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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 Cat Hole (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 Cat Hole. 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 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.

Cat Hole is located in Dorchester 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 Dorchester County: Bamberg, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton & Orangeburg.

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

  • Dorchester County     (The home county of Cat Hole)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cat Hole, with the one closest to Cat Hole listed first.
    • Reevesville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Grover
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Saint George
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Harleyville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Dorchester
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Ridgeville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Brownsville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
      • Brownsville is located in Dorchester County
    • Flowertown Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flowertown Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowertown Village
      • Flowertown Village is located in Dorchester County
  • Allendale County
    • Ulmer
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Bamberg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cat Hole, with the one closest to Cat Hole listed first.
    • Ehrhardt
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Bamberg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Denmark
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Govan
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Govan
      • Govan is located in Bamberg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
    • Olar
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olar
      • Olar is located in Bamberg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olar <1>
  • Berkeley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cat Hole, with the one closest to Cat Hole listed first.
    • Sandridge
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandridge
      • Sandridge is located in Berkeley County
    • Washington Town
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Washington Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Town
      • Washington Town is located in Berkeley County
  • Calhoun County
    • Cameron
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cameron have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
      • Cameron is located in Calhoun County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
  • Charleston County
    • Canady Landing ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canady Landing
      • Canady Landing is located in Charleston County
  • Colleton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cat Hole, with the one closest to Cat Hole listed first.
    • Johnsville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsville
      • Johnsville is located in Colleton County
    • Canadys
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Smoaks
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Ruffin
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Williams
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Sidney
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sidney have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
      • Sidney is located in Colleton County
    • Lodge
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Walterboro
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Drigger Crossroads
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drigger Crossroads
      • Drigger Crossroads is located in Colleton County
    • Round O
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Cottageville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Ashton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
      • Ashton is located in Colleton County
    • Sniders Crossroads
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sniders Crossroads
      • Sniders Crossroads is located in Colleton County
  • Hampton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cat Hole, with the one closest to Cat Hole listed first.
    • Miley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Crocketville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Early Branch
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Hampton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Pond Town
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pond Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Town
      • Pond Town is located in Hampton County
    • Varnville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Orangeburg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cat Hole, with the one closest to Cat Hole listed first.
    • Branchville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Sixty Six
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixty Six
      • Sixty Six is located in Orangeburg County
    • Bowman
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Rowesville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Wells
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
      • Wells is located in Orangeburg County
    • Holly Hill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Cordova
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Cope
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cope
      • Cope is located in Orangeburg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cope <1>
    • Orangeburg
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Wilkinson Heights
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wilkinson Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinson Heights
      • Wilkinson Heights is located in Orangeburg County
    • Vance
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance
      • Vance is located in Orangeburg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vance <1>
    • Edisto
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edisto have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edisto
      • Edisto is located in Orangeburg County
    • Brookdale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookdale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookdale
      • Brookdale is located in Orangeburg County

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

Newspapers Published in Cat Hole ...

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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cat Hole.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cat Hole, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cat Hole.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Cat Hole:

Cemeteries Near Cat Hole ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cat Hole.

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

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

  • Hagerman Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hagerman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hagerman Cemetery
  • Beulah Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Beulah Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beulah Cemetery
  • Old Miss Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Miss Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Miss Cemetery
  • Spell Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Green Pond Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Green Pond Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Green Pond Cemetery
  • Appleby Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Appleby Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Appleby Cemetery
  • Whitestone Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Whitestone Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Whitestone Cemetery
  • Heaton Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Heaton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Heaton Cemetery
  • Patrick Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Patrick Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Patrick Cemetery
  • Connor Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Connor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Connor Cemetery
  • New Grace UMC Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • May - Stokes - Raysor Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the May - Stokes - Raysor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the May - Stokes - Raysor Cemetery
  • Continue List   (233 more) ...
    • Spell - Risher Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Spell - Risher Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spell - Risher Cemetery
    • Magnolia Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Magnolia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Magnolia Cemetery
    • Bethel Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 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

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

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

  • Reevesville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Fifty Eight ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fifty Eight have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fifty Eight
    • Fifty Eight is located in Orangeburg County
  • Branchville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Sixty Six
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixty Six
    • Sixty Six is located in Orangeburg County
  • Bowman
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Harleyville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Walterboro
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Rowesville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Ashton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
    • Ashton is located in Colleton County
  • Cottageville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Wells
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
    • Wells is located in Orangeburg County
  • Drawdy
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Drawdy have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drawdy
    • Drawdy is located in Colleton County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Holly Hill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Islandton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Felder
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Felder have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felder
      • Felder is located in Orangeburg County

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

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

The official website for Dorchester County: www.dorchestercounty.net/

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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cat Hole) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cat Hole. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.1446, Longitude: -80.6940       In this case, the coordinates for Cat Hole have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Cat Hole, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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