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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 Bolen 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 Bolen 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.

Bolen Town is located in Orangeburg 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 Orangeburg County: Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Berkeley, Calhoun, Clarendon, Colleton, Dorchester & Lexington.

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

  • Orangeburg County     (The home county of Bolen Town)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bolen Town, with the one closest to Bolen Town listed first.
    • Edisto
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edisto have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edisto
      • Edisto is located in Orangeburg County
    • Cope
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cope
      • Cope is located in Orangeburg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cope <2>
    • Cordova
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Norway
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Livingston
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Livingston have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
      • Livingston is located in Orangeburg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 124 people
    • Neeses
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Orangeburg
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Wilkinson Heights
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wilkinson Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinson Heights
      • Wilkinson Heights is located in Orangeburg County
    • North
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North
      • North is located in Orangeburg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 699 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North <2>
    • Brookdale
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookdale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookdale
      • Brookdale is located in Orangeburg County
    • Stilton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilton
      • Stilton is located in Orangeburg County
    • Rowesville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Aiken County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bolen Town, with the one closest to Bolen Town listed first.
    • Salley
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Perry
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Wagener
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Kitchings Mill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kitchings Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitchings Mill
      • Kitchings Mill is located in Aiken County
      • Kitchings Mill has also been known as:
      • Kinchens Mill
    • Seivern
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seivern
      • Seivern is located in Aiken County
    • Windsor
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Camp Rawls
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Rawls
      • Camp Rawls is located in Aiken County
  • Allendale County
    • Ulmer
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Bamberg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bolen Town, with the one closest to Bolen Town listed first.
    • Bamberg
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Denmark
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Govan
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Govan
      • Govan is located in Bamberg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
    • Olar
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olar
      • Olar is located in Bamberg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olar <2>
    • Ehrhardt
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Barnwell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bolen Town, with the one closest to Bolen Town listed first.
    • Blackville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Whaley
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaley
      • Whaley is located in Barnwell County
    • Hilda
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Elko
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elko
      • Elko is located in Barnwell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elko <2>
    • Williston
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Barnwell
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Kline
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Snelling
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Snelling have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snelling
      • Snelling is located in Barnwell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
  • Calhoun County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bolen Town, with the one closest to Bolen Town listed first.
    • Cameron
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cameron have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
      • Cameron is located in Calhoun County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
    • Saint Matthews
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Creston
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
      • Creston is located in Calhoun County
  • Colleton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bolen Town, with the one closest to Bolen Town listed first.
    • Johnsville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsville
      • Johnsville is located in Colleton County
    • Lodge
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Smoaks
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Dorchester County
    • Reevesville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Lexington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bolen Town, with the one closest to Bolen Town listed first.
    • Swansea
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Pelion
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Gaston
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaston
      • Gaston is located in Lexington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,712 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gaston <2>
    • Glenn Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glenn Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn Village
      • Glenn Village is located in Lexington County
    • Pineridge
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineridge
      • Pineridge is located in Lexington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,419 people
    • South Congaree
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Congaree have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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
  • Richland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bolen Town, with the one closest to Bolen Town listed first.
    • Weston
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weston have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
      • Weston is located in Richland County
    • Gadsden
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Hopkins
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Pinewood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood
      • Pinewood is located in Richland County

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

Newspapers Published in Bolen 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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bolen Town.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bolen Town, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bolen Town.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Bolen Town:

Cemeteries Near Bolen Town ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bolen 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.

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 Bolen Town covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery
  • Bethany Church Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethany Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethany Church Cemetery
  • Two Mile Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Two Mile Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Two Mile Cemetery
  • St. George Baptist Church Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. George Baptist Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. George Baptist Church Cemetery
  • Old Pearson Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Pearson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Pearson Cemetery
  • Macedonia Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Macedonia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Macedonia Cemetery
  • Double Branch Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Double Branch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Double Branch Cemetery
  • Pine Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Hill Cemetery
  • Cherry Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cherry Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cherry Hill Cemetery
  • Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery
  • Bethel Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Zion Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (216 more) ...
    • Hickory Hill Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hickory Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hickory Hill Cemetery
    • Lebanon Church Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lebanon Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lebanon Church Cemetery
    • Shady Grove Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shady Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shady Grove Cemetery

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

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

  • Boiling Spring ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boiling Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Spring
    • Boiling Spring is located in Orangeburg County
  • Felder
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Felder have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felder
    • Felder is located in Orangeburg County
  • North
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North
    • North is located in Orangeburg County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 699 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North <2>
  • Stilton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilton
    • Stilton is located in Orangeburg County
  • Denmark
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Bamberg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Rowesville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jamison
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
    • Jamison is located in Orangeburg County
  • Woodford
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
    • Woodford is located in Orangeburg County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 169 people
  • Sawyerdale
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sawyerdale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyerdale
    • Sawyerdale is located in Orangeburg County
  • Springfield
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Walker
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walker have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
    • Walker is located in Barnwell County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Blackville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Sixty Six
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixty Six
      • Sixty Six is located in Orangeburg County
    • Whaley
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaley
      • Whaley is located in Barnwell County

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

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

The official website for Orangeburg County: www.orangeburgcounty.org/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<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 'straight-line' (or 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- Bolen Town) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bolen Town. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4752, Longitude: -81.0173       In this case, the coordinates for Bolen Town have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Bolen Town, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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