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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 Brookside (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 Brookside. 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.

Brookside is located in Greenville 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 Greenville County: Henderson (NC), Polk (NC), Transylvania (NC), Abbeville, Anderson, Laurens, Pickens & Spartanburg.

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

  • Greenville County     (The home county of Brookside)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brookside, with the one closest to Brookside listed first.
    • Mauldin
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauldin
      • Mauldin is located in Greenville County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,562 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mauldin <1>
    • Conestee
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Woodland Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodland Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Village
      • Woodland Village is located in Greenville County
    • Simpsonville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Five Forks
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Forks have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
      • Five Forks is located in Greenville County
    • Pine Hill Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Hill Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill Village
      • Pine Hill Village is located in Greenville County
    • Gantt
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gantt have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gantt
      • Gantt is located in Greenville County
    • Pelham
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pelham have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham
      • Pelham is located in Greenville County
    • Dunean
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dunean have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunean
      • Dunean is located in Greenville County
    • Greenville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Fountain Inn
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • East Gate Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Gate Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gate Village
      • East Gate Village is located in Greenville County
    • Golden Grove
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golden Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Grove
      • Golden Grove is located in Greenville County
  • Abbeville County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brookside, with the one closest to Brookside listed first.
    • Honea Path
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Ware Shoals
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Donalds
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Due West
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Anderson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brookside, with the one closest to Brookside listed first.
    • Piedmont
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Powderville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Powderville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powderville
      • Powderville is located in Anderson County
    • Pelzer
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • West Pelzer
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Pelzer have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pelzer
      • West Pelzer is located in Anderson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 953 people
    • Williamston
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Belton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Anderson Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Anderson Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Village
      • Anderson Village is located in Anderson County
    • Northlake
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Northlake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northlake
      • Northlake is located in Anderson County
    • Anderson
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Caldwell Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Caldwell Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caldwell Village
      • Caldwell Village is located in Anderson County
    • Sandy Springs
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Centerville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
      • Centerville is located in Anderson County
    • La France
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Laurens County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brookside, with the one closest to Brookside listed first.
    • Green Pond
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Pond
      • Green Pond is located in Laurens County
    • Gray Court
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Princeton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Princeton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
      • Princeton is located in Laurens County
    • Ekom
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekom
      • Ekom is located in Laurens County
    • Laurens
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Tylersville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tylersville
      • Tylersville is located in Laurens County
    • Mount Gallagher
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Gallagher have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gallagher
      • Mount Gallagher is located in Laurens County
    • Cold Point
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Point
      • Cold Point is located in Laurens County
    • Lisbon ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lisbon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
      • Lisbon is located in Laurens County
  • Pickens County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brookside, with the one closest to Brookside listed first.
    • Easley
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Dacusville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dacusville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dacusville
      • Dacusville is located in Pickens County
    • Arial
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arial have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arial
      • Arial is located in Pickens County
    • Liberty
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Pickens
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Norris
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Central
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Isaqueena Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Isaqueena Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isaqueena Village
      • Isaqueena Village is located in Pickens County
    • Crow Creek
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crow Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Creek
      • Crow Creek is located in Pickens County
    • Six Mile
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Clemson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Spartanburg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brookside, with the one closest to Brookside listed first.
    • Crescent
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
      • Crescent is located in Spartanburg County
    • Green Pond
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Pond
      • Green Pond is located in Spartanburg County
    • Reidville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Woodruff
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Duncan
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
      • Duncan is located in Spartanburg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,715 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Duncan <1>
    • Brookside Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookside Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside Village
      • Brookside Village is located in Spartanburg County
    • Lyman
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyman
      • Lyman is located in Spartanburg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,796 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lyman <1>
    • Startex
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Wellford
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Moore
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Enoree
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Franklin Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Franklin Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Village
      • Franklin Village is located in Spartanburg County
    • Roebuck
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Union County
    • Colerain
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colerain have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colerain
      • Colerain is located in Union County
  • Polk County (NC)
    • Tryon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryon
      • Tryon is located in Polk County (NC)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,635 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tryon <1>

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

Newspapers Published in Brookside ...

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 79 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brookside.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brookside, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Brookside.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Brookside:

Cemeteries Near Brookside ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brookside.

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

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

  • First Baptist Church of Mauldin Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Mauldin Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mauldin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mauldin Cemetery
  • Standing Springs Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Standing Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Standing Springs Cemetery
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Cemetery
  • Antioch Christian Church Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Simpsonville Municipal Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Simpsonville Municipal Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Simpsonville Municipal Cemetery
  • Fellowship Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fellowship Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fellowship Cemetery
  • Rocky Creek Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rocky Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rocky Creek Cemetery
  • Cureton Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cureton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cureton Cemetery
  • Reedy Fork Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Reedy Fork Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Reedy Fork Cemetery
  • Hopewell Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hopewell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hopewell Cemetery
  • Old Shady Oak Baptist Church Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (382 more) ...
    • Five Forks Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Five Forks Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Five Forks Cemetery
    • Vaughan Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Vaughan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Vaughan Cemetery
    • Greenville Memorial Gardens
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)

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.<5>

While we didn't find Brookside in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Brookside.

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

  • Mauldin
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauldin
    • Mauldin is located in Greenville County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,562 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mauldin <1>
  • Simpsonville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Fountain Inn
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Batesville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Batesville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batesville
    • Batesville is located in Greenville County
  • Pelham
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pelham have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham
    • Pelham is located in Greenville County
  • Greenville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • White Horse
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Horse have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horse
    • White Horse is located in Greenville County
  • Woodville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
    • Woodville is located in Greenville County
  • Fork Shoals
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fork Shoals have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fork Shoals
    • Fork Shoals is located in Greenville County
  • Piedmont
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Lickville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lickville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickville
    • Lickville is located in Greenville County
  • Cashville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cashville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cashville
    • Cashville is located in Spartanburg County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Taylors
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Chick Springs
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chick Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chick Springs
      • Chick Springs is located in Greenville County
    • Pelzer
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)

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

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

The official website for Greenville County: www.greenvillecounty.org/

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>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- Brookside) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Brookside. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7643, Longitude: -82.3048       In this case, the coordinates for Brookside have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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.
<5>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 Brookside, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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