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 Delemar Crossroads (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 Delemar Crossroads. 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 Delemar Crossroads ...
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 Delemar Crossroads: Delemar Xrds.
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.
Delemar Crossroads is primarily located in Charleston County. A portion of Delemar Crossroads extends into Dorchester 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 Charleston County: Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester & Georgetown.
Below are the counties that are near Delemar Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Delemar Crossroads:
- Charleston County (The home county of Delemar Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Delemar Crossroads, with the one closest to Delemar Crossroads listed first.
- Ravenel
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Canady Landing ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Canady Landing is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canady Landing
- Hollywood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Meggett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Adams Run
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lincolnville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lincolnville is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,624 people
- Essex Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Essex Village is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Village
- Johns Island
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wadmalaw Island
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Charleston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Otranto
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Otranto is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otranto
- Charles Towne Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Charles Towne Village is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charles Towne Village
- Beaufort County
- Dale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Berkeley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delemar Crossroads, with the one closest to Delemar Crossroads listed first.
- Ladson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Caromi Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Caromi Village is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caromi Village
- Hanahan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Camelot Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Camelot Village is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
- Goose Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Village is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Washington Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Washington Town is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Town
- Mount Holly
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Holly is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
- Tarry Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Tarry Town is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarry Town
- Wando
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Sandridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Sandridge is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandridge
- Moncks Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Colleton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delemar Crossroads, with the one closest to Delemar Crossroads listed first.
- Jacksonboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cottageville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Round O
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Drigger Crossroads
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Drigger Crossroads is located in Colleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drigger Crossroads
- Sidney
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sidney is located in Colleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
- Drawdy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Drawdy is located in Colleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drawdy
- Green Pond
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ritter
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Ritter is located in Colleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritter
- Walterboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Canadys
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Edisto Beach
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Edisto Beach is located in Colleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edisto Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 402 people
- White Hall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- White Hall is located in Colleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
- Dorchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Delemar Crossroads, with the one closest to Delemar Crossroads listed first.
- Flowertown Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Flowertown Village is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowertown Village
- Chandler Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chandler Village is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler Village
- Brownsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Brownsville is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Summerville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgeville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Dorchester
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Grover
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Harleyville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Saint George
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Delemar Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Delemar Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Delemar Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Delemar Crossroads.
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 Delemar Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Delemar Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Delemar Crossroads, with the one closest to Delemar Crossroads listed first.
- White Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Rosom Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Reeves Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Adams Run Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shepherd Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tomb of Colonel William Washington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cooke Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hughes Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Middleton Place Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Beech Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (159 more) ...
- Salters Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Magnolia Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
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 Delemar Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Delemar Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Delemar Crossroads, with the one closest to Delemar Crossroads listed first.
- Jacksonboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ladson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cottageville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Summerville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Belvedere
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Belvedere is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvedere
- Otranto
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Otranto is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otranto
- Ashepoo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ashepoo is located in Colleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashepoo
- Ridgeville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Mount Holly
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Holly is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
- Drawdy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Drawdy is located in Colleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drawdy
- Ritter
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Ritter is located in Colleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritter
- Green Pond
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- James Island
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- James Island is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,226 people
- Charleston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Long Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Long Ridge is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Ridge
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Delemar Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Delemar Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Delemar Crossroads ...
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 1 newspapers that have been published in the area around Delemar Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Delemar Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Delemar Crossroads.
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 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 Delemar Crossroads:
- Websites specific to South Carolina
- Pages specific to Charleston County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Beaufort County
- Berkeley County
- Colleton County
- Dorchester 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 Delemar Crossroads, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Delemar Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |