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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 Chicora (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 Chicora. 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 doctors and 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.

Chicora 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 Chicora. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Chicora:

  • Berkeley County     (The home county of Chicora)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chicora, with the one closest to Chicora listed first.
    • Cross
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Pinopolis
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Moncks Corner
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Bonneau
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Eadytown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Eadytown is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eadytown
    • Russellville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Pineville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Judge Town
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Judge Town is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judge Town
    • Washington Town
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Washington Town is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Town
    • Sandridge
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Sandridge is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandridge
    • Region Town ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Region Town is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Region Town
    • Harris Town
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Harris Town is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Town
  • Charleston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chicora, with the one closest to Chicora listed first.
    • Lincolnville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Lincolnville is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,624 people
    • Otranto
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Otranto is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otranto
    • North Charleston
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Dorchester
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Dorchester is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
  • Clarendon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chicora, with the one closest to Chicora listed first.
    • Shad Moss village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Shad Moss village is located in Clarendon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shad Moss village
    • Davis Station
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Jordan
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Jordan is located in Clarendon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
    • Summerton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Manning
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Dorchester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chicora, with the one closest to Chicora listed first.
    • Summerville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Ridgeville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Brownsville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Brownsville is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
    • Dorchester
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Flowertown Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Flowertown Village is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowertown Village
    • Harleyville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Chandler Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Chandler Village is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler Village
    • Saint George
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Grover
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Orangeburg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chicora, with the one closest to Chicora listed first.
    • Ferguson ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Ferguson is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson
    • Eutawville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Green Town
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Green Town is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Town
    • Possum Town
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Possum Town is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Town
    • Holly Hill
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Vance
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Vance is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vance <1>
    • Wells
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Wells is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
    • Santee
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Parler
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Parler is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parler
  • Williamsburg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chicora, with the one closest to Chicora listed first.
    • Greeleyville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Lane
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Lane is located in Williamsburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lane <1>
    • Cedar Creek ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Cedar Creek is located in Williamsburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
    • Salters
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Chicora ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Chicora.

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

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

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

  • Mt. Olivet Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Friendship Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Trinity Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Berkeley Memorial Gardens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Johns Baptist Churchyard
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Appii Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Graham Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Thornley Memorial Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Grooms Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Jackson Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (208 more) ...
    • Westview Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Black Oak Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Wassamassaw Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)

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

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

  • Moncks Corner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Macbeth
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Macbeth is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macbeth
  • Long Ridge
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Long Ridge is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Ridge
  • Bonneau
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Eadytown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Eadytown is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eadytown
  • Strawberry
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Strawberry is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
  • Sandridge
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Sandridge is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandridge
  • Saint Stephen
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Ridgeville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Summerville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Mount Holly
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Mount Holly is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
  • Connors ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Connors is located in Orangeburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connors
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Alvin
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Alvin is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvin
    • Holly Hill
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Harleyville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Chicora ...

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 Chicora.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Chicora, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Chicora.

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 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 Chicora:

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>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- Chicora) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<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 Chicora, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.