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 Coles Ferry (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 Coles Ferry. 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 Coles Ferry ...
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.
While the name of this community is Coles Ferry, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Coles Ferry may originally have been Cole's Ferry.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Coles Ferry might be written as Cole Ferry.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Coles Ferry. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Coles Ferry.
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 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.
Coles Ferry is located in Anderson 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 Anderson County: Elbert (GA), Hart (GA), Abbeville, Greenville, Laurens, Oconee & Pickens.
Below are the counties that are near Coles Ferry. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Coles Ferry:
- Anderson County (The home county of Coles Ferry)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coles Ferry, with the one closest to Coles Ferry listed first.
- Price ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Price is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Andersonville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Andersonville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Townville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Leisure Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Leisure Village is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Village
- Holland Store
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Holland Store is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Store
- Holland Store has also been known as:
- Hollands
- Centerville Terrace Estates
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Centerville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Centerville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- La France
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pendleton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Deans
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Deans is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans
- Homeland Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Homeland Park is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland Park
- Northlake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Northlake is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northlake
- Abbeville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coles Ferry, with the one closest to Coles Ferry listed first.
- Lake Secession
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Secession is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Secession
- Lowndesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Antreville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Antreville is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antreville
- Level Land
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Level Land is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Land
- Oconee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coles Ferry, with the one closest to Coles Ferry listed first.
- Fair Play
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Oakway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Oakway is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakway
- Richland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Utica
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Utica is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
- Seneca
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Westminster
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Harbin ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Harbin is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbin
- Madison
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Madison is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
- Newry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- West Union
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Walhalla
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Battle Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Battle Creek is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battle Creek
- Longcreek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pickens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coles Ferry, with the one closest to Coles Ferry listed first.
- Clemson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Isaqueena Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Isaqueena Village is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isaqueena Village
- Central
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Norris
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Six Mile
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Liberty
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Nine Times
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Nine Times is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nine Times
- Elbert County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coles Ferry, with the one closest to Coles Ferry listed first.
- Bowman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Centerville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Centerville is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Harper
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Harper is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Dewy Rose
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Harmony
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Harmony is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Goss
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Goss is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss
- Edinburg ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Edinburg is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,396 people
- Bowman Ferry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bowman Ferry is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 808 people
- Elberton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Silk Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Silk Mills is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silk Mills
- Estimated population in 2019: 277 people
- Franklin County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coles Ferry, with the one closest to Coles Ferry listed first.
- Gumlog
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Gumlog is located in Franklin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gumlog
- Lavonia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Canon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Royston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Parhams
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Parhams is located in Franklin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parhams
- Aquilla ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Aquilla is located in Franklin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Carnesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cromers
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cromers is located in Franklin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromers
- Population from the 2010 Census: 639 people
- Plainview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Plainview is located in Franklin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Habersham County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coles Ferry, with the one closest to Coles Ferry listed first.
- Tugaloo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tugaloo is located in Habersham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tugaloo
- Turnerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Airy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hart County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coles Ferry, with the one closest to Coles Ferry listed first.
- Maretts
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Maretts is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maretts
- Reed Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Reed Creek is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Creek
- Crawfords Ferry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Crawfords Ferry is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawfords Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 473 people
- Flat Shoals
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Flat Shoals is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
- Cooleys Ferry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cooleys Ferry is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooleys Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 529 people
- Hartwell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bowersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dooleys Ferry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dooleys Ferry is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooleys Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 136 people
- Madison County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coles Ferry, with the one closest to Coles Ferry listed first.
- Harrison
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Harrison is located in Madison County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Estimated population in 2019: 442 people
- Madison Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Madison Springs is located in Madison County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Springs
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,210 people
- Former name for Madison Springs:
- Alexanderville
- Shiloh
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Shiloh is located in Madison County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Dalton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dalton is located in Madison County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Estimated population in 2019: 33,665 people
- Danielsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ila
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ila is located in Madison County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ila
- Population from the 2020 Census: 359 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ila <2>
- Carlton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Comer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Comer is located in Madison County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,302 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Comer <2>
- Rabun County (GA)
- Tallulah Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stephens County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coles Ferry, with the one closest to Coles Ferry listed first.
- Martin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Avalon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Avalon is located in Stephens County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 226 people
- Eastanollee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Jarrett
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jarrett is located in Stephens County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarrett
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,974 people
- Carnes Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Carnes Creek is located in Stephens County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnes Creek
- Estimated population in 2019: 601 people
- Toccoa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Toccoa Falls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Coles Ferry, see our County-by-County Page for Coles Ferry.
Cemeteries Near Coles Ferry ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Coles Ferry.
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 Coles Ferry - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Coles Ferry covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Coles Ferry, with the one closest to Coles Ferry listed first.
- Maret Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Springs Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Springs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Robertson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertson Cemetery
- The Robertson Cemetery has also been known as:
- Carnes Family Cemetery
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Snowhill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Beaverdam Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Shoal Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Byrum Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fair Play Christian Fellowship Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- New Harmony Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (432 more) ...
- Reed Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kesse Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- New Light Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
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 Coles Ferry in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Coles Ferry.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Coles Ferry, with the one closest to Coles Ferry listed first.
- Fair Play
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Shoal Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shoal Creek is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek
- Reed Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Reed Creek is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Creek
- Lavonia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Andersonville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Andersonville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Townville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oakway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Oakway is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakway
- Bowersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hartwell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Oak Bower ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Bower is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Bower
- Retreat
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Retreat is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat
- Holland Store
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Holland Store is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Store
- Holland Store has also been known as:
- Hollands
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Martin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Eagle Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Eagle Grove is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Grove
- Richland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Coles Ferry. See our List of 1890's Communities around Coles Ferry.
Newspapers Published in Coles Ferry ...
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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around Coles Ferry.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Coles Ferry, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Coles Ferry.
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 Coles Ferry:
- Websites specific to South Carolina
- Pages specific to Anderson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Abbeville County
- Oconee County
- Pickens County
- Elbert County
- Franklin County
- Habersham County
- Hart County
- Madison County
- Rabun County
- Stephens County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for South Carolina
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> | 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 Coles Ferry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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- Coles Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |