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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 Charity (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 Charity. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.

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

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

  • Berkeley County     (The home county of Charity)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Charity, with the one closest to Charity listed first.
    • Wando
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Huger
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Cordesville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Tarry Town
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Tarry Town is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarry Town
    • Hanahan
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Goose Creek
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Mount Holly
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Mount Holly is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
    • Camelot Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Camelot Village is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
    • Bethera
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Caromi Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Caromi Village is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caromi Village
    • Wrangle Town ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Wrangle Town is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrangle Town
    • Highland Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Highland Village is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
    • Ladson
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Charleston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Charity, with the one closest to Charity listed first.
    • Mount Pleasant
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Otranto
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Otranto is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otranto
    • North Charleston
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Awendaw
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • The Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • The Village is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Village
    • Dorchester
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Dorchester is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
    • Grove Creek Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Grove Creek Village is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Creek Village
    • Pineland
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Pineland is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineland
    • Charleston
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Island-of-Palms
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Island-of-Palms is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island-of-Palms
    • Isle-of-Palms
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Old Town
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Old Town is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
    • Sullivan's Island
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Dorchester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Charity, with the one closest to Charity listed first.
    • Chandler Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Chandler Village is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler Village
    • Summerville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Brownsville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Brownsville is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
    • Flowertown Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Flowertown Village is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowertown Village
    • Ridgeville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Williamsburg County
    • Cedar Creek ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Cedar Creek is located in Williamsburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek

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

Cemeteries Near Charity ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Charity.

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

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

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

  • Grove Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Thomas Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Collins Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Nelliefield Creek Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • McDowell Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Wando Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Bonneau Ferry Plantation Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Fowler Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Pompion Hill Chapel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Richmond Plantation Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Slave Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Cypress Gardens Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (134 more) ...
    • Apple Old Field Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Quimby Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Silk Hope Plantation Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)

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

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

  • Wando
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Huger
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Mount Holly
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Mount Holly is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
  • Otranto
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Otranto is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otranto
  • Belvedere
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Belvedere is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvedere
  • Mount Pleasant
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Strawberry
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Strawberry is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
  • Bethera
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Charleston
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Ladson
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Moncks Corner
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Summerville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Macbeth
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Macbeth is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macbeth
    • James Island
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • James Island is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Island
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,226 people
    • Honey Hill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Honey Hill is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Hill

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

Newspapers Published in Charity ...

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 6 newspapers that have been published in the area around Charity.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Charity, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Charity.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Charity:

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 Charity, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Charity) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.