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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 Beaver Creek (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 Beaver Creek. 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 Beaver Creek ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Beaver Creek: Beaver Crk. (or less commonly used: Beaver Ck. or Beaver Cr.)

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Beaver Creek. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Beaver Creek.

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.

Beaver Creek 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 Beaver Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Beaver Creek:

  • Anderson County     (The home county of Beaver Creek)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beaver Creek, with the one closest to Beaver Creek listed first.
    • Anderson Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Anderson Village is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Village
    • Northlake
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Northlake is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northlake
    • Anderson
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Caldwell Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Caldwell Village is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caldwell Village
    • Centerville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Centerville is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
    • Centerville Terrace Estates
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Sandy Springs
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Williamston
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Homeland Park
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Homeland Park is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland Park
    • Belton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • La France
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • West Pelzer
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • West Pelzer is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pelzer
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 953 people
    • Leisure Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Leisure Village is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Village
  • Abbeville County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beaver Creek, with the one closest to Beaver Creek listed first.
    • Honea Path
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Antreville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Antreville is located in Abbeville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antreville
    • Level Land
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Level Land is located in Abbeville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Land
    • Lake Secession
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Lake Secession is located in Abbeville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Secession
    • Donalds
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Due West
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Ware Shoals
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Lowndesville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Monterey ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Monterey is located in Abbeville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
  • Greenville County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beaver Creek, with the one closest to Beaver Creek listed first.
    • Golden Grove
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Golden Grove is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Grove
    • Lickville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Lickville is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickville
    • Fork Shoals
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Fork Shoals is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fork Shoals
    • Gantt
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Gantt is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gantt
    • White Horse
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • White Horse is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horse
    • Conestee
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Dunean
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Dunean is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunean
    • Pine Hill Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Pine Hill Village is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill Village
    • Welcome
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Welcome is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
    • Judson
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Judson is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
    • Parker
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Parker is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker
    • City View
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • City View is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City View
    • Berea
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Berea is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
  • Greenwood County
    • Hodges
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Laurens County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beaver Creek, with the one closest to Beaver Creek listed first.
    • Princeton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Princeton is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
    • Green Pond
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Green Pond is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Pond
    • Mount Gallagher
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Mount Gallagher is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gallagher
    • Ekom
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Ekom is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekom
    • Gray Court
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Simpson ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Simpson is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
  • Oconee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beaver Creek, with the one closest to Beaver Creek listed first.
    • Newry
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Utica
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Utica is located in Oconee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
    • Seneca
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Fair Play
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Oakway
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Oakway is located in Oconee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakway
    • Richland
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • West Union
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Walhalla
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Westminster
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Salem
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Tamassee
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Pickens County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beaver Creek, with the one closest to Beaver Creek listed first.
    • Central
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Isaqueena Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Isaqueena Village is located in Pickens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isaqueena Village
    • Clemson
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Norris
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Liberty
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Easley
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Arial
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Arial is located in Pickens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arial
    • Six Mile
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Pickens
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Crow Creek
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Crow Creek is located in Pickens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Creek
    • Dacusville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Dacusville is located in Pickens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dacusville
    • Nine Times
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Nine Times is located in Pickens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nine Times
    • Knob ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Knob is located in Pickens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob
  • Elbert County (GA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beaver Creek, with the one closest to Beaver Creek listed first.
    • Edinburg ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Edinburg is located in Elbert County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,396 people
    • Bowman Ferry
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Bowman Ferry is located in Elbert County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman Ferry
      • Estimated population in 2019: 808 people
    • Centerville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Centerville is located in Elbert County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
  • Franklin County (GA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beaver Creek, with the one closest to Beaver Creek listed first.
    • Gumlog
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Gumlog is located in Franklin County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gumlog
    • Lavonia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Lavonia is located in Franklin County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavonia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,187 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lavonia <1>
  • Hart County (GA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Beaver Creek, with the one closest to Beaver Creek listed first.
    • Crawfords Ferry
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Crawfords Ferry is located in Hart County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawfords Ferry
      • Estimated population in 2019: 473 people
    • Cooleys Ferry
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Cooleys Ferry is located in Hart County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooleys Ferry
      • Estimated population in 2019: 529 people
    • Dooleys Ferry
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Dooleys Ferry is located in Hart County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooleys Ferry
      • Estimated population in 2019: 136 people
    • Reed Creek
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Reed Creek is located in Hart County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Creek
    • Hartwell
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Maretts
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Maretts is located in Hart County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maretts
    • Flat Shoals
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Flat Shoals is located in Hart County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
    • Bowersville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Beaver Creek ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Beaver Creek.

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 Beaver Creek - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Trinity Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Oaklawn Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Midway Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Concord Baptist Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Mountain Springs Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Union Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Whitefield Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Eureka Baptist Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Beaverdam Baptist Church Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverdam Baptist Church Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Beaverdam Baptist Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the northeast of Anderson.
    • The Beaverdam Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Beaverdam Baptist Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2193564 <3>
  • Friendship Baptist Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Welcome Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (426 more) ...

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>

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

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

  • Piercetown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Piercetown is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piercetown
  • Denver
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Denver is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
  • Belton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Williamston
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Varennes ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Varennes is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varennes
  • Pelzer
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Pendleton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Mountain Creek
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Mountain Creek is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Creek
  • Toney Creek
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Toney Creek is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toney Creek
  • Piedmont
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Central
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Deans
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Deans is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Calhoun
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Calhoun is located in Pickens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun
    • Liberty
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Woodville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Woodville is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville

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

Newspapers Published in Beaver Creek ...

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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Beaver Creek.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Beaver Creek, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Beaver Creek.

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 helpful 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 Beaver Creek:

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>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- Beaver Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Beaver Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.