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Introduction ...

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

We've added Chapel Hill to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Chapel Hill, 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 Chapel 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 Chapel 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Chapel Hill is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Chapel Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Chapel Hill:

  • Berkeley County     (The home county of Chapel Hill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chapel Hill, with the one closest to Chapel Hill listed first.
    • Cross
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Eadytown
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Eadytown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eadytown
      • Eadytown is located in Berkeley County
    • Judge Town
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Judge Town have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judge Town
      • Judge Town is located in Berkeley County
    • Pineville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Region Town ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Region Town have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Region Town
      • Region Town is located in Berkeley County
    • Russellville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Bonneau
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Pinopolis
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Saint Stephen
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Moncks Corner
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Harris Town
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harris Town have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Town
      • Harris Town is located in Berkeley County
    • Sandridge
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • 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
  • Charleston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chapel Hill, with the one closest to Chapel Hill listed first.
    • Lincolnville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
      • Lincolnville is located in Charleston County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,624 people
    • Otranto
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • 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
  • Clarendon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chapel Hill, with the one closest to Chapel Hill listed first.
    • Shad Moss village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shad Moss village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shad Moss village
      • Shad Moss village is located in Clarendon County
    • Jordan
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jordan. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
      • Jordan is located in Clarendon County
    • Davis Station
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Summerton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Manning
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Silver
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver
      • Silver is located in Clarendon County
    • Panola
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Panola. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola
      • Panola is located in Clarendon County
    • Alcolu
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Paxville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Dorchester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chapel Hill, with the one closest to Chapel Hill listed first.
    • Dorchester
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Harleyville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Ridgeville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Brownsville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
      • Brownsville is located in Dorchester County
    • Summerville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Chandler Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chandler Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler Village
      • Chandler Village is located in Dorchester County
    • Flowertown Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flowertown Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowertown Village
      • Flowertown Village is located in Dorchester County
    • Saint George
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Orangeburg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chapel Hill, with the one closest to Chapel Hill listed first.
    • Ferguson ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson
      • Ferguson is located in Orangeburg County
    • Possum Town
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Possum Town have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Town
      • Possum Town is located in Orangeburg County
    • Eutawville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Green Town
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Town have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Town
      • Green Town is located in Orangeburg County
    • Holly Hill
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Vance
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance
      • Vance is located in Orangeburg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vance <2>
    • Wells
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
      • Wells is located in Orangeburg County
    • Santee
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Parler
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parler
      • Parler is located in Orangeburg County
    • Elloree
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Williamsburg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chapel Hill, with the one closest to Chapel Hill listed first.
    • Greeleyville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Lane
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • 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
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Kingstree
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Chapel Hill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Chapel 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.

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 Chapel Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Friendship Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Friendship Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Friendship Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Zion Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zion Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mt. Olivet Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Olivet Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Olivet Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jefferson Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jefferson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jefferson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mexico Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mexico Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mexico Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Black Oak Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Black Oak Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Black Oak Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Rocks Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Mt. Pleasant Plantation Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Pleasant Plantation Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Pleasant Plantation Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Grooms Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grooms Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grooms Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Thomas Walter Grave
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thomas Walter Grave
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Thomas Walter Grave have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bluefield Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bluefield Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bluefield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mahan Plantation Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mahan Plantation Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mahan Plantation Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (203 more) ...
    • Bluford Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bluford Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bluford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Belle Isle Plantation Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Belle Isle Plantation Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Belle Isle Plantation Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Site of Francis Marion Tomb
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Site of Francis Marion Tomb
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Site of Francis Marion Tomb have been provided by the GNIS.<4> 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.

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

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

  • Eadytown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Eadytown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eadytown
    • Eadytown is located in Berkeley County
  • Macbeth
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Macbeth have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macbeth
    • Macbeth is located in Berkeley County
  • Bonneau
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Moncks Corner
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Saint Stephen
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Sandridge
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • 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
  • Long Ridge
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Ridge
    • Long Ridge is located in Berkeley County
  • Connors ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Connors have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connors
    • Connors is located in Orangeburg County
  • Alvin
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • 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
  • Greeleyville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Holly Hill
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Jordan
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jordan. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
    • Jordan is located in Clarendon County
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Strawberry
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strawberry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
      • Strawberry is located in Berkeley County
    • Lane
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • 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>
    • Davis Station
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Chapel 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 4 newspapers that have been published in the area around Chapel Hill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Chapel Hill, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Chapel Hill.

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 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 Chapel Hill:

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

The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/

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 Chapel Hill, 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>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 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.
<5>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- Chapel Hill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Chapel Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.3466, Longitude: -80.1095       In this case, the coordinates for Chapel Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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