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 Beckhamville (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 Beckhamville. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Beckhamville is located in Chester 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 Chester County: Fairfield, Lancaster, Union & York.
Below are the counties that are near Beckhamville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Beckhamville:
- Chester County (The home county of Beckhamville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beckhamville, with the one closest to Beckhamville listed first.
- Great Falls
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Fort Lawn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Richburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lando
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Blackstock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Cornwell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Cornwell is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwell
- Edgemoor
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Eureka Mill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Eureka Mill is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Mill
- Chester
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Gayle Mill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gayle Mill is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayle Mill
- Smith
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Smith is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith
- Lowrys
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lowrys is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowrys
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Chesterfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beckhamville, with the one closest to Beckhamville listed first.
- White Plains
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- White Plains is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Jefferson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beckhamville, with the one closest to Beckhamville listed first.
- Mitford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mitford is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitford
- White Oak
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Woodward
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Woodward is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodward
- Adger
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Adger is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adger
- Winnsboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Winnsboro Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Winnsboro Mills is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnsboro Mills
- Ridgeway
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Smallwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Smallwood is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smallwood
- Rion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Monticello
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Monticello is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Blair
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jenkinsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kershaw County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beckhamville, with the one closest to Beckhamville listed first.
- Liberty Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kershaw
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Westville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lafayette Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lafayette Village is located in Kershaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette Village
- Lugoff
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Shepard
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Shepard is located in Kershaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepard
- Elgin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Camden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Log Town ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Log Town is located in Kershaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Town
- Spring Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Village is located in Kershaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Village
- Lancaster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beckhamville, with the one closest to Beckhamville listed first.
- Bell Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bell Town is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Town
- Irwin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Irwin is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
- Lancaster Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lancaster Mill is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster Mill
- Caskey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Caskey is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caskey
- Elgin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Elgin is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Lancaster
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Heath Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Riverside
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Riverside is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Oakhurst
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Oakhurst is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhurst
- Springdell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Springdell is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdell
- Camp Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Camp Creek is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Creek
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beckhamville, with the one closest to Beckhamville listed first.
- Blythewood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cedar Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Creek is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Union County
- Carlisle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beckhamville, with the one closest to Beckhamville listed first.
- Catawba
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Roddey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Roddey is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddey
- Roddey has also been known as:
- Coates Tavern
- Lesslie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Lesslie is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lesslie
- Rock Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- McConnells
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Mill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Riverview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Riverview is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- India Hook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- India Hook is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for India Hook
- Newport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Newport is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Union County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beckhamville, with the one closest to Beckhamville listed first.
- Jaars
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jaars is located in Union County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaars
- Jackson
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson is located in Union County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Waxhaw
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mineral Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Trinity
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Trinity is located in Union County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Marvin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Marvin is located in Union County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,920 people
- Altan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Altan is located in Union County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altan
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Beckhamville, see our County-by-County Page for Beckhamville.
Cemeteries Near Beckhamville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Beckhamville.
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 Beckhamville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Beckhamville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Beckhamville, with the one closest to Beckhamville listed first.
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Gunthorne Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Howze Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Browns - Strouds Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stroud Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bethesda Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Kingsbury Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Camp Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Blakles, Caldwells & Strouds Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- William Martin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Richmond Covenanter Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (185 more) ...
- Hudson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ararat Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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 Beckhamville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Beckhamville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Beckhamville, with the one closest to Beckhamville listed first.
- Rossville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rossville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossville
- Fort Lawn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bascomville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bascomville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bascomville
- Wellridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Wellridge is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellridge
- Liberty Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Richburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Caskey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Caskey is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caskey
- Flint Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Flint Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Landsford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Landsford is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landsford
- Knox
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Knox is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knox
- White Oak
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Riverside
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Riverside is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Blackstock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Woodward
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Woodward is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodward
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Beckhamville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Beckhamville.
Newspapers Published in Beckhamville ...
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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Beckhamville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Beckhamville, 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 Beckhamville.
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 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 Beckhamville:
- Websites specific to South Carolina
- Pages specific to Chester County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chesterfield County
- Fairfield County
- Kershaw County
- Lancaster County
- Richland County
- Union County
- York County
- Union County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for South Carolina
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 Beckhamville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Beckhamville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |