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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 Bamberg (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 Bamberg. 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 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.

Bamberg is located in Bamberg 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 Bamberg County: Allendale, Barnwell, Colleton, Hampton & Orangeburg.

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

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

Cemeteries Near Bamberg ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bamberg.

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

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

  • South End Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Log Bridge Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Log Bridge Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Log Bridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bamberg County Memory Gardens
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bamberg County Memory Gardens
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bamberg County Memory Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mitchell Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mitchell Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mitchell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Canaan Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Canaan Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Canaan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Oakland Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oakland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Zion Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Denmark Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Denmark Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Denmark Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Capernaum Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Old Union Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Union Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Folk Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Folk Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Folk Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Emanuel Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Emanuel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Emanuel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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    • Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Honeyford Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Honeyford Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Honeyford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Bethlehem Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethlehem Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethlehem Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Bamberg had a population of 696 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Bamberg had a population of 3,160 people.

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

  • Denmark
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Govan
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Sixty Six
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Rowesville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Branchville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Felder
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Felder have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felder
    • Felder is located in Orangeburg County
  • Blackville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Fifty Eight ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fifty Eight have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fifty Eight
    • Fifty Eight is located in Orangeburg County
  • Ashleigh
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ashleigh have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashleigh
    • Ashleigh is located in Barnwell County
  • Boiling Spring ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boiling Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Spring
    • Boiling Spring is located in Orangeburg County
  • Ulmer
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Walker
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walker have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
    • Walker is located in Barnwell County
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    • Reynold
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reynold have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynold
      • Reynold is located in Barnwell County
    • Whaley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Ashton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Bamberg ...

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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bamberg.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Bamberg. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Bamberg and those printed in the larger area surrounding Bamberg.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<5> of Bamberg.

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 Bamberg:

The official website for Bamberg: www.bambergsc.com/

The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/

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 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.
<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 Bamberg, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bamberg) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bamberg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2971, Longitude: -81.0350    









 

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