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 Belcher Crossroads (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 Belcher Crossroads. 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 Belcher Crossroads ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Belcher Crossroads: Belcher Xrds.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Belcher Crossroads is located in McCormick 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 McCormick County: Columbia (GA), Elbert (GA), Lincoln (GA), Abbeville, Edgefield & Greenwood.
Below are the counties that are near Belcher Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Belcher Crossroads:
- McCormick County (The home county of Belcher Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Belcher Crossroads, with the one closest to Belcher Crossroads listed first.
- Mount Carmel
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Willington
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Willington is located in McCormick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willington
- McCormick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Hill is located in McCormick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Plum Branch
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Parksville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Modoc
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Clarks Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Abbeville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Belcher Crossroads, with the one closest to Belcher Crossroads listed first.
- Abbeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cana ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cana is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cana
- Monterey ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Monterey is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Calhoun Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Latimer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Latimer is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimer
- Lowndesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Antreville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Antreville is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antreville
- Due West
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Level Land
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Level Land is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Land
- Lake Secession
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Secession is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Secession
- Donalds
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Ware Shoals
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Belcher Crossroads, with the one closest to Belcher Crossroads listed first.
- Iva
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- 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 <1>
- Starr
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Deans
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Deans is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans
- Edgefield County
- Colliers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Colliers is located in Edgefield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colliers
- Greenwood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Belcher Crossroads, with the one closest to Belcher Crossroads listed first.
- Troy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bradley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Verdery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Verdery is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdery
- Promised Land
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Promised Land is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promised Land
- Greenwood Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood Village is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Village
- Mathews Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mathews Village is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mathews Village
- Panola Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Panola Village is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola Village
- Greenwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Grendel Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Grendel Village is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grendel Village
- Hodges
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cokesbury
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cokesbury is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury
- Fairforest
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fairforest is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairforest
- Laurens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Belcher Crossroads, with the one closest to Belcher Crossroads listed first.
- Collins Lakeside Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Gallagher
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Gallagher is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gallagher
- Waterloo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Anglers Haven
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Anglers Haven is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anglers Haven
- Cross Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Elbert County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Belcher Crossroads, with the one closest to Belcher Crossroads listed first.
- Bowman Ferry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bowman Ferry is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 808 people
- Edinburg ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Edinburg is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,396 people
- Silk Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Silk Mills is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silk Mills
- Estimated population in 2019: 277 people
- Elberton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Harmony
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Harmony is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Centerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Goss
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Goss is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss
- Lincoln County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Belcher Crossroads, with the one closest to Belcher Crossroads listed first.
- Hesters Ferry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hesters Ferry is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesters Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 911 people
- Lisbon ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lisbon is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Goshen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Goshen is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Midway
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Midway is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Lincolnton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Loce
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Loce is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loce
- McDuffie County (GA)
- Columbia Mine ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Columbia Mine is located in McDuffie County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Mine
- Estimated population in 2019: 195,769 people
- Oglethorpe County (GA)
- Palmetto
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Palmetto is located in Oglethorpe County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Wilkes County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Belcher Crossroads, with the one closest to Belcher Crossroads listed first.
- Tignall
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Town is located in Wilkes County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Washington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Belcher Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Belcher Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Belcher Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Belcher Crossroads.
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 Belcher Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Belcher Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Belcher Crossroads, with the one closest to Belcher Crossroads listed first.
- Hopewell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Calhoun Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Chisholm Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bethiah Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Wideman - Harris - Wilks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lower Long Cane Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lebanon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Massacre Grave
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Lawn Memory Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Boyd Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (225 more) ...
- Brough Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sharon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Willington Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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 Belcher Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Belcher Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Belcher Crossroads, with the one closest to Belcher Crossroads listed first.
- Calhoun Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Calhoun Mill is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun Mill
- Mount Carmel
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Watts
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Watts is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watts
- Troy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hester is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
- Bradley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cana ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cana is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cana
- Monterey ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Monterey is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Calhoun Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- McCormick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Latimer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Latimer is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimer
- Dover ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Dover is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Goshen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Goshen is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Darraugh
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Darraugh is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darraugh
- Dyson ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Dyson is located in Wilkes County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyson
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Belcher Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Belcher Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Belcher Crossroads ...
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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Belcher Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Belcher Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Belcher Crossroads.
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 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 Belcher Crossroads:
- Websites specific to South Carolina
- Pages specific to McCormick County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Abbeville County
- Anderson County
- Edgefield County
- Greenwood County
- Laurens County
- Elbert County
- Lincoln County
- McDuffie County
- Oglethorpe County
- Wilkes 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Belcher Crossroads) 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 Belcher Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |