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Introduction ...

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

We've added Andersonville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Andersonville, 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 Andersonville (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 Andersonville. 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 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Andersonville is historic, it would have been located within present day Anderson 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 Anderson County: Elbert (GA), Hart (GA), Abbeville, Greenville, Laurens, Oconee & Pickens.

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

  • Anderson County     (The home county of Andersonville)
  • Abbeville County
  • Greenville County
    • Golden Grove
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golden Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Grove
      • Golden Grove is located in Greenville County
  • Oconee County
  • Pickens County
  • Elbert County (GA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Andersonville, with the one closest to Andersonville listed first.
    • Centerville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Harmony
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Bowman Ferry
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bowman Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman Ferry
      • Bowman Ferry is located in Elbert County (GA)
      • Estimated population in 2019: 808 people
    • Dewy Rose
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Edinburg ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edinburg have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
      • Edinburg is located in Elbert County (GA)
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,396 people
    • Bowman
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Harper
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Goss
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Elberton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Silk Mills
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silk Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silk Mills
      • Silk Mills is located in Elbert County (GA)
      • Estimated population in 2019: 277 people
  • Franklin County (GA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Andersonville, with the one closest to Andersonville listed first.
    • Gumlog
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gumlog have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gumlog
      • Gumlog is located in Franklin County (GA)
    • Lavonia
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lavonia have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavonia
      • Lavonia is located in Franklin County (GA)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,187 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lavonia <3>
    • Canon
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Royston
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Franklin Springs
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Carnesville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Parhams
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Parhams. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parhams
      • Parhams is located in Franklin County (GA)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Parhams
      • From Andersonville to Parhams
    • Cromers
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cromers have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromers
      • Cromers is located in Franklin County (GA)
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 639 people
    • Plainview
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Plainview. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
      • Plainview is located in Franklin County (GA)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Plainview
      • From Andersonville to Plainview
  • Hart County (GA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Andersonville, with the one closest to Andersonville listed first.
    • Crawfords Ferry
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crawfords Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawfords Ferry
      • Crawfords Ferry is located in Hart County (GA)
      • Estimated population in 2019: 473 people
    • Cooleys Ferry
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cooleys Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooleys Ferry
      • Cooleys Ferry is located in Hart County (GA)
      • Estimated population in 2019: 529 people
    • Reed Creek
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reed Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Creek
      • Reed Creek is located in Hart County (GA)
    • Dooleys Ferry
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dooleys Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooleys Ferry
      • Dooleys Ferry is located in Hart County (GA)
      • Estimated population in 2019: 136 people
    • Hartwell
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Maretts
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Flat Shoals
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Bowersville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Madison County (GA)
  • Stephens County (GA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Andersonville, with the one closest to Andersonville listed first.
    • Avalon
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Avalon have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
      • Avalon is located in Stephens County (GA)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 226 people
    • Martin
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Eastanollee
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Jarrett
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jarrett have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarrett
      • Jarrett is located in Stephens County (GA)
      • Estimated population in 2019: 3,974 people
    • Carnes Creek
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carnes Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnes Creek
      • Carnes Creek is located in Stephens County (GA)
      • Estimated population in 2019: 601 people
    • Toccoa
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Toccoa Falls
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Toccoa Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toccoa Falls
      • Toccoa Falls is located in Stephens County (GA)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Toccoa Falls <3>

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

Cemeteries Near Andersonville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Andersonville.

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

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

  • Sharon Presbyterian Church Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Providence Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Providence Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Providence Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • New Prospect Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Prospect Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Prospect Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Andersonville Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Andersonville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Andersonville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Smiths Chapel Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smiths Chapel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smiths Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Reed Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Ayers Family Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Cleveland Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cleveland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cleveland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • McMullan Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McMullan Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McMullan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Oak Bower Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Bower Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Bower Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mt. Vernon Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Vernon Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Vernon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • New Hope Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Hope Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (401 more) ...
    • New Harmony Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Harmony Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Harmony Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Mt. Hebron Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Hebron Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Hebron Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Gray Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gray Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gray Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.

Andersonville itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 39 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Oak Bower ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Bower have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Bower
    • Oak Bower is located in Hart County (GA)
  • Holland Store
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Reed Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reed Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Creek
    • Reed Creek is located in Hart County (GA)
  • Hartwell
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Townville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Mountain Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Creek
    • Mountain Creek is located in Anderson County
  • Fair Play
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Deans
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Deans. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans
    • Deans is located in Anderson County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Deans
    • From Andersonville to Deans
  • Starr
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Shoal Creek
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shoal Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek
    • Shoal Creek is located in Hart County (GA)
  • Denver
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Denver have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
    • Denver is located in Anderson County
  • Montevideo
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Montevideo have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montevideo
    • Montevideo is located in Elbert County (GA)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Eagle Grove
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Grove
      • Eagle Grove is located in Hart County (GA)
    • Moffitsville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moffitsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitsville
      • Moffitsville is located in Anderson County
    • Varennes ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Varennes have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varennes
      • Varennes is located in Anderson County

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

Newspapers Published in Andersonville ...

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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Andersonville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Andersonville, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Andersonville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Andersonville:

The official website for Anderson County: www.andersoncountysc.org/

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 Andersonville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Andersonville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Andersonville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4474, Longitude: -82.8541       In this case, the coordinates for Andersonville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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