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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 Douglass (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 Douglass. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.

Douglass is located in Fairfield 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 Fairfield County: Chester, Kershaw, Lancaster, Newberry, Richland & Union.

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

  • Fairfield County     (The home county of Douglass)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Douglass, with the one closest to Douglass listed first.
    • Woodward
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodward have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodward
      • Woodward is located in Fairfield County
    • Adger
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Adger have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adger
      • Adger is located in Fairfield County
    • White Oak
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Monticello
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
      • Monticello is located in Fairfield County
    • Blair
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Winnsboro
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Winnsboro Mills
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winnsboro Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnsboro Mills
      • Winnsboro Mills is located in Fairfield County
    • Rion
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jenkinsville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Rock Hill
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
      • Rock Hill is located in Fairfield County
    • Mitford
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitford
      • Mitford is located in Fairfield County
    • Ridgeway
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Chester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Douglass, with the one closest to Douglass listed first.
    • Blackstock
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Cornwell
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cornwell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwell
      • Cornwell is located in Chester County
    • Gayle Mill
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gayle Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayle Mill
      • Gayle Mill is located in Chester County
    • Chester
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Eureka Mill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Mill
      • Eureka Mill is located in Chester County
    • Great Falls
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Richburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Lowrys
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lowrys have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowrys
      • Lowrys is located in Chester County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
    • Lando
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Smith
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith
      • Smith is located in Chester County
    • Fort Lawn
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cabal
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabal
      • Cabal is located in Chester County
  • Kershaw County
  • Lancaster County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Douglass, with the one closest to Douglass listed first.
    • Bell Town
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bell Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Town
      • Bell Town is located in Lancaster County
    • Irwin
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Irwin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
      • Irwin is located in Lancaster County
    • Caskey
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Caskey have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caskey
      • Caskey is located in Lancaster County
  • Laurens County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Douglass, with the one closest to Douglass listed first.
    • Renno
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renno
      • Renno is located in Laurens County
    • Kinards
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Lexington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Douglass, with the one closest to Douglass listed first.
    • Chapin
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapin
      • Chapin is located in Lexington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,664 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chapin <2>
    • Irmo
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irmo
      • Irmo is located in Lexington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,734 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Irmo <2>
    • Seven Oaks
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Ella
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ella have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
      • Ella is located in Lexington County
  • Newberry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Douglass, with the one closest to Douglass listed first.
    • Glymphville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glymphville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glymphville
      • Glymphville is located in Newberry County
    • Peak
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peak
      • Peak is located in Newberry County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Peak <2>
    • Pomaria
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Little Mountain
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Union
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
      • Union is located in Newberry County
    • Whitmire
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Slighs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slighs
      • Slighs is located in Newberry County
    • Prosperity
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Newberry
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Helena
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Helena have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
      • Helena is located in Newberry County
    • Smyrna
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Richland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Douglass, with the one closest to Douglass listed first.
    • White Rock
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Blythewood
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Ballentine
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Lake Murray of Richland
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Dutch Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dutch Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Village
      • Dutch Village is located in Richland County
    • Saint Andrews
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Andrews have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrews
      • Saint Andrews is located in Richland County
    • Belmont
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Union County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Douglass, with the one closest to Douglass listed first.
    • Tuckertown
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckertown
      • Tuckertown is located in Union County
    • Carlisle
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Sartor Town
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sartor Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sartor Town
      • Sartor Town is located in Union County
    • Delta
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Delta have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
      • Delta is located in Union County
    • Red Town ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Town
      • Red Town is located in Union County
    • Lockhart
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Union
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Sedalia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sedalia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
      • Sedalia is located in Union County
    • Bailey Town ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bailey Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
      • Bailey Town is located in Union County
    • Bishop Town ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bishop Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop Town
      • Bishop Town is located in Union County
    • Buffalo
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • York County
    • McConnells
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Douglass ...

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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Douglass.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Douglass, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Douglass.

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 helpful 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 Douglass:

Cemeteries Near Douglass ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Douglass.

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

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

  • Salem Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Salem Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Salem Cemetery
  • New Hope Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Hope Cemetery
  • Wiley Coleman Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wiley Coleman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wiley Coleman Cemetery
  • Mt. Olive Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Olive Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Olive Cemetery
  • Lebanon Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Turner Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jonathan Harrison Family Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Jonathan Harrison Family Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Jonathan Harrison Family Cemetery is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the east of Winnsboro.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jonathan Harrison Family Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2485168 <4>
  • Coleman Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Coleman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Coleman Cemetery
  • Roberts Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Roberts Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roberts Cemetery
  • Rock Creek Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rock Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rock Creek Cemetery
  • Gladney Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Gladney Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gladney Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #70130 <4>
  • Old Stone Church Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Stone Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Stone Church Cemetery
  • Continue List   (296 more) ...
    • St. Johns Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
    • Concord Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Concord Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Concord Cemetery
    • Feaster Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Feaster Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Feaster 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>

While we didn't find Douglass in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Douglass.

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

  • Woodward
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodward have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodward
    • Woodward is located in Fairfield County
  • Monticello
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
    • Monticello is located in Fairfield County
  • Adger
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Adger have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adger
    • Adger is located in Fairfield County
  • White Oak
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Feasterville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Feasterville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feasterville
    • Feasterville is located in Fairfield County
  • Blair
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Blackstock
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Strother
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strother have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strother
    • Strother is located in Fairfield County
  • Dawkins
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dawkins have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawkins
    • Dawkins is located in Fairfield County
  • Lylesford ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lylesford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lylesford
    • Lylesford is located in Fairfield County
  • Glymphville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glymphville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glymphville
    • Glymphville is located in Newberry County
  • Winnsboro
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Cornwell
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cornwell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwell
      • Cornwell is located in Chester County
    • Herbert
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Herbert have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbert
      • Herbert is located in Union County
    • Shelton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shelton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelton
      • Shelton is located in Fairfield County

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

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

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Douglass) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Douglass. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4588, Longitude: -81.2487       In this case, the coordinates for Douglass 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 Douglass, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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