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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Celestia. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Celestia to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Celestia, please Contact Us.

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 Celestia (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 Celestia. 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 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Celestia is historic, it would have been located within present day Saluda 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 Saluda County: Aiken, Edgefield, Greenwood, Lexington & Newberry.

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

  • Saluda County     (The home county of Celestia)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Celestia, with the one closest to Celestia listed first.
    • Saluda
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Hickory Grove
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Hickory Grove is located in Saluda County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
    • Ward
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Ridge Spring
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Abbeville County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Celestia, with the one closest to Celestia listed first.
    • Cana ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Cana is located in Abbeville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cana
    • Abbeville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Aiken County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Celestia, with the one closest to Celestia listed first.
    • Monetta
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Eureka
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Eureka is located in Aiken County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
    • Springdale
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Springdale is located in Aiken County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
    • Vaucluse
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Edgefield County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Celestia, with the one closest to Celestia listed first.
    • Johnston
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Edgefield
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Trenton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Colliers
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Colliers is located in Edgefield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colliers
    • Lenoir ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Lenoir is located in Edgefield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenoir
    • Murphys Estates
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Murphys Estates is located in Edgefield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphys Estates
  • Greenwood County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Celestia, with the one closest to Celestia listed first.
    • Springdale
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Springdale is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
    • Ninety Six
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Fairforest
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Fairforest is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairforest
    • Mathews Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Mathews Village is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mathews Village
    • Panola Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Panola Village is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola Village
    • Bradley
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Greenwood Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Greenwood Village is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Village
    • Greenwood
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Grendel Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Grendel Village is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grendel Village
    • Promised Land
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Promised Land is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promised Land
    • Verdery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Verdery is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdery
    • Coronaca
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Coronaca is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coronaca
    • Troy
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Troy is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 101 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <2>
  • Laurens County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Celestia, with the one closest to Celestia listed first.
    • Anglers Haven
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Anglers Haven is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anglers Haven
    • Cross Hill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Collins Lakeside Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Mountville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Waterloo
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Kinards
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Lisbon ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Lisbon is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
    • Cold Point
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Cold Point is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Point
    • Joanna
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Mount Gallagher
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Mount Gallagher is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gallagher
  • Lexington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Celestia, with the one closest to Celestia listed first.
    • Batesburg - Leesville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Batesburg - Leesville is located in Lexington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batesburg - Leesville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,402 people
    • Batesburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Leesville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Fredonia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Fredonia is located in Lexington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
    • Lake Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Lake Village is located in Lexington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Village
    • Ella
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Ella is located in Lexington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
  • McCormick County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Celestia, with the one closest to Celestia listed first.
    • Liberty Hill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Liberty Hill is located in McCormick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
    • Plum Branch
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • McCormick
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Parksville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Modoc
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Clarks Hill
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Willington
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Willington is located in McCormick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willington
  • Newberry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Celestia, with the one closest to Celestia listed first.
    • Chappells
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Old Town Ferry
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Old Town Ferry is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town Ferry
    • Mudlick
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Mudlick is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudlick
    • Silverstreet
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Smyrna
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Stoney Hill
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Stoney Hill is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Hill
    • Helena
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Helena is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
    • Newberry
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Prosperity
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Union
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Union is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union

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

Cemeteries Near Celestia ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Celestia.

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 Celestia - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Friendship Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Dorn Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Harling Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Hegwood Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Penn Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Hamilton Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Hill Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Gassaway Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Gassaway Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Mt. Vernon Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Blocker Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (288 more) ...
    • Wright Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Pressley Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Travis Park Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)

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.

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

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

  • Meeting Street
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Meeting Street is located in Edgefield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeting Street
  • Pleasant Lane
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Pleasant Lane is located in Edgefield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Lane
  • Ninety Six
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Chappells
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Johnston
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Vaughanville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Vaughanville is located in Newberry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughanville
  • Bradley
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Greenwood
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Trenton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Troy
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Troy is located in Greenwood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 101 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <2>
  • McCormick
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Plum Branch
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Ridge Spring
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Silverstreet
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Cross Hill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Celestia ...

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 Celestia.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Celestia, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Celestia.

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 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 Celestia:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Celestia, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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- Celestia) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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.