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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 Cooper (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 Cooper. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Cooper is located in Williamsburg 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 Williamsburg County: Berkeley, Clarendon, Florence, Georgetown & Marion.

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

  • Williamsburg County     (The home county of Cooper)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cooper, with the one closest to Cooper listed first.
    • Snow Town
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Snow Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Town
      • Snow Town is located in Williamsburg County
    • Nesmith
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Indiantown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiantown
      • Indiantown is located in Williamsburg County
    • Rome
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rome have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
      • Rome is located in Williamsburg County
    • Stuckey
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stuckey have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuckey
      • Stuckey is located in Williamsburg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
    • Kingstree
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Salters
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Hemingway
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Lane
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
      • Lane is located in Williamsburg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lane <2>
    • Cades
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Greeleyville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Moore Crossroads
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Crossroads
      • Moore Crossroads is located in Williamsburg County
  • Berkeley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cooper, with the one closest to Cooper listed first.
    • Jamestown
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Alvin
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alvin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvin
      • Alvin is located in Berkeley County
    • Harris Town
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harris Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Town
      • Harris Town is located in Berkeley County
    • Saint Stephen
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Russellville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Judge Town
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Judge Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judge Town
      • Judge Town is located in Berkeley County
    • Pineville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Region Town ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Region Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Region Town
      • Region Town is located in Berkeley County
    • Bonneau
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Wrangle Town ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wrangle Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrangle Town
      • Wrangle Town is located in Berkeley County
    • Bethera
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Clarendon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cooper, with the one closest to Cooper listed first.
    • Union Crossroads
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Crossroads
      • Union Crossroads is located in Clarendon County
    • New Zion
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Florence County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cooper, with the one closest to Cooper listed first.
    • Johnsonville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Hannah
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannah
      • Hannah is located in Florence County
    • Wren Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wren Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wren Village
      • Wren Village is located in Florence County
    • Lake City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Scranton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Coward
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Pamplico
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Salem
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
      • Salem is located in Florence County
  • Georgetown County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cooper, with the one closest to Cooper listed first.
    • Andrews
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Willie Towne
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willie Towne have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willie Towne
      • Willie Towne is located in Georgetown County
    • Allentown
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allentown
      • Allentown is located in Georgetown County
    • Sampit
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sampit have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sampit
      • Sampit is located in Georgetown County
    • Carters Crossroads
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Crossroads
      • Carters Crossroads is located in Georgetown County
    • Campfield
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campfield
      • Campfield is located in Georgetown County
    • Georgetown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Steele Town
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Steele Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steele Town
      • Steele Town is located in Georgetown County
    • Jackson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
      • Jackson is located in Georgetown County
    • Pawleys Island
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Litchfield Beach
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Horry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cooper, with the one closest to Cooper listed first.
    • Bucksport
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bucksport have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucksport
      • Bucksport is located in Horry County
    • Brownway
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownway
      • Brownway is located in Horry County
  • Marion County

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

Newspapers Published in Cooper ...

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 13 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cooper.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cooper, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cooper.

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 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 Cooper:

Cemeteries Near Cooper ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cooper.

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

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

  • Bloomingvale Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bloomingvale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bloomingvale Cemetery
  • Elim Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Elim Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elim Cemetery
  • Bethlehem Holiness Church Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Spring Gully Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Spring Gully Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spring Gully Cemetery
  • Harmony Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Harmony Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harmony Cemetery
  • Piney Forest Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Wallace Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wallace Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wallace Cemetery
  • Cedar Swamp Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Cedar Swamp Methodist Church Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Brockington Memorial Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Brockington Memorial Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brockington Memorial Cemetery
  • Friendship Untied Methodist Church Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Mt. Lebanon Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (174 more) ...
    • Nesmith Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nesmith Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nesmith Cemetery
    • Bird Pond Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bird Pond Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bird Pond Cemetery
    • Black Mingo Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Black Mingo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Black Mingo Cemetery

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Cooper had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Bloomingvale
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bloomingvale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingvale
    • Bloomingvale is located in Williamsburg County
  • Morrisville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morrisville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
    • Morrisville is located in Williamsburg County
  • Earle
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Earle have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earle
    • Earle is located in Williamsburg County
  • Trio
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trio have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trio
    • Trio is located in Williamsburg County
  • Rhems
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rhems have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhems
    • Rhems is located in Georgetown County
  • Fowler
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fowler have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
    • Fowler is located in Williamsburg County
  • Bethel
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bethel have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
    • Bethel is located in Georgetown County
  • Rome
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rome have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
    • Rome is located in Williamsburg County
  • Indiantown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiantown
    • Indiantown is located in Williamsburg County
  • Choppee
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Choppee have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choppee
    • Choppee is located in Georgetown County
  • Suttons
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Suttons have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suttons
    • Suttons is located in Williamsburg County
  • Kingstree
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Salters Depot
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salters Depot have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salters Depot
      • Salters Depot is located in Williamsburg County
    • Salters
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Lane
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
      • Lane is located in Williamsburg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lane <2>

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

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

The official website for Williamsburg County: www.williamsburgsc.com/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cooper) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cooper. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5663, Longitude: -79.6101       In this case, the coordinates for Cooper have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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>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.
<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 Cooper, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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