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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 Chaparral Ranches (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 Chaparral Ranches. 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.

Chaparral Ranches is located in Berkeley 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 Berkeley County: Charleston, Dorchester, Georgetown, Orangeburg & Williamsburg.

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

  • Berkeley County     (The home county of Chaparral Ranches)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chaparral Ranches, with the one closest to Chaparral Ranches listed first.
    • Highland Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
      • Highland Village is located in Berkeley County
    • Mount Holly
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Holly have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
      • Mount Holly is located in Berkeley County
    • Washington Town
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Washington Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Town
      • Washington Town is located in Berkeley County
    • Tarry Town
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tarry Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarry Town
      • Tarry Town is located in Berkeley County
    • Caromi Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Caromi Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caromi Village
      • Caromi Village is located in Berkeley County
    • Ladson
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Camelot Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camelot Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
      • Camelot Village is located in Berkeley County
    • Goose Creek
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Moncks Corner
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Pinopolis
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Hanahan
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Cordesville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Charleston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chaparral Ranches, with the one closest to Chaparral Ranches listed first.
    • Lincolnville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
      • Lincolnville is located in Charleston County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,624 people
    • Otranto
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Otranto. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otranto
      • Otranto is located in Charleston County
    • North Charleston
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Dorchester
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
      • Dorchester is located in Charleston County
    • Essex Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Essex Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Village
      • Essex Village is located in Charleston County
    • Grove Creek Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grove Creek Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Creek Village
      • Grove Creek Village is located in Charleston County
    • Old Town
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
      • Old Town is located in Charleston County
    • Charles Towne Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Charles Towne Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charles Towne Village
      • Charles Towne Village is located in Charleston County
    • Charleston
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Ravenel
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Mount Pleasant
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Johns Island
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Colleton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chaparral Ranches, with the one closest to Chaparral Ranches listed first.
    • Cottageville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Round O
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Sidney
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sidney. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
      • Sidney is located in Colleton County
    • Jacksonboro
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Drigger Crossroads
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drigger Crossroads
      • Drigger Crossroads is located in Colleton County
    • Canadys
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Dorchester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chaparral Ranches, with the one closest to Chaparral Ranches listed first.
    • Summerville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Chandler Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chandler Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler Village
      • Chandler Village is located in Dorchester County
    • Brownsville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
      • Brownsville is located in Dorchester County
    • Flowertown Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flowertown Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowertown Village
      • Flowertown Village is located in Dorchester County
    • Ridgeville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Dorchester
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Harleyville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Grover
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Saint George
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Orangeburg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chaparral Ranches, with the one closest to Chaparral Ranches listed first.
    • Holly Hill
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Possum Town
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Possum Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Town
      • Possum Town is located in Orangeburg County
    • Eutawville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Ferguson ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson
      • Ferguson is located in Orangeburg County
    • Green Town
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Town
      • Green Town is located in Orangeburg County
    • Wells
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
      • Wells is located in Orangeburg County

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

Cemeteries Near Chaparral Ranches ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Chaparral Ranches.

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 Chaparral Ranches covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Williams Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Williams Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Williams Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Plantation Gardens Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Plantation Gardens Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Plantation Gardens Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Salem Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Salem Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Salem Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ridge Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ridge Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Smyrna Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smyrna Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smyrna Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Groomsville Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Groomsville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Groomsville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pear Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pear Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pear Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Huff Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Huff Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Huff Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • The Droze Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • The Droze Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Droze Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for The Droze Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Whispering Pines Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Whispering Pines Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Whispering Pines Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Goose Creek Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Goose Creek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Goose Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (214 more) ...
    • Cherry Hill Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cherry Hill Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cherry Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Ebenezer Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ebenezer Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ebenezer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Holy Family Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Family Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Family 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.<4>

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

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

  • Strawberry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strawberry have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
    • Strawberry is located in Berkeley County
  • Mount Holly
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Holly have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
    • Mount Holly is located in Berkeley County
  • Summerville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Long Ridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Ridge
    • Long Ridge is located in Berkeley County
  • Ladson
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Otranto
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Otranto. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otranto
    • Otranto is located in Charleston County
  • Moncks Corner
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Belvedere
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belvedere have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvedere
    • Belvedere is located in Berkeley County
  • Ridgeville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Macbeth
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Macbeth have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macbeth
    • Macbeth is located in Berkeley County
  • Huger
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Bonneau
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Sandridge
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sandridge. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandridge
      • Sandridge is located in Berkeley County
    • Wando
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Bethera
      (19 miles [30.6 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 Chaparral Ranches. See our List of 1890's Communities around Chaparral Ranches.

Newspapers Published in Chaparral Ranches ...

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 11 newspapers that have been published in the area around Chaparral Ranches.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Chaparral Ranches, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Chaparral Ranches.

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 Chaparral Ranches:

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

The official website for Berkeley County: www.co.berkeley.sc.us/

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>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 Chaparral Ranches, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Chaparral Ranches) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Chaparral Ranches. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.0813, Longitude: -80.0959       In this case, the coordinates for Chaparral Ranches have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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