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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 Clear Pond (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 Clear Pond. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

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 south 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.

Clear Pond is located in Bamberg 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 Bamberg County: Allendale, Barnwell, Colleton, Hampton & Orangeburg.

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

  • Bamberg County     (The home county of Clear Pond)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clear Pond, with the one closest to Clear Pond listed first.
    • Ehrhardt
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Bamberg
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Govan
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Govan is located in Bamberg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Govan
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
    • Olar
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Olar is located in Bamberg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olar
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olar <1>
    • Denmark
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Aiken County
    • Salley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Allendale County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clear Pond, with the one closest to Clear Pond listed first.
    • Ulmer
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Sycamore
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Fairfax
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Allendale
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Martin
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Barnwell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clear Pond, with the one closest to Clear Pond listed first.
    • Hilda
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Blackville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Kline
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Barnwell
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Reynold
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Reynold is located in Barnwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynold
    • Whaley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Whaley is located in Barnwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaley
    • Elko
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Elko is located in Barnwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elko
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elko <1>
    • Snelling
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Snelling is located in Barnwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snelling
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
    • Williston
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Colleton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clear Pond, with the one closest to Clear Pond listed first.
    • Lodge
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Ashton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Ashton is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
    • Smoaks
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Johnsville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Johnsville is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsville
    • Williams
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Ruffin
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Islandton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Sniders Crossroads
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Sniders Crossroads is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sniders Crossroads
    • Canadys
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Walterboro
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Sidney
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Sidney is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
  • Dorchester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clear Pond, with the one closest to Clear Pond listed first.
    • Reevesville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Grover
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Saint George
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Hampton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clear Pond, with the one closest to Clear Pond listed first.
    • Miley
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Crocketville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Pond Town
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Pond Town is located in Hampton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Town
    • Brunson
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Hampton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Varnville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Gifford
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Luray
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Early Branch
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Orangeburg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Clear Pond, with the one closest to Clear Pond listed first.
    • Branchville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Cope
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Cope is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cope
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cope <1>
    • Sixty Six
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Sixty Six is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixty Six
    • Rowesville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Cordova
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Bolen Town
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Bolen Town is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolen Town
    • Norway
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Edisto
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Edisto is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edisto
    • Bowman
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Orangeburg
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Boiling Spring ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Boiling Spring is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Spring
    • Neeses
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Brookdale
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Brookdale is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookdale

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

Cemeteries Near Clear Pond ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Clear Pond.

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 Clear Pond - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Folk Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Colston Branch Baptist Church Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Mitchell Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • McMillian Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • McMillian Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • South End Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South End Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the South End Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Bamberg.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1438311 <3>
  • Kearse Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Bethany Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Prospect Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Kearse - Barbham Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Ehrhardt Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Carter Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (248 more) ...
    • Log Bridge Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Breland Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Divers Pond Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)

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

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

  • Bamberg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Govan
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Govan is located in Bamberg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Govan
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
  • Denmark
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Ulmer
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Ashton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Ashton is located in Colleton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
  • Branchville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Sixty Six
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Sixty Six is located in Orangeburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixty Six
  • Sycamore
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Miley
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Fifty Eight ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Fifty Eight is located in Orangeburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fifty Eight
  • Rowesville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Crocketville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Blackville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Ashleigh
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Ashleigh is located in Barnwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashleigh
    • Fairfax
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Clear Pond ...

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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Clear Pond.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Clear Pond, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Clear Pond.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Clear Pond:

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Clear Pond) 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 Clear Pond, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.