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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 Coats Crossroad (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 Coats Crossroad. 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.

Name Variations for Coats Crossroad ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

  • A typical abbreviation for Coats Crossroad: Coats Xrd.
  • While the name of this community is Coats Crossroad, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Coats Crossroad may originally have been Coat's Crossroad.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Coats Crossroad might be written as Coat Crossroad.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 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.

Coats Crossroad is located in Kershaw 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 Kershaw County: Chesterfield, Darlington, Fairfield, Lancaster, Lee, Richland & Sumter.

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

  • Kershaw County     (The home county of Coats Crossroad)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coats Crossroad, with the one closest to Coats Crossroad listed first.
    • Kershaw
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Westville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Liberty Hill
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Shepard
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Shepard. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepard
      • Shepard is located in Kershaw County
    • Lafayette Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lafayette Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette Village
      • Lafayette Village is located in Kershaw County
    • Cassatt
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Pine Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Village
      • Pine Village is located in Kershaw County
    • Bethune
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Log Town ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Log Town have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Town
      • Log Town is located in Kershaw County
    • Camden
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Lugoff
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Spring Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Village
      • Spring Village is located in Kershaw County
  • Chester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coats Crossroad, with the one closest to Coats Crossroad listed first.
    • Great Falls
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Fort Lawn
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Richburg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Lando
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Edgemoor
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Blackstock
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Chesterfield County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coats Crossroad, with the one closest to Coats Crossroad listed first.
    • Jefferson
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • White Plains
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
      • White Plains is located in Chesterfield County
    • Angelus
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelus
      • Angelus is located in Chesterfield County
    • McBee
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBee
      • McBee is located in Chesterfield County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 838 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McBee <2>
    • Pageland
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Mount Croghan
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Ruby
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
      • Ruby is located in Chesterfield County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ruby <2>
  • Darlington County
    • Pine Ridge
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
      • Pine Ridge is located in Darlington County
  • Fairfield County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coats Crossroad, with the one closest to Coats Crossroad listed first.
    • Mitford
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitford
      • Mitford is located in Fairfield County
    • Ridgeway
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Smallwood
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smallwood
      • Smallwood is located in Fairfield County
    • White Oak
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Winnsboro Mills
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winnsboro Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnsboro Mills
      • Winnsboro Mills is located in Fairfield County
    • Winnsboro
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Adger
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Adger. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adger
      • Adger is located in Fairfield County
    • Woodward
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Woodward. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodward
      • Woodward is located in Fairfield County
  • Lancaster County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coats Crossroad, with the one closest to Coats Crossroad listed first.
    • Oakhurst
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Oakhurst. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhurst
      • Oakhurst is located in Lancaster County
    • Heath Springs
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Pleasant Hill
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
      • Pleasant Hill is located in Lancaster County
    • Primus
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primus
      • Primus is located in Lancaster County
    • Elgin
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
      • Elgin is located in Lancaster County
    • Union
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
      • Union is located in Lancaster County
    • Bell Town
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bell Town have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Town
      • Bell Town is located in Lancaster County
    • Irwin
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Irwin have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
      • Irwin is located in Lancaster County
    • Lancaster Mill
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lancaster Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster Mill
      • Lancaster Mill is located in Lancaster County
    • Lancaster
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Camp Creek
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Creek
      • Camp Creek is located in Lancaster County
    • Caskey
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Caskey. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caskey
      • Caskey is located in Lancaster County
  • Lee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coats Crossroad, with the one closest to Coats Crossroad listed first.
    • Bishopville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Manville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manville
      • Manville is located in Lee County
  • Richland County
    • Blythewood
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Sumter County
  • York County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coats Crossroad, with the one closest to Coats Crossroad listed first.
    • Catawba
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Roddey
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddey
      • Roddey is located in York County
      • Roddey has also been known as:
      • Coates Tavern
  • Union County (NC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coats Crossroad, with the one closest to Coats Crossroad listed first.
    • Jackson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jackson have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
      • Jackson is located in Union County (NC)
    • Trinity
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trinity have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
      • Trinity is located in Union County (NC)
    • Jaars
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jaars have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaars
      • Jaars is located in Union County (NC)
    • Altan
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altan
      • Altan is located in Union County (NC)
    • Waxhaw
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waxhaw
      • Waxhaw is located in Union County (NC)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,987 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waxhaw <2>
    • Mineral Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mineral Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
      • Mineral Springs is located in Union County (NC)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,171 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mineral Springs <2>
    • Allens Crossroads
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Crossroads
      • Allens Crossroads is located in Union County (NC)

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

Cemeteries Near Coats Crossroad ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Coats Crossroad.

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 Coats Crossroad covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Beaver Creek Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beaver Creek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Beaver Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hanging Rock Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hanging Rock Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hanging Rock Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • First Calvary Baptist Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the First Calvary Baptist Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the First Calvary Baptist Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2413895 <5>
  • Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Rock Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rock Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rock Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Beaver Creek Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beaver Creek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Beaver Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Center Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Laurel Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Hammond Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hammond Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hammond Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mobley Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mobley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mobley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Beaver Creek Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beaver Creek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Beaver Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (167 more) ...
    • Abney Baptist Church Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Duncan Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Duncan Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Duncan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Rock Hill Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rock Hill Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rock Hill Cemetery 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.<6>

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

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

  • Flat Rock
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flat Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
    • Flat Rock is located in Kershaw County
  • Westville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Kershaw
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Oakhurst
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Oakhurst. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhurst
    • Oakhurst is located in Lancaster County
  • Pleasant Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Lancaster County
  • Liberty Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Dekalb
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dekalb have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dekalb
    • Dekalb is located in Kershaw County
  • Primus
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primus
    • Primus is located in Lancaster County
  • Cantey
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cantey have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantey
    • Cantey is located in Kershaw County
  • Taxahaw
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Taxahaw have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taxahaw
    • Taxahaw is located in Lancaster County
  • Longtown
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Longtown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
    • Longtown is located in Fairfield County
  • Catarrh
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Catarrh have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catarrh
    • Catarrh is located in Chesterfield County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Jefferson
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Camden
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • White Plains
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
      • White Plains is located in Chesterfield County

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

Newspapers Published in Coats Crossroad ...

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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Coats Crossroad.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Coats Crossroad, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<7>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Coats Crossroad.

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 Coats Crossroad:

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<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>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.
<6>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 Coats Crossroad, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<7>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Coats Crossroad) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Coats Crossroad. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5085, Longitude: -80.6365       In this case, the coordinates for Coats Crossroad have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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