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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 Cedar Creek (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 Cedar Creek. 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 Cedar Creek ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

Another variation: Cedarcreek.

  • A typical abbreviation for Cedar Creek: Cedar Crk. (or less commonly used: Cedar Ck. or Cedar Cr.)

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.

Cedar Creek is primarily located in Williamsburg County. A portion of Cedar Creek extends into Georgetown 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 Williamsburg County: Berkeley, Clarendon, Florence, Georgetown & Marion.

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

  • Williamsburg County     (The home county of Cedar Creek)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Creek, with the one closest to Cedar Creek listed first.
    • Snow Town
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Snow Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Town
      • Snow Town is located in Williamsburg County
    • Lane
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
      • Lane is located in Williamsburg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lane <2>
    • Salters
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Nesmith
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Rome
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rome. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
      • Rome is located in Williamsburg County
    • Kingstree
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Greeleyville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Indiantown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiantown
      • Indiantown is located in Williamsburg County
    • Stuckey
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stuckey have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuckey
      • Stuckey is located in Williamsburg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
    • Hemingway
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Cades
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Berkeley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Creek, with the one closest to Cedar Creek listed first.
    • Jamestown
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Alvin
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Alvin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvin
      • Alvin is located in Berkeley County
    • Bethera
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Wrangle Town ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wrangle Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrangle Town
      • Wrangle Town is located in Berkeley County
    • Harris Town
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harris Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Town
      • Harris Town is located in Berkeley County
    • Saint Stephen
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Bonneau
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Russellville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Huger
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Cordesville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Judge Town
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Judge Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judge Town
      • Judge Town is located in Berkeley County
    • Pineville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Region Town ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Region Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Region Town
      • Region Town is located in Berkeley County
  • Charleston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Creek, with the one closest to Cedar Creek listed first.
    • McClellanville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Awendaw
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Pineland
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineland
      • Pineland is located in Charleston County
  • Georgetown County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Creek, with the one closest to Cedar Creek listed first.
    • Andrews
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Sampit
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sampit. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sampit
      • Sampit is located in Georgetown County
    • Willie Towne
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willie Towne have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willie Towne
      • Willie Towne is located in Georgetown County
    • Georgetown
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Steele Town
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Steele Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steele Town
      • Steele Town is located in Georgetown County
    • Campfield
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campfield
      • Campfield is located in Georgetown County
    • Allentown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allentown
      • Allentown is located in Georgetown County
    • Jackson
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
      • Jackson is located in Georgetown County
    • Carters Crossroads
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Crossroads
      • Carters Crossroads is located in Georgetown County
    • Waverly Mills
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waverly Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly Mills
      • Waverly Mills is located in Georgetown County

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

Cemeteries Near Cedar Creek ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cedar Creek.

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

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

  • Oak Ridge Memorial Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Ridge Memorial Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Oak Ridge Memorial Cemetery is located
    • The Oak Ridge Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Bird Pond Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #69565 <4>
  • St. James Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Mt. Lebanon Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Sutton Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sutton Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sutton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Von Hollen Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Von Hollen Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Von Hollen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Calvary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Harmony Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harmony Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Harmony Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Edens Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Edens Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Edens Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Johnson Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Johnson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Johnson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Paul AME Church Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Spring Gully Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spring Gully Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Spring Gully Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • New Hope Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Hope Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (128 more) ...
    • Bethel Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 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.
    • Betaw Plantation Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Betaw Plantation Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Betaw Plantation Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Hoods Chapel Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hoods Chapel Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hoods Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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

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

  • Suttons
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Suttons have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suttons
    • Suttons is located in Williamsburg County
  • Palmerville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Palmerville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerville
    • Palmerville is located in Berkeley County
  • Earle
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Earle have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earle
    • Earle is located in Williamsburg County
  • Trio
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trio have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trio
    • Trio is located in Williamsburg County
  • Alvin
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Alvin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvin
    • Alvin is located in Berkeley County
  • Sampit
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sampit. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sampit
    • Sampit is located in Georgetown County
  • Bethel
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bethel have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
    • Bethel is located in Georgetown County
  • Honey Hill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Honey Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Hill
    • Honey Hill is located in Berkeley County
  • Bethera
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Bloomingvale
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bloomingvale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingvale
    • Bloomingvale is located in Williamsburg County
  • Cooper
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cooper have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
    • Cooper is located in Williamsburg County
  • Saint Stephen
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Graves
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Graves have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graves
      • Graves is located in Georgetown County
    • Bonneau
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Lane
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
      • Lane is located in Williamsburg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lane <2>

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

Newspapers Published in Cedar Creek ...

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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cedar Creek.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cedar Creek, 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 Cedar Creek.

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 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 Cedar Creek:

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

The official website for Williamsburg County: www.williamsburgsc.com/

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 Cedar Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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 from Point A (ie- Cedar Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cedar Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.3588, Longitude: -79.6556       In this case, the coordinates for Cedar Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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