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 Deer Ridge Farms (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 Deer Ridge Farms. 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 Deer Ridge Farms ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Deer Ridge Farms: Deer Rdg. Farms (or less commonly used: Deer Rdge. Farms or Deer Ridg. Farms)
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 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.
Deer Ridge Farms is located in Richland 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 Richland County: Calhoun, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lexington, Newberry & Sumter.
Below are the counties that are near Deer Ridge Farms. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Deer Ridge Farms:
- Richland County (The home county of Deer Ridge Farms)
- The following are listed by their distance from Deer Ridge Farms, with the one closest to Deer Ridge Farms listed first.
- Bruner
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bruner is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruner
- Hopkins
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Capitol View
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Capitol View is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitol View
- Woodfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Woodfield is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodfield
- Weston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Weston is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Pinewood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pinewood is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood
- Ravenwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ravenwood is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenwood
- Dentsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Eastover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Arcadia Lakes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Arcadia Lakes is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 874 people
- Brickyard Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Brickyard Village is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickyard Village
- Forest Acres
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Forest Acres is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Acres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,269 people
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Deer Ridge Farms, with the one closest to Deer Ridge Farms listed first.
- Saint Matthews
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Creston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Creston is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
- Cameron
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cameron is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Deer Ridge Farms, with the one closest to Deer Ridge Farms listed first.
- Smallwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Smallwood is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smallwood
- Ridgeway
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Rion
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Winnsboro Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Winnsboro Mills is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnsboro Mills
- Winnsboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kershaw County
- The following are listed by their distance from Deer Ridge Farms, with the one closest to Deer Ridge Farms listed first.
- Elgin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Spring Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Village is located in Kershaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Village
- Lugoff
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Camden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Log Town ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Log Town is located in Kershaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Town
- Lafayette Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lafayette Village is located in Kershaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette Village
- Shepard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shepard is located in Kershaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepard
- Lancaster County
- Springdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lee County
- Manville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Manville is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manville
- Lexington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Deer Ridge Farms, with the one closest to Deer Ridge Farms listed first.
- Cayce
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- West Columbia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Springdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Springdale is located in Lexington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,732 people
- Glenn Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Glenn Village is located in Lexington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn Village
- Pineridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Pineridge is located in Lexington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,419 people
- Arthur
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Arthur is located in Lexington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Oak Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove is located in Lexington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Styx ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Styx is located in Lexington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Styx
- Seven Oaks
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- South Congaree
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- South Congaree is located in Lexington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Congaree
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,485 people
- Gaston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Irmo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Irmo is located in Lexington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irmo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,734 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Irmo <1>
- Orangeburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Deer Ridge Farms, with the one closest to Deer Ridge Farms listed first.
- Jamison
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Jamison is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
- Woodford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Woodford is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 169 people
- Sumter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Deer Ridge Farms, with the one closest to Deer Ridge Farms listed first.
- Claremont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Claremont is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claremont
- Horatio
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Stateburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Stateburg is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stateburg
- Rembert
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oakland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Oakland is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Sumter Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sumter Junction is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumter Junction
- Wedgefield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cherryvale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cherryvale is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherryvale
- Cane Savannah
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Cane Savannah is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Savannah
- Dalzell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Millwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Millwood is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Privateer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Privateer is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Privateer
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Deer Ridge Farms, see our County-by-County Page for Deer Ridge Farms.
Cemeteries Near Deer Ridge Farms ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Deer Ridge Farms.
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 Deer Ridge Farms - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Deer Ridge Farms covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Deer Ridge Farms, with the one closest to Deer Ridge Farms listed first.
- Pilgrims Way Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mt. Olive Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Capernaum Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capernaum Church Cemetery
- The Capernaum Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Temple of Yahshua Cemetery
- Logues Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- New Light Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bardell Graveyard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- McLeod UMC Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Old McGraw Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Enon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enon Cemetery
- The Enon Cemetery has also been known as:
- Enon Church Cemetery
- Enon Methodist Church Cemetery
- Continue List (229 more) ...
- Macedonia Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Salem Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Church Cemetery
- The Salem Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Salem Cemetery
- Spears Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Deer Ridge Farms in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Deer Ridge Farms.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Deer Ridge Farms, with the one closest to Deer Ridge Farms listed first.
- Congaree
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Congaree is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congaree
- Hopkins
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Weston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Weston is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Childs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Childs is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childs
- Gadsden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Killian
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Killian is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killian
- Claremont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Claremont is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claremont
- Hagood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hagood is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagood
- Columbia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Boykin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Boykin is located in Kershaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boykin
- Sharp
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sharp is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp
- Cayce
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Rembert
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stockton ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stockton is located in Kershaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton
- Wedgefield
(17 miles [27.4 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 Deer Ridge Farms. See our List of 1890's Communities around Deer Ridge Farms.
Newspapers Published in Deer Ridge Farms ...
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 168 newspapers that have been published in the area around Deer Ridge Farms.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Deer Ridge Farms, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Deer Ridge Farms.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Deer Ridge Farms:
- Websites specific to South Carolina
- Pages specific to Richland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Fairfield County
- Kershaw County
- Lancaster County
- Lee County
- Lexington County
- Orangeburg County
- Sumter 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Deer Ridge Farms) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Deer Ridge Farms, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |