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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 Concord Crossroads (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 Concord Crossroads. 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 Concord Crossroads ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Concord Crossroads: Concord Xrds.

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 and 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.

Concord Crossroads is located in Allendale 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 Allendale County: Burke (GA), Screven (GA), Bamberg, Barnwell, Colleton & Hampton.

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

  • Allendale County     (The home county of Concord Crossroads)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Concord Crossroads, with the one closest to Concord Crossroads listed first.
    • Allendale
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Martin
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Fairfax
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Sycamore
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Ulmer
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Aiken County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Concord Crossroads, with the one closest to Concord Crossroads listed first.
    • Bush ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bush have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush
      • Bush is located in Aiken County
    • Hawthorne ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hawthorne have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorne
      • Hawthorne is located in Aiken County
    • Cowden
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cowden. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowden
      • Cowden is located in Aiken County
  • Bamberg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Concord Crossroads, with the one closest to Concord Crossroads listed first.
    • Olar
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olar
      • Olar is located in Bamberg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olar <1>
    • Govan
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Govan
      • Govan is located in Bamberg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
    • Ehrhardt
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Denmark
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Bamberg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Barnwell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Concord Crossroads, with the one closest to Concord Crossroads listed first.
    • Kline
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Hattieville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hattieville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattieville
      • Hattieville is located in Barnwell County
    • Barnwell
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Snelling
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snelling
      • Snelling is located in Barnwell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
    • Hilda
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Blackville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Elko
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elko
      • Elko is located in Barnwell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elko <1>
    • Reynold
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reynold have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynold
      • Reynold is located in Barnwell County
    • Williston
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Colleton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Concord Crossroads, with the one closest to Concord Crossroads listed first.
    • Ashton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
      • Ashton is located in Colleton County
    • Lodge
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Islandton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Hampton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Concord Crossroads, with the one closest to Concord Crossroads listed first.
    • Brunson
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Gifford
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Luray
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Pond Town
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pond Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Town
      • Pond Town is located in Hampton County
    • Estill
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Crocketville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Hampton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Miley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Varnville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Scotia
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Furman
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Garnett
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Burke County (GA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Concord Crossroads, with the one closest to Concord Crossroads listed first.
    • Girard
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard
      • Girard is located in Burke County (GA)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Girard <1>
    • Sardis
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis
      • Sardis is located in Burke County (GA)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 970 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sardis <1>
  • Screven County (GA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Concord Crossroads, with the one closest to Concord Crossroads listed first.
    • Millhaven
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millhaven
      • Millhaven is located in Screven County (GA)
    • Hilltonia
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hilltonia came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltonia
      • Hilltonia is located in Screven County (GA)
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 262 people
    • Hiltonia
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Sylvania
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvania
      • Sylvania is located in Screven County (GA)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,450 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sylvania <1>
    • Zeigler
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zeigler
      • Zeigler is located in Screven County (GA)
    • Captolo
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Captolo. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Captolo
      • Captolo is located in Screven County (GA)
    • Newington
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newington
      • Newington is located in Screven County (GA)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 264 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newington <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Concord Crossroads ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Concord Crossroads.

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

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

  • Concord Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Concord Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Concord Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Antioch Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Antioch Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Antioch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Brown Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brown Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Magdalene Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Magdalene Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Magdalene Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Folger Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Folger Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Folger Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Flowers Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Flowers Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Flowers Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Smart Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Smyrna Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smyrna Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smyrna Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Swallow Savannah Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Brown Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brown Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Garvin Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Garvin Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Garvin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Striker Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Striker Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Striker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (191 more) ...
    • Cohen Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cohen Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cohen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • New Home Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Home Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Home Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Bethel Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethel 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.<6>

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

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

  • Allendale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Fairfax
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Sycamore
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Millhaven
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millhaven
    • Millhaven is located in Screven County (GA)
  • Hattieville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hattieville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattieville
    • Hattieville is located in Barnwell County
  • Gifford
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Brunson
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Ulmer
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Peeples ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peeples have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peeples
    • Peeples is located in Hampton County
  • Dunbarton ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dunbarton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbarton
    • Dunbarton is located in Barnwell County
  • Luray
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Bascom
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bascom have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bascom
    • Bascom is located in Screven County (GA)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Snelling
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snelling
      • Snelling is located in Barnwell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
    • Girard
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard
      • Girard is located in Burke County (GA)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Girard <1>
    • Estill
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Concord Crossroads ...

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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Concord Crossroads.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Concord Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<7>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Concord Crossroads.

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 Concord Crossroads:

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

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>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<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 Concord Crossroads, 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 from Point A (ie- Concord Crossroads) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Concord Crossroads. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.9921, Longitude: -81.4221       In this case, the coordinates for Concord Crossroads have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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