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 Crafts 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 Crafts 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.
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 doctors and 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.
Crafts 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 Crafts Ferry. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Crafts Ferry:
- Anderson County (The home county of Crafts Ferry)
- The following are listed by their distance from Crafts Ferry, with the one closest to Crafts Ferry listed first.
- Iva
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Iva is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iva
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,341 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iva <1>
- Starr
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Holland Store
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Holland Store is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Store
- Holland Store has also been known as:
- Hollands
- Deans
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Deans is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans
- Andersonville ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Andersonville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Homeland Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Homeland Park is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland Park
- Price ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Price is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Anderson
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Caldwell Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Caldwell Village is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caldwell Village
- Centerville Terrace Estates
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Centerville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Centerville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Anderson Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Anderson Village is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Village
- Leisure Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Leisure Village is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Village
- Abbeville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crafts Ferry, with the one closest to Crafts Ferry listed first.
- Lowndesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Secession
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lake Secession is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Secession
- Latimer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Latimer is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimer
- Antreville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Antreville is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antreville
- Monterey ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Monterey is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Calhoun Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Level Land
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Level Land is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Land
- Abbeville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Due West
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Donalds
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Honea Path
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cana ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Cana is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cana
- Ware Shoals
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Greenwood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crafts Ferry, with the one closest to Crafts Ferry listed first.
- Hodges
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Promised Land
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Promised Land is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promised Land
- Verdery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Verdery is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdery
- Cokesbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cokesbury is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury
- McCormick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crafts Ferry, with the one closest to Crafts Ferry listed first.
- Mount Carmel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Willington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Willington is located in McCormick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willington
- Oconee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crafts Ferry, with the one closest to Crafts Ferry listed first.
- Fair Play
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oakway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oakway is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakway
- Pickens County
- Clemson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Elbert County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Crafts Ferry, with the one closest to Crafts Ferry listed first.
- Bowman Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bowman Ferry is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 808 people
- Edinburg ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Edinburg is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,396 people
- Harmony
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harmony is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Centerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Centerville is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Elberton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Silk Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Silk Mills is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silk Mills
- Estimated population in 2019: 277 people
- Dewy Rose
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Goss
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Goss is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss
- Harper
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Harper is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Bowman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Franklin County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Crafts Ferry, with the one closest to Crafts Ferry listed first.
- Canon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Royston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Franklin Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lavonia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gumlog
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gumlog is located in Franklin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gumlog
- Aquilla ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Aquilla is located in Franklin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Carnesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Cromers
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Cromers is located in Franklin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromers
- Population from the 2010 Census: 639 people
- Parhams
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Parhams is located in Franklin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parhams
- Hart County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Crafts Ferry, with the one closest to Crafts Ferry listed first.
- Dooleys Ferry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dooleys Ferry is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooleys Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 136 people
- Cooleys Ferry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cooleys Ferry is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooleys Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 529 people
- Hartwell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Shoals
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Shoals is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
- Crawfords Ferry
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crawfords Ferry is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawfords Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 473 people
- Reed Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Reed Creek is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Creek
- Maretts
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Maretts is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maretts
- Bowersville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lincoln County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Crafts Ferry, with the one closest to Crafts Ferry listed first.
- Lisbon ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lisbon is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Hesters Ferry
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hesters Ferry is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesters Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 911 people
- Midway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Midway is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Goshen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Goshen is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Madison County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Crafts Ferry, with the one closest to Crafts Ferry listed first.
- Carlton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Harrison
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Harrison is located in Madison County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Estimated population in 2019: 442 people
- Dalton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Dalton is located in Madison County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Estimated population in 2019: 33,665 people
- Madison Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- 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
- Comer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- 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 <1>
- Shiloh
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Shiloh is located in Madison County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Danielsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Colbert
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oglethorpe County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Crafts Ferry, with the one closest to Crafts Ferry listed first.
- Palmetto
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Palmetto is located in Oglethorpe County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Veribest
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Veribest is located in Oglethorpe County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veribest
- Estimated population in 2019: 124 people
- Stephens County (GA)
- Martin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wilkes County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Crafts Ferry, with the one closest to Crafts Ferry listed first.
- Tignall
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- New Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- New Town is located in Wilkes County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Crafts Ferry, see our County-by-County Page for Crafts Ferry.
Cemeteries Near Crafts Ferry ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Crafts 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 Crafts Ferry - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Crafts Ferry covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Crafts Ferry, with the one closest to Crafts Ferry listed first.
- New Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rock Branch Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rock Branch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Smyrna Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Smyrna Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Poplar Spring Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Vans Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Vans Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Harpers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Providence Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (343 more) ...
- Cross Roads Methodist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Goodhope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Coldwater Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<3>
While we didn't find Crafts Ferry in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Crafts Ferry.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Crafts Ferry, with the one closest to Crafts Ferry listed first.
- Concordia ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Concordia is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concordia
- Coldwater
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Coldwater is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Moffitsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Moffitsville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitsville
- Montevideo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Montevideo is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montevideo
- Ruckersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ruckersville is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruckersville
- Lowndesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Iva
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Iva is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iva
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,341 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iva <1>
- Heardmont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Heardmont is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heardmont
- Starr
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Middleton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Middleton is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Holland Store
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Holland Store is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Store
- Holland Store has also been known as:
- Hollands
- Elberton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Latimer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Latimer is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimer
- Deans
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Deans is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans
- Oak Bower ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Bower is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Bower
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Crafts Ferry. See our List of 1890's Communities around Crafts Ferry.
Newspapers Published in Crafts 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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Crafts Ferry.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Crafts Ferry, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Crafts 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 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 Crafts Ferry:
- Websites specific to South Carolina
- Pages specific to Anderson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Abbeville County
- Greenwood County
- McCormick County
- Oconee County
- Pickens County
- Elbert County
- Franklin County
- Hart County
- Lincoln County
- Madison County
- Oglethorpe County
- Stephens County
- Wilkes County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for South Carolina
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 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. |
| <3> | 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 Crafts Ferry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Crafts Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |