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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 Blythewood (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 Blythewood. 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.

Blythewood is located in Richland County.

To see how the shape of South Carolina's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Richland County: Calhoun, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lexington, Newberry & Sumter.

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

  • Richland County     (The home county of Blythewood)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blythewood, with the one closest to Blythewood listed first.
    • Belmont
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Dentsville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Arcadia Lakes
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arcadia Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia Lakes
      • Arcadia Lakes is located in Richland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 874 people
    • Woodfield
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodfield
      • Woodfield is located in Richland County
    • Brickyard Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brickyard Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickyard Village
      • Brickyard Village is located in Richland County
    • Ravenwood
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Dutch Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dutch Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Village
      • Dutch Village is located in Richland County
    • Forest Acres
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Saint Andrews
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Andrews have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrews
      • Saint Andrews is located in Richland County
    • Columbia
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Hollywood
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Capitol View
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Ballentine
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Chester County
  • Fairfield County
  • Kershaw County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blythewood, with the one closest to Blythewood listed first.
    • Elgin
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Lugoff
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Spring Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Village
      • Spring Village is located in Kershaw County
    • Liberty Hill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Camden
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Lafayette Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lafayette Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette Village
      • Lafayette Village is located in Kershaw County
    • Log Town ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Log Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Town
      • Log Town is located in Kershaw County
    • Shepard
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Shepard. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepard
      • Shepard is located in Kershaw County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Shepard
      • From Blythewood to Shepard
    • Westville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Lancaster County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blythewood, with the one closest to Blythewood listed first.
    • Springdale
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Bell Town
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bell Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Town
      • Bell Town is located in Lancaster County
  • Lexington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blythewood, with the one closest to Blythewood listed first.
    • Irmo
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Seven Oaks
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • West Columbia
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Cayce
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Springdale
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Arthur
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Arthur. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
      • Arthur is located in Lexington County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Arthur
      • From Blythewood to Arthur
    • Oak Grove
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
      • Oak Grove is located in Lexington County
    • Lexington
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Chapin
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Pineridge
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Styx ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Styx have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Styx
      • Styx is located in Lexington County
    • South Congaree
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Congaree have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Congaree
      • South Congaree is located in Lexington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,485 people
    • Glenn Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glenn Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn Village
      • Glenn Village is located in Lexington County
  • Newberry County
  • Sumter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blythewood, with the one closest to Blythewood listed first.
    • Rembert
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Horatio
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Claremont
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Claremont. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claremont
      • Claremont is located in Sumter County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Claremont
      • From Blythewood to Claremont
    • Stateburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stateburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stateburg
      • Stateburg is located in Sumter County

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

Cemeteries Near Blythewood ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blythewood.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

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 Blythewood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Blythewood.

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

  • Sharp
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sharp have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp
    • Sharp is located in Richland County
  • Pleasant ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant
    • Pleasant is located in Richland County
  • Killian
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Killian have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killian
    • Killian is located in Richland County
  • Ridgeway
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Simpson
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Simpson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
    • Simpson is located in Fairfield County
  • Lever ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lever have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lever
    • Lever is located in Richland County
  • Bookman
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bookman have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bookman
    • Bookman is located in Richland County
  • Rion
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jennings
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jennings have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
    • Jennings is located in Fairfield County
  • Rockton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
    • Rockton is located in Fairfield County
  • Winnsboro
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Longtown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Longtown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
    • Longtown is located in Fairfield County
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Flint Hill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flint Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
      • Flint Hill is located in Fairfield County
    • Irmo
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Leaphart
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leaphart have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaphart
      • Leaphart is located in Lexington County

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

Newspapers Published in Blythewood ...

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 23 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blythewood.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blythewood, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Blythewood.

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 either 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 Blythewood:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Blythewood. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Richland County: www.richlandonline.com/

The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/

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 location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 Blythewood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Blythewood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Blythewood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2158, Longitude: -80.9781    









 

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