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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 Colerain (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 Colerain. 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 hospitals 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.

Colerain is located in Union 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 Union County: Cherokee, Chester, Fairfield, Laurens, Newberry, Spartanburg & York.

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

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

Cemeteries Near Colerain ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Colerain.

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

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

  • Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Lawson Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lawson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lawson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Putnam Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Putnam Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Putnam Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bogansville Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bogansville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bogansville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Grace Chapel Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grace Chapel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grace Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Wallace Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wallace Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wallace Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • West Springs Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Springs Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Blackstock Road Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blackstock Road Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Blackstock Road Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Holcombe Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holcombe Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holcombe Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lower Fairforest Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lower Fairforest Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lower Fairforest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Gibbs Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gibbs Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gibbs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Frye - Smith - Whiteside Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Frye - Smith - Whiteside Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Frye - Smith - Whiteside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (371 more) ...
    • Mayhew Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mayhew Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mayhew Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Belmont Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Belmont Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Belmont Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Spring Hill Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spring Hill Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Spring Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Colerain had a population of 18 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Dutchman
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dutchman have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchman
    • Dutchman is located in Spartanburg County
  • West Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Springs
    • West Springs is located in Union County
  • Evinsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evinsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evinsville
    • Evinsville is located in Spartanburg County
  • Cross Anchor
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Cross Keys
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cross Keys have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
    • Cross Keys is located in Union County
  • Glenn Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glenn Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn Springs
    • Glenn Springs is located in Spartanburg County
  • Hobbyville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hobbyville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbyville
    • Hobbyville is located in Spartanburg County
  • Walnut Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
    • Walnut Grove is located in Spartanburg County
  • Sedalia
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sedalia. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
    • Sedalia is located in Union County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Sedalia
    • From Colerain to Sedalia
  • Union
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Bonham
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bonham. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonham
    • Bonham is located in Union County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Bonham
    • From Colerain to Bonham
  • Hillsville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hillsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsville
    • Hillsville is located in Spartanburg County
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Colerain ...

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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Colerain.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Colerain, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Colerain.

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 helpful 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 Colerain:

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

The official website for Union County: www.countyofunion.com/

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

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>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.
<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 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.
<5>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 Colerain, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Colerain) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Colerain. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7240, Longitude: -81.7977       In this case, the coordinates for Colerain have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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