Our Genealogy Helper
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 Barnes Station (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 Barnes Station. 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 Barnes Station ...
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 Barnes Station: Barnes Sta. (in Canada, 'Stn.' is the more common abbreviation.)
- While the name of this community is Barnes Station, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Barnes Station may originally have been Barne's Station.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Barnes Station might be written as Barne Station.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Barnes Station is located in Anderson County.
To see how the shape of South 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 Anderson County: Elbert (GA), Hart (GA), Abbeville, Greenville, Laurens, Oconee & Pickens.
Below are the counties that are near Barnes Station. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Barnes Station:
- Anderson County (The home county of Barnes Station)
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnes Station, with the one closest to Barnes Station listed first.
- Iva
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Iva is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iva
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,341 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iva <2>
- Starr
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Deans
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Deans is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans
- Holland Store
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Holland Store is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Store
- Holland Store has also been known as:
- Hollands
- Homeland Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Homeland Park is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland Park
- Anderson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Caldwell Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Caldwell Village is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caldwell Village
- Andersonville ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Andersonville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Centerville Terrace Estates
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Centerville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Centerville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Price ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Price is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Anderson Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Anderson Village is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Village
- Belton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Abbeville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnes Station, with the one closest to Barnes Station listed first.
- Lowndesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Secession
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lake Secession is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Secession
- Antreville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Antreville is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antreville
- Latimer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Latimer is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimer
- Monterey ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Monterey is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Level Land
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Level Land is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Land
- Calhoun Falls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Due West
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Abbeville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Donalds
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Honea Path
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cana ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Cana is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cana
- Ware Shoals
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Greenwood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnes Station, with the one closest to Barnes Station listed first.
- Hodges
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Promised Land
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Promised Land is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promised Land
- Verdery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Verdery is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdery
- Cokesbury
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Cokesbury is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury
- Bradley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Troy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwood Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Greenwood Village is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Village
- Greenwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Grendel Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Grendel Village is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grendel Village
- Panola Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Panola Village is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola Village
- Laurens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnes Station, with the one closest to Barnes Station listed first.
- Princeton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Princeton is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
- Mount Gallagher
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mount Gallagher is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gallagher
- McCormick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnes Station, with the one closest to Barnes Station listed first.
- Mount Carmel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Willington
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Willington is located in McCormick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willington
- Oconee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnes Station, with the one closest to Barnes Station listed first.
- Fair Play
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Oakway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oakway is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakway
- Pickens County
- Clemson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Elbert County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnes Station, with the one closest to Barnes Station listed first.
- Bowman Ferry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bowman Ferry is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 808 people
- Edinburg ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Edinburg is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,396 people
- Harmony
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harmony is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Centerville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Centerville is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Elberton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Silk Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Silk Mills is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silk Mills
- Estimated population in 2019: 277 people
- Goss
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Goss is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss
- Dewy Rose
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Harper
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Harper is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Bowman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Franklin County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnes Station, with the one closest to Barnes Station listed first.
- Royston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Canon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Franklin Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lavonia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gumlog
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gumlog is located in Franklin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gumlog
- Hart County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnes Station, with the one closest to Barnes Station listed first.
- Dooleys Ferry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dooleys Ferry is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooleys Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 136 people
- Cooleys Ferry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cooleys Ferry is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooleys Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 529 people
- Hartwell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Crawfords Ferry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Crawfords Ferry is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawfords Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 473 people
- Reed Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Reed Creek is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Creek
- Flat Shoals
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Flat Shoals is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
- Maretts
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Maretts is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maretts
- Bowersville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lincoln County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnes Station, with the one closest to Barnes Station listed first.
- Lisbon ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lisbon is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Hesters Ferry
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hesters Ferry is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesters Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 911 people
- Midway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Midway is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Goshen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Goshen is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Madison County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnes Station, with the one closest to Barnes Station listed first.
- Carlton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Harrison
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Harrison is located in Madison County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Estimated population in 2019: 442 people
- Comer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Comer is located in Madison County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,302 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Comer <2>
- Dalton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Dalton is located in Madison County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Estimated population in 2019: 33,665 people
- Madison Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Madison Springs is located in Madison County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Springs
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,210 people
- Former name for Madison Springs:
- Alexanderville
- Oglethorpe County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Barnes Station, with the one closest to Barnes Station listed first.
- Palmetto
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Palmetto is located in Oglethorpe County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Veribest
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Veribest is located in Oglethorpe County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veribest
- Estimated population in 2019: 124 people
- Wilkes County (GA)
- Tignall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Barnes Station, see our County-by-County Page for Barnes Station.
Cemeteries Near Barnes Station ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Barnes Station.
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 Barnes Station - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Barnes Station covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Barnes Station, with the one closest to Barnes Station listed first.
- Smyrna Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Smyrna Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cross Roads Methodist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Providence Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Goodhope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Daniels Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky River Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Leverett Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Poplar Spring Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- New Bethel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (345 more) ...
- Harpers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Powers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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.<5>
While we didn't find Barnes Station in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Barnes Station.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Barnes Station, with the one closest to Barnes Station listed first.
- Moffitsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Moffitsville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitsville
- Lowndesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Iva
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Iva is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iva
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,341 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iva <2>
- Concordia ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Concordia is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concordia
- Coldwater
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Coldwater is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Ruckersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ruckersville is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruckersville
- Antreville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Antreville is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antreville
- Storeville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Storeville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Storeville
- Starr
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Montevideo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Montevideo is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montevideo
- Deans
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Deans is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans
- Heardmont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Heardmont is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heardmont
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Latimer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Latimer is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimer
- Monterey ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Monterey is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Dover ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Dover is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Barnes Station. See our List of 1890's Communities around Barnes Station.
Newspapers Published in Barnes Station ...
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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Barnes Station.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Barnes Station, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Barnes Station.
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 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 Barnes Station:
- Websites specific to South Carolina
- Pages specific to Anderson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Abbeville County
- Greenwood County
- Laurens County
- McCormick County
- Oconee County
- Pickens County
- Elbert County
- Franklin County
- Hart County
- Lincoln County
- Madison County
- Oglethorpe County
- Wilkes County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for South Carolina
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> | 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- Barnes Station) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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 Barnes Station, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |