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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 Cassatt (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 Cassatt. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.

Cassatt is located in Kershaw 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 Kershaw County: Chesterfield, Darlington, Fairfield, Lancaster, Lee, Richland & Sumter.

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

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

Cemeteries Near Cassatt ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cassatt.

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

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

  • Cassatt Baptist Church Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • DuBose Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the DuBose Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the DuBose Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Scotch Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sandy Level Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sandy Level Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sandy Level Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • McLeans Branch Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McLeans Branch Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McLeans Branch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Brannon Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brannon Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brannon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lockard Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lockard Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lockard Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bethany Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethany Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethany Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Shamrock Baptist Church Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Turkey Creek Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Turkey Creek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Turkey Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • McCaskill Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McCaskill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McCaskill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (194 more) ...

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

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

  • Antioch
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Antioch have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
    • Antioch is located in Kershaw County
  • Tillers Ferry
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tillers Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillers Ferry
    • Tillers Ferry is located in Kershaw County
  • Dekalb
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dekalb have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dekalb
    • Dekalb is located in Kershaw County
  • Westville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Camden
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Flat Rock
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flat Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
    • Flat Rock is located in Kershaw County
  • Cantey
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cantey have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantey
    • Cantey is located in Kershaw County
  • Bishopville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Clyde
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clyde have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
    • Clyde is located in Darlington County
  • Catarrh
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Catarrh have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catarrh
    • Catarrh is located in Chesterfield County
  • Pisgah
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pisgah have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
    • Pisgah is located in Sumter County
  • Kershaw
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Stockton ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stockton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton
      • Stockton is located in Kershaw County
    • Oakhurst
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Oakhurst. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhurst
      • Oakhurst is located in Lancaster County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Oakhurst
      • From Cassatt to Oakhurst
    • Boykin
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boykin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boykin
      • Boykin is located in Kershaw County

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

Newspapers Published in Cassatt ...

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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cassatt.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cassatt, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cassatt.

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 Cassatt:

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

The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 Cassatt, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Cassatt) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cassatt. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.3647, Longitude: -80.4359    









 

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