we didn't find Wynnsboro in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wynnsboro.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wynnsboro, with the one closest to Wynnsboro listed first.
- Moberly
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Moberly is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moberly
- Frenchtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Frenchtown is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Depauw
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Depauw is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depauw
- Wyandotte
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wyandotte is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandotte
- Milltown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- White Cloud
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- White Cloud is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Cloud
- Pilot Knob
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pilot Knob is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Knob
- Ramsey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ramsey is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Magnolia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Magnolia is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Leavenworth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Marengo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Corydon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Corydon Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Corydon Junction is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corydon Junction
- New Salisbury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Temple
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Temple is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wynnsboro. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wynnsboro.
Newspapers Published in Wynnsboro ...
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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wynnsboro.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wynnsboro, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wynnsboro.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Wynnsboro:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Harrison County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clark County
- Crawford County
- Dubois County
- Floyd County
- Lawrence County
- Orange County
- Perry County
- Washington County
- Breckinridge County
- Bullitt County
- Hardin County
- Jefferson County
- Meade County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Indiana
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 Wynnsboro, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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' (or 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- Wynnsboro) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |