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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 Camp Branch (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 Camp Branch. 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.

Name Variations for Camp Branch ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Camp Branch: Cp. Branch

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Camp Branch. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Camp Branch.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Camp Branch is located in Hampton 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 Hampton County: Effingham (GA), Screven (GA), Allendale, Bamberg, Beaufort, Colleton & Jasper.

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

  • Hampton County     (The home county of Camp Branch)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Camp Branch, with the one closest to Camp Branch listed first.
    • Varnville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Hampton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Early Branch
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Crocketville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Barkerville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Barkerville is located in Hampton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barkerville
      • Barkerville has also been known as:
      • Haywardville
    • Miley
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Pond Town
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Pond Town is located in Hampton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Town
    • Brunson
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Gifford
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Luray
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Furman
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Estill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Allendale County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Camp Branch, with the one closest to Camp Branch listed first.
    • Fairfax
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Sycamore
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Allendale
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Ulmer
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Bamberg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Camp Branch, with the one closest to Camp Branch listed first.
    • Ehrhardt
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Olar
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • 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>
    • Govan
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Govan is located in Bamberg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Govan
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
  • Barnwell County
    • Kline
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Beaufort County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Camp Branch, with the one closest to Camp Branch listed first.
    • Yemassee
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Tomotley
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Tomotley is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomotley
    • Sheldon
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Lobeco
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Seabrook
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Dale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Laurel Bay
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Laurel Bay is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Bay
  • Colleton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Camp Branch, with the one closest to Camp Branch listed first.
    • Islandton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Sniders Crossroads
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Sniders Crossroads is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sniders Crossroads
    • Ashton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Ashton is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
    • Lodge
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Ruffin
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Williams
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • White Hall
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • White Hall is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
    • Walterboro
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Smoaks
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Drawdy
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Drawdy is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drawdy
    • Ritter
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Ritter is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritter
    • Green Pond
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Jasper County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Camp Branch, with the one closest to Camp Branch listed first.
    • Pineland
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Ridgeland
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Tillman
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Effingham County (GA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Camp Branch, with the one closest to Camp Branch listed first.
    • Two Sisters Ferry
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Two Sisters Ferry is located in Effingham County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Sisters Ferry
      • Estimated population in 2019: 3,063 people
    • Clyo
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Haddonville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Haddonville is located in Effingham County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddonville
      • Estimated population in 2019: 965 people

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

Cemeteries Near Camp Branch ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Camp Branch.

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 Camp Branch - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Peeples Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Sand Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Thames Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Anderson Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Jerusalem Church Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Smith Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Winn Wynn Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Crews Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Varnville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Live Oak Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Davis Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Hampton Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (162 more) ...
    • Searson Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Gooding Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Crapse Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)

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 Camp Branch in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Camp Branch.

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

  • Cummings
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Cummings is located in Hampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings
  • Almeda
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Almeda is located in Hampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almeda
  • Horsegall
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Horsegall is located in Hampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horsegall
  • Varnville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Early Branch
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Hampton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Crocketville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Islandton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Davidson
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Davidson is located in Hampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davidson
  • Miley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Stafford
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Stafford is located in Hampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford
  • Yemassee
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Brunson
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Gifford
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Luray
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Camp Branch ...

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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Camp Branch.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Camp Branch, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Camp Branch.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Camp Branch:

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 Camp Branch, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Camp Branch) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.