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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Conneross. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Conneross to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Conneross, please Contact Us.
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 Conneross (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 Conneross. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Conneross is historic, it would have been located within present day Oconee 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 Oconee County: Franklin (GA), Habersham (GA), Hart (GA), Rabun (GA), Stephens (GA), Jackson (NC), Macon (NC), Transylvania (NC), Anderson & Pickens.
Below are the counties that are near Conneross. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Conneross:
- Oconee County (The home county of Conneross)
- The following are listed by their distance from Conneross, with the one closest to Conneross listed first.
- Walhalla
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- West Union
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Westminster
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Richland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Seneca
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Harbin ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harbin is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbin
- Utica
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Utica is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
- Oakway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Oakway is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakway
- Newry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Madison
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Madison is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
- Longcreek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Battle Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Battle Creek is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battle Creek
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Conneross, with the one closest to Conneross listed first.
- Townville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pendleton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- La France
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Leisure Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Leisure Village is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Village
- Price ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Price is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Sandy Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Andersonville ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Andersonville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Centerville Terrace Estates
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Northlake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Northlake is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northlake
- Anderson Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Anderson Village is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Village
- Holland Store
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Pickens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Conneross, with the one closest to Conneross listed first.
- Clemson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Isaqueena Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Isaqueena Village is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isaqueena Village
- Six Mile
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Central
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Norris
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Nine Times
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Nine Times is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nine Times
- Liberty
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Crow Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Crow Creek is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Creek
- Pickens
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Sunset
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Arial
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Arial is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arial
- Easley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Franklin County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Conneross, with the one closest to Conneross listed first.
- Gumlog
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Gumlog is located in Franklin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gumlog
- Lavonia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Parhams
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Parhams is located in Franklin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parhams
- Aquilla ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Aquilla is located in Franklin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Canon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Carnesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Plainview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Plainview is located in Franklin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Franklin Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Royston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Habersham County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Conneross, with the one closest to Conneross listed first.
- Tugaloo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Tugaloo is located in Habersham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tugaloo
- Turnerville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Clarkesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hills is located in Habersham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills
- Mount Airy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Demorest
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Cornelia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Baldwin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hart County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Conneross, with the one closest to Conneross listed first.
- Maretts
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Maretts is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maretts
- Crawfords Ferry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Crawfords Ferry is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawfords Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 473 people
- Reed Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Reed Creek is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Creek
- Bowersville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Cooleys Ferry
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Flat Shoals
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Flat Shoals is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
- Hartwell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Dooleys Ferry
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Rabun County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Conneross, with the one closest to Conneross listed first.
- Antioch
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Antioch is located in Rabun County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Tallulah Falls
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lakemont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Wiley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Clayton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tiger
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sky Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Dillard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Germany
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Germany is located in Rabun County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germany
- Stephens County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Conneross, with the one closest to Conneross listed first.
- Jarrett
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jarrett is located in Stephens County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarrett
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,974 people
- Martin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Avalon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Avalon is located in Stephens County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 226 people
- Eastanollee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Toccoa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Toccoa Falls
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Carnes Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Carnes Creek is located in Stephens County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnes Creek
- Estimated population in 2019: 601 people
- Jackson County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Conneross, with the one closest to Conneross listed first.
- Highlands
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Cashiers
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Macon County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Conneross, with the one closest to Conneross listed first.
- Scaly Mountain
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lickskillet
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lickskillet is located in Macon County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Orlando
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Orlando is located in Macon County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orlando
- Otto
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Transylvania County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Conneross, with the one closest to Conneross listed first.
- Sapphire
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lake Toxaway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Toxaway Falls ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Toxaway Falls is located in Transylvania County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toxaway Falls
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Conneross, see our County-by-County Page for Conneross.
Cemeteries Near Conneross ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Conneross.
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 Conneross - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Conneross covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Conneross, with the one closest to Conneross listed first.
- Coneross Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Richland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Poplar Springs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Flat Rock Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rock Springs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oponee Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Oconee Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Piney Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Westview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- First Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Evergreen Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (415 more) ...
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rocky Knoll Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Crossroad 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.
While we didn't find Conneross in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Conneross.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Conneross, with the one closest to Conneross listed first.
- Westminster
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Richland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Union
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Walhalla
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Retreat
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Retreat is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat
- Seneca
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Harbin ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harbin is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbin
- Oakway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Oakway is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakway
- Whetstone
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Whetstone is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whetstone
- Longcreek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mountain Rest
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Battle Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Battle Creek is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battle Creek
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Calhoun
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Calhoun is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun
- Salem
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fair Play
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Conneross. See our List of 1890's Communities around Conneross.
Newspapers Published in Conneross ...
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 12 newspapers that have been published in the area around Conneross.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Conneross, there are papers which were published within 6 miles [9.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Conneross.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Conneross:
- Websites specific to South Carolina
- Pages specific to Oconee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Pickens County
- Franklin County
- Habersham County
- Hart County
- Rabun County
- Stephens County
- Jackson County
- Macon County
- Transylvania County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for South Carolina
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Conneross, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Conneross) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |