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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 Cainhoy (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 Cainhoy. 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 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.

Cainhoy is located in Berkeley 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 Berkeley County: Charleston, Dorchester, Georgetown, Orangeburg & Williamsburg.

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

  • Berkeley County     (The home county of Cainhoy)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cainhoy, with the one closest to Cainhoy listed first.
    • Wando
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Hanahan
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Huger
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Goose Creek
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Mount Holly
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Mount Holly is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
    • Camelot Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Camelot Village is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
    • Cordesville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Tarry Town
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Tarry Town is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarry Town
    • Caromi Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Caromi Village is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caromi Village
    • Ladson
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Highland Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Highland Village is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
    • Bethera
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Charleston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cainhoy, with the one closest to Cainhoy listed first.
    • Mount Pleasant
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • The Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • The Village is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Village
    • Island-of-Palms
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Island-of-Palms is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island-of-Palms
    • Isle-of-Palms
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Dorchester
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Dorchester is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
    • North Charleston
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Sullivan's Island
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Charleston
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Grove Creek Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Grove Creek Village is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Creek Village
    • Old Town
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Old Town is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
    • Otranto
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Otranto is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otranto
    • Charles Towne Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Charles Towne Village is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charles Towne Village
  • Dorchester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cainhoy, with the one closest to Cainhoy listed first.
    • Chandler Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Chandler Village is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler Village
    • Summerville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Brownsville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Brownsville is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
    • Flowertown Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Flowertown Village is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowertown Village
    • Ridgeville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Cainhoy ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cainhoy.

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 Cainhoy - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cainhoy covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Wando Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • McDowell Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Nelliefield Creek Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • St. Thomas Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Simmons Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Wappetow Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Venning Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Fowler Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Collins Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Yeamans Hall Plantation Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Apple Old Field Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (117 more) ...
    • Riverview Memorial Park
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Adverse Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adverse Cemetery
      • The Adverse Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery
      • Citadel Square Baptist Church Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #69384 <3>
    • Emanuel AME Church Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 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.<4>

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

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

  • Wando
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Mount Pleasant
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Belvedere
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Belvedere is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvedere
  • Charleston
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Huger
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Otranto
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Otranto is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otranto
  • Mount Holly
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Holly is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
  • James Island
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • James Island is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Island
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,226 people
  • Strawberry
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Strawberry is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
  • Ladson
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Bethera
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Summerville
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Moncks Corner
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • McClellanville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Honey Hill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Honey Hill is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Hill

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

Newspapers Published in Cainhoy ...

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 208 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cainhoy.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cainhoy, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cainhoy.

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 websites either 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 Cainhoy:

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cainhoy) 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 Cainhoy, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.