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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 Catholic Hill (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 Catholic Hill. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Catholic Hill is located in Colleton 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 Colleton County: Allendale, Bamberg, Beaufort, Charleston, Dorchester, Hampton & Orangeburg.

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

  • Colleton County     (The home county of Catholic Hill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Catholic Hill, with the one closest to Catholic Hill listed first.
    • Ritter
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Ritter is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritter
    • Green Pond
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • White Hall
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • White Hall is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
    • Drawdy
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Drawdy is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drawdy
    • Walterboro
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jacksonboro
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Drigger Crossroads
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Drigger Crossroads is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drigger Crossroads
    • Round O
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Sniders Crossroads
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Sniders Crossroads is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sniders Crossroads
    • Cottageville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Sidney
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Sidney is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
    • Islandton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Ruffin
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Bamberg County
    • Ehrhardt
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Beaufort County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Catholic Hill, with the one closest to Catholic Hill listed first.
    • Yemassee
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Tomotley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Tomotley is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomotley
    • Sheldon
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Dale
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Lobeco
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Seabrook
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Beaufort
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Burton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Laurel Bay
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Laurel Bay is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Bay
    • Polk Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Polk Village is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk Village
    • Sangster Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Sangster Village is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sangster Village
    • Frogmore
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Frogmore is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogmore
    • Battery Marina Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Charleston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Catholic Hill, with the one closest to Catholic Hill listed first.
    • Canady Landing ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Canady Landing is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canady Landing
    • Adams Run
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Ravenel
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Hollywood
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Meggett
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Edisto Island
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Wadmalaw Island
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Rockville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Rockville is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
  • Dorchester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Catholic Hill, with the one closest to Catholic Hill listed first.
    • Grover
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Saint George
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Reevesville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Dorchester
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Flowertown Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Flowertown Village is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowertown Village
    • Ridgeville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Hampton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Catholic Hill, with the one closest to Catholic Hill listed first.
    • Early Branch
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Barkerville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Barkerville is located in Hampton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barkerville
      • Barkerville has also been known as:
      • Haywardville
    • Miley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Varnville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Crocketville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Hampton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Pond Town
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Pond Town is located in Hampton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Town
  • Jasper County
    • Ridgeland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Catholic Hill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Catholic Hill.

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 Catholic Hill - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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.<3>

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

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

  • Ritter
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Ritter is located in Colleton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritter
  • Hendersonville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Hendersonville is located in Colleton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendersonville
  • White Hall
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • White Hall is located in Colleton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
  • Green Pond
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Drawdy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Drawdy is located in Colleton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drawdy
  • Ashepoo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Ashepoo is located in Colleton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashepoo
  • Walterboro
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Salkehatchie
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Salkehatchie is located in Colleton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salkehatchie
  • Jacksonboro
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Yemassee
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Tomotley
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Tomotley is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomotley
  • Davidson
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Davidson is located in Hampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davidson
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Sheldon
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Dale
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Cottageville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Catholic Hill ...

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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Catholic Hill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Catholic Hill, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Catholic Hill.

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 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 Catholic Hill:

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 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.
<3>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 Catholic Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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- Catholic Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.