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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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.

Bolen Town is located in Orangeburg 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 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)
      • Edisto is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edisto
    • Boiling Spring ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Boiling Spring is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Spring
    • Cope
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Cope is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cope
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cope <1>
    • 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)
      • Livingston is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
      • 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)
      • Wilkinson Heights is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinson Heights
    • North
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • North is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 699 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North <1>
    • Brookdale
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Brookdale is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookdale
    • Stilton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Stilton is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilton
    • 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)
      • Kitchings Mill is located in Aiken County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitchings Mill
      • Kitchings Mill has also been known as:
      • Kinchens Mill
    • Seivern
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Seivern is located in Aiken County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seivern
    • Windsor
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Camp Rawls
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Camp Rawls is located in Aiken County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Rawls
  • 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)
      • Govan is located in Bamberg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Govan
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
    • Olar
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Olar is located in Bamberg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olar
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olar <1>
    • 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)
      • Whaley is located in Barnwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaley
    • Hilda
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Reynold
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Reynold is located in Barnwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynold
    • Elko
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Elko is located in Barnwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elko
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elko <1>
    • Williston
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Barnwell
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Snelling
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Snelling is located in Barnwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snelling
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
    • Kline
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • 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)
      • Cameron is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
      • 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)
      • Creston is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
  • 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)
      • Johnsville is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsville
    • 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)
      • Gaston is located in Lexington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaston
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,712 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gaston <1>
    • Glenn Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Glenn Village is located in Lexington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn Village
    • Pineridge
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Pineridge is located in Lexington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineridge
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,419 people
    • South Congaree
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • South Congaree is located in Lexington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Congaree
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,485 people
    • Styx ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Styx is located in Lexington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Styx
  • 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)
      • Weston is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
    • 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)
      • Pinewood is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood

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

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

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)
  • Bethany Church Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Two Mile Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • St. George Baptist Church Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Old Pearson Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Macedonia Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Double Branch Baptist Church Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Branch Baptist Church Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Double Branch Baptist Church Cemetery is located 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the west of Orangeburg.
    • The Double Branch Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Double Branch Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #69889 <3>
  • Pine Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Cherry Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Bethel Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Zion Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (219 more) ...
    • Hickory Hill Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Lebanon Church Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Shady Grove Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)

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)
    • Boiling Spring is located in Orangeburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Spring
  • Felder
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Felder is located in Orangeburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felder
  • North
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • North is located in Orangeburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 699 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North <1>
  • Stilton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Stilton is located in Orangeburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilton
  • 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)
    • Jamison is located in Orangeburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
  • Woodford
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Woodford is located in Orangeburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 169 people
  • Sawyerdale
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Sawyerdale is located in Orangeburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyerdale
  • Springfield
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Walker
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Walker is located in Barnwell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Blackville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Sixty Six
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Sixty Six is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixty Six
    • Whaley
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Whaley is located in Barnwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaley

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.

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]<2>. 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:

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 'straight-line' (or 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- Bolen Town) 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 Bolen Town, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.