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 Boyd (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 Boyd. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.
Boyd is located in Newberry 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 Newberry County: Fairfield, Greenwood, Laurens, Lexington, Richland, Saluda & Union.
Below are the counties that are near Boyd. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Boyd:
- Newberry County (The home county of Boyd)
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyd, with the one closest to Boyd listed first.
- Union
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Union is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Prosperity
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Newberry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stoney Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Stoney Hill is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Hill
- Helena
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Helena is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Slighs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Slighs is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slighs
- Sondleys ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sondleys is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sondleys
- Little Mountain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pomaria
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Silverstreet
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Smyrna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Glymphville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Glymphville is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glymphville
- Old Town Ferry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Old Town Ferry is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town Ferry
- Aiken County
- Monetta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyd, with the one closest to Boyd listed first.
- Jenkinsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Blair
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Rock Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
- Monticello
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Monticello is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Rion
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Winnsboro Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Winnsboro Mills is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnsboro Mills
- Winnsboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Adger
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Adger is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adger
- Woodward
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Woodward is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodward
- White Oak
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyd, with the one closest to Boyd listed first.
- Ninety Six
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Springdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Springdale is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Coronaca
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Coronaca is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coronaca
- Laurens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyd, with the one closest to Boyd listed first.
- Kinards
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Joanna
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Renno
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Renno is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renno
- Dover ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dover is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Anglers Haven
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Anglers Haven is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anglers Haven
- Clinton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cross Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Mountville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lisbon ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lisbon is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Waterloo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Cold Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cold Point is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Point
- Lexington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyd, with the one closest to Boyd listed first.
- Chapin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Ella
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ella is located in Lexington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
- Lake Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Village is located in Lexington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Village
- Clubhouse Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clubhouse Crossroads is located in Lexington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clubhouse Crossroads
- Batesburg - Leesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Batesburg - Leesville is located in Lexington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batesburg - Leesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,402 people
- Batesburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Fredonia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Fredonia is located in Lexington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Leesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Summit
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Summit is located in Lexington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- Gilbert
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Irmo
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Lexington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Red Bank
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Red Bank is located in Lexington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyd, with the one closest to Boyd listed first.
- White Rock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Lake Murray of Richland
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Ballentine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Cedar Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Cedar Creek is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Dutch Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Dutch Village is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Village
- Saint Andrews
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Andrews is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrews
- Saluda County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyd, with the one closest to Boyd listed first.
- Hickory Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Grove is located in Saluda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Saluda
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ridge Spring
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ward
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boyd, with the one closest to Boyd listed first.
- Sartor Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Sartor Town is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sartor Town
- Delta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Delta is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
- Tuckertown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Tuckertown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckertown
- Red Town ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Red Town is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Town
- Carlisle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Sedalia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sedalia is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
- Bishop Town ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bishop Town is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop Town
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Boyd, see our County-by-County Page for Boyd.
Cemeteries Near Boyd ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Boyd.
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 Boyd - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Boyd covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Boyd, with the one closest to Boyd listed first.
- Colony Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Cannon Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Chapman - Summers Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Newberry Memorial Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Prosperity Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bachman Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Aveleigh Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cannons Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Old Newberry Village Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (343 more) ...
- Werts Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Luke's Lutheran Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Luke's Lutheran Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Luke's Lutheran Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Stoney Hill.
- The St. Luke's Lutheran Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Luke's Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #71257 <2>
- Clayton Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Boyd in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Boyd.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Boyd, with the one closest to Boyd listed first.
- Prosperity
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Helena
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Helena is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Slighs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Slighs is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slighs
- Sondleys ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sondleys is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sondleys
- Little Mountain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pomaria
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Silverstreet
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Reuben ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Reuben is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reuben
- Jalapa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jalapa is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jalapa
- Walton ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Walton is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walton
- Gary
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gary is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary
- Chapin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Peak
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Alston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Alston is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alston
- Dawkins
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dawkins is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawkins
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Boyd. See our List of 1890's Communities around Boyd.
Newspapers Published in Boyd ...
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 Boyd.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Boyd, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Boyd.
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 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 Boyd:
- Websites specific to South Carolina
- Pages specific to Newberry County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Aiken County
- Fairfield County
- Greenwood County
- Laurens County
- Lexington County
- Richland County
- Saluda County
- Union 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Boyd, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Boyd) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |