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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 Regan (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 Regan. 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.

Regan is located in Brunswick County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Brunswick County: Columbus, New Hanover, Pender & Horry (SC).

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

  • Brunswick County     (The home county of Regan)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Regan, with the one closest to Regan listed first.
    • Longwood
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Longwood is located in Brunswick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
    • Ash
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Ash is located in Brunswick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
    • Exum
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Exum is located in Brunswick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exum
    • Calabash
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Carolina Shores
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Carolina Shores is located in Brunswick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina Shores
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,802 people
    • Sunset Beach
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Shallotte
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Makatoka
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Makatoka is located in Brunswick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Makatoka
    • Ocean Isle Beach
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Sivey Town
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Sivey Town is located in Brunswick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sivey Town
    • Supply
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Holden Beach
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Varnamtown
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Varnamtown is located in Brunswick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varnamtown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
  • Bladen County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Regan, with the one closest to Regan listed first.
    • Council
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Council is located in Bladen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Council
    • East Arcadia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • East Arcadia is located in Bladen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Arcadia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 470 people
    • Rosindale
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Rosindale is located in Bladen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosindale
  • Columbus County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Regan, with the one closest to Regan listed first.
    • Pireway
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Pireway is located in Columbus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pireway
    • Bug Hill
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Bug Hill is located in Columbus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bug Hill
    • Pine Level
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Pine Level is located in Columbus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Level
    • Bethel
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Bethel is located in Columbus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
    • Nakina
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Nakina is located in Columbus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nakina
    • Ironhill
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Ironhill is located in Columbus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironhill
    • Cribb Town
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Cribb Town is located in Columbus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cribb Town
    • Tabor City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake Waccamaw
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Redbug
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Redbug is located in Columbus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbug
    • Brunswick
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Clarendon
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Clarendon is located in Columbus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarendon
    • Emerson
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Emerson is located in Columbus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson
  • Horry County (SC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Regan, with the one closest to Regan listed first.
    • Little River
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Little Town
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Little Town is located in Horry County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Town
    • Cedar Creek Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Cedar Creek Village is located in Horry County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek Village
    • Longs
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Cherry Grove Beach
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • North Myrtle Beach
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Atlantic Beach
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Atlantic Beach is located in Horry County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic Beach
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 483 people
    • Hand
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Hand is located in Horry County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hand
    • Daisy
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Daisy is located in Horry County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
    • Briarcliffe Acres
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Briarcliffe Acres is located in Horry County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarcliffe Acres
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 612 people
    • Loris
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Loris is located in Horry County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loris
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,807 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loris <1>
    • Arcadian Shores
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Nixonville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Nixonville is located in Horry County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixonville

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

Cemeteries Near Regan ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Regan.

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 Regan - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Ward Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • McKeithan Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Stanley Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Bennett Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Azor James Smith Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Coleman Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Milligan Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Griffin Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Smith Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Manley Bennett Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Stack Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Blanton Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (175 more) ...
    • Bennett-Beck Family Cemetery
    • Mintz Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • St. Stevens Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)

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.<3>

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

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

  • Ash
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Ash is located in Brunswick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
  • Pireway
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Pireway is located in Columbus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pireway
  • Iredell
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Iredell is located in Brunswick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iredell
  • Bug Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Bug Hill is located in Columbus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bug Hill
  • Calabash
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Exum
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Exum is located in Brunswick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exum
  • Little River
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Dothan
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Dothan is located in Columbus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dothan
  • Old Dock
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Old Dock is located in Columbus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Dock
  • Shallotte
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Makatoka
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Makatoka is located in Brunswick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Makatoka
  • Mollie
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Mollie is located in Columbus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mollie
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Wampee
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Wampee is located in Horry County (SC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wampee
    • Ironhill
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Ironhill is located in Columbus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironhill
    • Supply
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Regan ...

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 10 newspapers that have been published in the area around Regan.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Regan, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Regan.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>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.
<3>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 Regan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Regan) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.