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 Cedar Springs (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 Springs. 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 Springs ...
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 Cedar Springs: Cedar Spgs. (or less commonly used: Cedar Spngs. or Cedar Sprngs.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Cedar Springs. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cedar Springs.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Cedar Springs is located in Abbeville 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 Abbeville County: Elbert (GA), Anderson, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens & McCormick.
Below are the counties that are near Cedar Springs. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cedar Springs:
- Abbeville County (The home county of Cedar Springs)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Springs, with the one closest to Cedar Springs listed first.
- Cana ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cana is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cana
- Abbeville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Monterey ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Monterey is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Calhoun Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Latimer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Latimer is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimer
- Due West
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Level Land
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Level Land is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Land
- Donalds
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Antreville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Antreville is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antreville
- Lake Secession
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Secession is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Secession
- Lowndesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ware Shoals
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Honea Path
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Springs, with the one closest to Cedar Springs listed first.
- Iva
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Iva is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iva
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,341 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iva <1>
- Starr
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Edgefield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Springs, with the one closest to Cedar Springs listed first.
- Colliers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Colliers is located in Edgefield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colliers
- Edgefield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Springs, with the one closest to Cedar Springs listed first.
- Verdery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Verdery is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdery
- Bradley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Promised Land
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Promised Land is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promised Land
- Troy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Greenwood Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood Village is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Village
- Mathews Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mathews Village is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mathews Village
- Panola Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Panola Village is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola Village
- Greenwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Grendel Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Grendel Village is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grendel Village
- Fairforest
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fairforest is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairforest
- Hodges
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cokesbury
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Cokesbury is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury
- Springdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Springdale is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Laurens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Springs, with the one closest to Cedar Springs listed first.
- Collins Lakeside Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Gallagher
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Mount Gallagher is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gallagher
- Anglers Haven
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Anglers Haven is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anglers Haven
- Cross Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Waterloo
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Ekom
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Ekom is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekom
- Cold Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cold Point is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Point
- Mountville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Princeton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Princeton is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
- Simpson ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Simpson is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Lisbon ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lisbon is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- McCormick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Springs, with the one closest to Cedar Springs listed first.
- McCormick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mount Carmel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Willington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Willington is located in McCormick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willington
- Liberty Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Hill is located in McCormick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Plum Branch
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Parksville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Modoc
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Clarks Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Newberry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Springs, with the one closest to Cedar Springs listed first.
- Chappells
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Mudlick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mudlick is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudlick
- Old Town Ferry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Old Town Ferry is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town Ferry
- Saluda County
- Saluda
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Elbert County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Springs, with the one closest to Cedar Springs listed first.
- Bowman Ferry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bowman Ferry is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 808 people
- Edinburg ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Edinburg is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,396 people
- Lincoln County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Springs, with the one closest to Cedar Springs listed first.
- Hesters Ferry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hesters Ferry is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesters Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 911 people
- Lisbon ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lisbon is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Goshen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Goshen is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Midway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Midway is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Lincolnton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Loce
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Loce is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loce
- Wilkes County (GA)
- Tignall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cedar Springs, see our County-by-County Page for Cedar Springs.
Cemeteries Near Cedar Springs ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cedar Springs.
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 Cedar Springs - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cedar Springs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cedar Springs, with the one closest to Cedar Springs listed first.
- Lyon - Lipford Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bethiah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Sinai Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Crossroads Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Little Adams Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Chisholm Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lower Long Cane Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Massacre Grave
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Big Adams Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (222 more) ...
- Tolbert Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wideman - Harris - Wilks Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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 Cedar Springs in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cedar Springs.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cedar Springs, with the one closest to Cedar Springs listed first.
- Bradley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cana ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cana is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cana
- Troy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Darraugh
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Darraugh is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darraugh
- Calhoun Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Calhoun Mill is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun Mill
- McCormick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Greenwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Watts
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Watts is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watts
- Mount Carmel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hodges
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Dover ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dover is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Monterey ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Monterey is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Plum Branch
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Calhoun Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Hester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Hester is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cedar Springs. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cedar Springs.
Newspapers Published in Cedar Springs ...
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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cedar Springs.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cedar Springs, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cedar Springs.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Springs:
- Websites specific to South Carolina
- Pages specific to Abbeville County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Edgefield County
- Greenwood County
- Laurens County
- McCormick County
- Newberry County
- Saluda County
- Elbert County
- Lincoln County
- Wilkes County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for South Carolina
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 Cedar Springs, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cedar Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |