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 Blue Heaven (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 Blue Heaven. 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 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.
Blue Heaven is located in Abbeville 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 Abbeville County: Elbert (GA), Anderson, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens & McCormick.
Below are the counties that are near Blue Heaven. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Blue Heaven:
- Abbeville County (The home county of Blue Heaven)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Heaven, with the one closest to Blue Heaven listed first.
- Ware Shoals
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Donalds
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Honea Path
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Due West
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Level Land
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Level Land is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Land
- Abbeville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Antreville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Antreville is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antreville
- Cana ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Cana is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cana
- Lake Secession
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Secession is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Secession
- Monterey ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Monterey is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Lowndesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Latimer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Latimer is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimer
- Calhoun Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Heaven, with the one closest to Blue Heaven listed first.
- Belton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pelzer
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Williamston
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- West Pelzer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- West Pelzer is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pelzer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 953 people
- Piedmont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Anderson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Caldwell Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Caldwell Village is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caldwell Village
- Deans
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Deans is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans
- Homeland Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Homeland Park is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland Park
- Iva
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Anderson Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Anderson Village is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Village
- Starr
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Northlake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Northlake is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northlake
- Greenville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Heaven, with the one closest to Blue Heaven listed first.
- Fork Shoals
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Fork Shoals is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fork Shoals
- Lickville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lickville is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickville
- Fountain Inn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Simpsonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Conestee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Woodland Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Woodland Village is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Village
- Golden Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Golden Grove is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Grove
- Mauldin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Five Forks
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Five Forks is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Gantt
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Gantt is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gantt
- Pine Hill Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Pine Hill Village is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill Village
- Dunean
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Dunean is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunean
- White Horse
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- White Horse is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horse
- Greenwood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Heaven, with the one closest to Blue Heaven listed first.
- Hodges
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cokesbury
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cokesbury is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury
- Coronaca
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Coronaca is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coronaca
- Greenwood Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Greenwood Village is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Village
- Greenwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Grendel Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Grendel Village is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grendel Village
- Mathews Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Mathews Village is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mathews Village
- Panola Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Panola Village is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola Village
- Promised Land
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Promised Land is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promised Land
- Fairforest
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fairforest is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairforest
- Verdery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Verdery is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdery
- Ninety Six
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Springdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Springdale is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Laurens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Heaven, with the one closest to Blue Heaven listed first.
- Mount Gallagher
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mount Gallagher is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gallagher
- Princeton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Princeton is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
- Ekom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ekom is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekom
- Simpson ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Simpson is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Collins Lakeside Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cold Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Cold Point is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Point
- Waterloo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Green Pond
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Green Pond is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Pond
- Laurens
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Lisbon ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Lisbon is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Gray Court
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mountville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cross Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Newberry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Heaven, with the one closest to Blue Heaven listed first.
- Mudlick
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mudlick is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudlick
- Chappells
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Spartanburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Heaven, with the one closest to Blue Heaven listed first.
- Enoree
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Woodruff
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Crescent
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Crescent is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Green Pond
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Green Pond is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Pond
- Cross Anchor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Blue Heaven, see our County-by-County Page for Blue Heaven.
Cemeteries Near Blue Heaven ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blue Heaven.
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 Blue Heaven - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Blue Heaven covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Blue Heaven, with the one closest to Blue Heaven listed first.
- Turkey Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Dunns Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Poplar Springs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Galliger Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mt. Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Donalds Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donalds Cemetery
- The Donalds Cemetery has also been known as:
- Donalds Baptist Church Cemetery
- Greenville Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Kings Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Broadmouth Baptist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Princeton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Gaines Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- East View Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (282 more) ...
- Kay Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- McClain Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Winona Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<2>
While we didn't find Blue Heaven in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Blue Heaven.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Blue Heaven, with the one closest to Blue Heaven listed first.
- Brewerton
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Brewerton is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewerton
- Mount Gallagher
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mount Gallagher is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gallagher
- Princeton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Princeton is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
- Donalds
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ekom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ekom is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekom
- Honea Path
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Due West
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hodges
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Waterloo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Level Land
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Level Land is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Land
- Darraugh
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Darraugh is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darraugh
- Toney Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Toney Creek is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toney Creek
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Lickville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lickville is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickville
- Barksdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Barksdale is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barksdale
- Belton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Blue Heaven. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blue Heaven.
Newspapers Published in Blue Heaven ...
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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blue Heaven.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blue Heaven, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Blue Heaven.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Blue Heaven:
- Websites specific to South Carolina
- Pages specific to Abbeville County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Greenville County
- Greenwood County
- Laurens County
- Newberry County
- Spartanburg 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> | 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 Blue Heaven, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Blue Heaven) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |