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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Curetons. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Curetons to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Curetons, 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 Curetons (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 Curetons. 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Curetons is historic, it would have been located within present day Lancaster 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 Lancaster County: Mecklenburg (NC), Union (NC), Chester, Chesterfield, Fairfield, Kershaw & York.

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

  • Lancaster County     (The home county of Curetons)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Curetons, with the one closest to Curetons listed first.
    • Van Wyck
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Springdell
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Springdell is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdell
    • Riverside
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Riverside is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
    • Caskey
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Caskey is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caskey
    • Indian Land
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Camp Creek
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Camp Creek is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Creek
    • Colonial Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Colonial Village is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
    • Lancaster Mill
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Lancaster Mill is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster Mill
    • Lancaster
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Camp Cox
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Camp Cox is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Cox
    • Irwin
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Irwin is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
    • Elgin
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Elgin is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
  • Chester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Curetons, with the one closest to Curetons listed first.
    • Fort Lawn
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Lando
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Edgemoor
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Richburg
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Smith
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Smith is located in Chester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith
    • Great Falls
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Eureka Mill
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Eureka Mill is located in Chester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Mill
    • Lowrys
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Lowrys is located in Chester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowrys
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
    • Chester
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Gayle Mill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Gayle Mill is located in Chester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayle Mill
    • Cornwell
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Cornwell is located in Chester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwell
    • Blackstock
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Chesterfield County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Curetons, with the one closest to Curetons listed first.
    • Pageland
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • White Plains
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • White Plains is located in Chesterfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
    • Jefferson
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Fairfield County
    • Mitford
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Mitford is located in Fairfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitford
  • Kershaw County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Curetons, with the one closest to Curetons listed first.
    • Kershaw
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Liberty Hill
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Westville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • York County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Curetons, with the one closest to Curetons listed first.
    • Catawba
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Roddey
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Roddey is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddey
      • Roddey has also been known as:
      • Coates Tavern
    • Lesslie
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Lesslie is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lesslie
    • Fort Mill
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Rock Hill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Riverview
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Riverview is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
    • India Hook
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • India Hook is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for India Hook
    • Tega Cay
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Newport
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Newport is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
    • Lake Wylie
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • McConnells
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • York
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Anson County (NC)
    • Peachland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Cabarrus County (NC)
    • Midland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Midland is located in Cabarrus County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,880 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Midland <2>
  • Gaston County (NC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Curetons, with the one closest to Curetons listed first.
    • Begonia ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Begonia is located in Gaston County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Begonia
    • Catawba ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Catawba is located in Gaston County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
    • Belmont
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Belmont is located in Gaston County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,622 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Belmont <2>
    • Brown Town
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Brown Town is located in Gaston County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Town
    • Cramerton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Mecklenburg County (NC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Curetons, with the one closest to Curetons listed first.
    • Weddington
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Weddington is located in Mecklenburg County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weddington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,389 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weddington <2>
    • Pineville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Pineville is located in Mecklenburg County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,185 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pineville <2>
    • Providence ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Providence is located in Mecklenburg County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
    • Matthews
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Matthews is located in Mecklenburg County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matthews
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,718 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Matthews <2>
    • Mint Hill
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Mint Hill is located in Mecklenburg County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mint Hill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,109 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mint Hill <2>
    • Yorkmont
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Yorkmont is located in Mecklenburg County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkmont
    • Chantilly
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Chantilly is located in Mecklenburg County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chantilly
    • Charlotte
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Charlotte is located in Mecklenburg County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotte
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 900,350 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Charlotte <2>
    • Dalton Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Dalton Village is located in Mecklenburg County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton Village
    • Pinecrest
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Pinecrest is located in Mecklenburg County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecrest
    • Wilmore
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Wilmore is located in Mecklenburg County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmore
    • Belmont
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Belmont is located in Mecklenburg County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
  • Union County (NC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Curetons, with the one closest to Curetons listed first.
    • Jaars
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Jaars is located in Union County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaars
    • Waxhaw
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Waxhaw is located in Union County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waxhaw
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,987 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waxhaw <2>
    • Jackson
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Jackson is located in Union County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
    • Mineral Springs
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Marvin
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Marvin is located in Union County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,920 people
    • Wesley Chapel
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • White Oak
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • White Oak is located in Union County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
    • Altan
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Altan is located in Union County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altan
    • Trinity
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Trinity is located in Union County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
    • Carmel Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Carmel Village is located in Union County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel Village
    • Indian Trail
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Monroe
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Monroe is located in Union County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,668 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monroe <2>

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

Cemeteries Near Curetons ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Curetons.

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 Curetons - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Curetons covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Andrew Jackson Memorial
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Wrens Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Stinson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Cureton Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Six Mile Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Waxhaw Baptist Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waxhaw Baptist Church Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Waxhaw Baptist Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southeast of Waxhaw (NC).
    • The Waxhaw Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Roundtop Baptist Church Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2159148 <4>
  • Waxhaw Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Eastside Community Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Shiloh Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • McWorter Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Walker Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Catawba Methodist Church Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (161 more) ...
    • Clinton Memorial Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Pleasant Valley Baptist Church Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • New Bethel Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)

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 Curetons in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Curetons.

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

  • Van Wyck
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Waxhaw
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Waxhaw is located in Union County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waxhaw
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,987 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waxhaw <2>
  • Belair
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Belair is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belair
  • Wolfville ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Wolfville is located in Union County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfville
  • Catawba
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Riverside
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Riverside is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
  • Walkersville ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Walkersville is located in Union County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkersville
  • Landsford
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Landsford is located in Chester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landsford
  • Caskey
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Caskey is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caskey
  • Roddey
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Roddey is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddey
    • Roddey has also been known as:
    • Coates Tavern
  • Harmony
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Harmony is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
  • Pleasant Valley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Pleasant Valley is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • New Cut
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • New Cut is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Cut
    • Lesslie
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Lesslie is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lesslie
    • Fort Lawn
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Curetons ...

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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Curetons.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Curetons, 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 Curetons.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Curetons:

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 Curetons, 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>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 from Point A (ie- Curetons) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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.