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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Bishop Town. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Bishop Town to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Bishop Town, please Contact Us.

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 Bishop Town (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 Bishop Town. 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Bishop Town is historic, it would have been located within present day Union 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 Union County: Cherokee, Chester, Fairfield, Laurens, Newberry, Spartanburg & York.

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

  • Union County     (The home county of Bishop Town)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bishop Town, with the one closest to Bishop Town listed first.
    • Buffalo
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Sedalia
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Sedalia is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
    • Union
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Colerain
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Colerain is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colerain
    • Bonham
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Bonham is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonham
    • Red Town ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Red Town is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Town
    • Meador ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Meador is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meador
    • Jonesville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Kelly
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Kelly is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
    • Delta
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Delta is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
    • Bailey Town ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Bailey Town is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
    • Sartor Town
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Sartor Town is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sartor Town
  • Cherokee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bishop Town, with the one closest to Bishop Town listed first.
    • Gaffney
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Macedonia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Macedonia is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia
    • East Gaffney
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • East Gaffney is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gaffney
  • Chester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bishop Town, with the one closest to Bishop Town listed first.
    • Cabal
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Cabal is located in Chester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabal
    • Gayle Mill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Gayle Mill is located in Chester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayle Mill
    • Chester
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Lowrys
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Lowrys is located in Chester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowrys
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
    • Cornwell
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Cornwell is located in Chester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwell
    • Eureka Mill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Eureka Mill is located in Chester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Mill
  • Fairfield County
    • Blair
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Greenville County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bishop Town, with the one closest to Bishop Town listed first.
    • Fountain Inn
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Five Forks
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Five Forks is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
    • Simpsonville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Woodland Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Woodland Village is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Village
  • Laurens County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bishop Town, with the one closest to Bishop Town listed first.
    • Tylersville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Tylersville is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tylersville
    • Renno
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Renno is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renno
    • Dover ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Dover is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
    • Clinton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Joanna
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Kinards
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Laurens
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Gray Court
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Lisbon ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Lisbon is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
    • Cold Point
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Cold Point is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Point
    • Mountville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Simpson ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Simpson is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
  • Newberry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bishop Town, with the one closest to Bishop Town listed first.
    • Whitmire
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Glymphville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Glymphville is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glymphville
    • Helena
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Helena is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
    • Smyrna
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Sondleys ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Sondleys is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sondleys
    • Newberry
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Mudlick
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Mudlick is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudlick
    • Union
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Union is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
    • Silverstreet
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Spartanburg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bishop Town, with the one closest to Bishop Town listed first.
    • Cross Anchor
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Enoree
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Pauline
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Pacolet
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Pacolet is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacolet
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,604 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pacolet <2>
    • Central Pacolet
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Central Pacolet is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Pacolet
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
    • Pacolet Mills
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • White Stone
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Camp Croft
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Camp Croft is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Croft
    • Woodruff
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Moore
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Glendale
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Roebuck
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • York County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bishop Town, with the one closest to Bishop Town listed first.
    • Hopewell
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Hopewell is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
    • Blairsville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Blairsville is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairsville
    • Hickory Grove
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Sharon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Bishop Town ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bishop Town.

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 Bishop Town - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Old Lower Fairforest Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Murphy - Duncan Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Gibbs Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Lower Fairforest Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Holcombe Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Padgetts Creek Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Rice Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Sanders Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Parks Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • New Prospects Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Wallace Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Lawson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (342 more) ...
    • Bobo Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Shiloh Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • William H. Gist Family Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for William H. Gist Family Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the William H. Gist Family Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the east of Cross Keys.
      • The William H. Gist Family Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Gist Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #70125 <4>

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.

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

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

  • Cross Keys
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cross Keys is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
  • Sedalia
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Sedalia is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
  • Union
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Colerain
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Colerain is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colerain
  • West Springs
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • West Springs is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Springs
  • Bonham
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Bonham is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonham
  • Dutchman
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Dutchman is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchman
  • Cross Anchor
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Huntington ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Huntington is located in Laurens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
  • Evinsville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Evinsville is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evinsville
  • Santuc
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Santuc is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santuc
  • Tylersville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Tylersville is located in Laurens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tylersville
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Whitmire
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Delta
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Delta is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
    • Ada ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Ada is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ada

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

Newspapers Published in Bishop Town ...

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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bishop Town.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bishop Town, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bishop Town.

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 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 Bishop Town:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Bishop Town, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Bishop Town) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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.