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 Boney (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 Boney. 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 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 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.
Boney is located in Richland 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 Richland County: Calhoun, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lexington, Newberry & Sumter.
Below are the counties that are near Boney. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Boney:
- Richland County (The home county of Boney)
- The following are listed by their distance from Boney, with the one closest to Boney listed first.
- Blythewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cedar Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Creek is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Belmont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Dentsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Arcadia Lakes
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Arcadia Lakes is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 874 people
- Woodfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Woodfield is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodfield
- Brickyard Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Brickyard Village is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickyard Village
- Ravenwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Ravenwood is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenwood
- Dutch Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dutch Village is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Village
- Forest Acres
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Forest Acres is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Acres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,269 people
- Saint Andrews
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Andrews is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrews
- Columbia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Ballentine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boney, with the one closest to Boney listed first.
- Great Falls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Blackstock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cornwell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cornwell is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwell
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boney, with the one closest to Boney listed first.
- Smallwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Smallwood is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smallwood
- Ridgeway
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rion
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Winnsboro Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Winnsboro Mills is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnsboro Mills
- Winnsboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Adger
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Adger is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adger
- Rock Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Rock Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
- White Oak
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Jenkinsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Mitford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Mitford is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitford
- Monticello
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Monticello is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Woodward
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Woodward is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodward
- Blair
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kershaw County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boney, with the one closest to Boney listed first.
- Elgin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lugoff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Spring Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Spring Village is located in Kershaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Village
- Liberty Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Camden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Lafayette Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Lafayette Village is located in Kershaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette Village
- Log Town ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Log Town is located in Kershaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Town
- Shepard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Shepard is located in Kershaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepard
- Westville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kershaw
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lancaster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boney, with the one closest to Boney listed first.
- Springdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bell Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bell Town is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Town
- Heath Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oakhurst
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oakhurst is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhurst
- Pleasant Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Lexington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boney, with the one closest to Boney listed first.
- Irmo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Irmo is located in Lexington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irmo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,734 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Irmo <1>
- Seven Oaks
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Columbia
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Cayce
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Springdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Springdale is located in Lexington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,732 people
- Arthur
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Arthur is located in Lexington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Oak Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Lexington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Chapin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lexington
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Pineridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Pineridge is located in Lexington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,419 people
- Styx ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Styx is located in Lexington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Styx
- South Congaree
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- South Congaree is located in Lexington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Congaree
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,485 people
- Glenn Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Glenn Village is located in Lexington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn Village
- Newberry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boney, with the one closest to Boney listed first.
- Peak
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Little Mountain
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Pomaria
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Slighs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Slighs is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slighs
- Glymphville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Glymphville is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glymphville
- Sondleys ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Sondleys is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sondleys
- Sumter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boney, with the one closest to Boney listed first.
- Rembert
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Horatio
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Claremont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Claremont is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claremont
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Boney, see our County-by-County Page for Boney.
Cemeteries Near Boney ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Boney.
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 Boney - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Boney covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Boney, with the one closest to Boney listed first.
- Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Browns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Piney Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- St. Marks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. Stephens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Aimwell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sawneys Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Beulah Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin Memorial Garden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (257 more) ...
- New Buffalo Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Good Aim Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Richardson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
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 Boney in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Boney.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Boney, with the one closest to Boney listed first.
- Sharp
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sharp is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp
- Ridgeway
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pleasant ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant
- Simpson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Simpson is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Killian
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Killian is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killian
- Lever ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lever is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lever
- Rockton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rockton is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Longtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Longtown is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
- Rion
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jennings
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Jennings is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
- Flint Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Flint Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Winnsboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Bookman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bookman is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bookman
- Irmo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Irmo is located in Lexington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irmo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,734 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Irmo <1>
- Adger
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Adger is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adger
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Boney. See our List of 1890's Communities around Boney.
Newspapers Published in Boney ...
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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around Boney.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Boney, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Boney.
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 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 Boney:
- Websites specific to South Carolina
- Pages specific to Richland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chester County
- Fairfield County
- Kershaw County
- Lancaster County
- Lexington County
- Newberry County
- Sumter 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 Boney, 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 from Point A (ie- Boney) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |