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 Dunbar (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 Dunbar. 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.
Dunbar is located in Marlboro 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 Marlboro County: Anson (NC), Richmond (NC), Robeson (NC), Scotland (NC), Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon & Florence.
Below are the counties that are near Dunbar. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dunbar:
- Marlboro County (The home county of Dunbar)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunbar, with the one closest to Dunbar listed first.
- Clio
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Blenheim
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Red Bluff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Red Bluff is located in Marlboro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff
- Tatum
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Drake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Drake is located in Marlboro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
- McColl
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bennettsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Brownsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Brownsville is located in Marlboro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Newtonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Newtonville is located in Marlboro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtonville
- Wallace
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Chesterfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunbar, with the one closest to Dunbar listed first.
- Cheraw
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Patrick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Darlington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunbar, with the one closest to Dunbar listed first.
- Society Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Mont Clare
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mont Clare is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mont Clare
- Dovesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dovesville is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dovesville
- Darlington
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Palmetto
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Palmetto is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Pine Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Village is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Village
- Greenplains ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Greenplains is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenplains
- North Hartsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- North Hartsville is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hartsville
- Dillon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunbar, with the one closest to Dunbar listed first.
- Minturn
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Little Rock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland Crossroads
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Oakland Crossroads is located in Dillon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Crossroads
- Hamer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Dillon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Latta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Floydale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fork
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lake View
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Florence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunbar, with the one closest to Dunbar listed first.
- Jamestown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Jamestown is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Mars Bluff
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mars Bluff is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Bluff
- Quinby
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Florence
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Siesta Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Siesta Village is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siesta Village
- Park City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Park City is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
- Tara Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Tara Village is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tara Village
- Ebenezer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ebenezer is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunbar, with the one closest to Dunbar listed first.
- Sellers
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Laughlin
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Laughlin is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laughlin
- Marion
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Mullins
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Anson County (NC)
- McFarlan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- McFarlan is located in Anson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFarlan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Richmond County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunbar, with the one closest to Dunbar listed first.
- Ghio Scholl Station
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Ghio Scholl Station is located in Richmond County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ghio Scholl Station
- Steen Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Steen Town is located in Richmond County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steen Town
- New Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- New Town is located in Richmond County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Hamlet
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Dobbins Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Dobbins Heights is located in Richmond County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- East Rockingham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Rockingham is located in Richmond County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rockingham
- Rockingham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Cordova
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cordova is located in Richmond County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordova
- Yates Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Yates Hill is located in Richmond County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Hill
- Robeson County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunbar, with the one closest to Dunbar listed first.
- Alfordsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Alfordsville is located in Robeson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfordsville
- Raemon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Raemon is located in Robeson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raemon
- Rowland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Elrod
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Elrod is located in Robeson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elrod
- Maxton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Alma
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Alma is located in Robeson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- McDonald
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- McDonald is located in Robeson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Raynham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Raynham is located in Robeson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
- Red Banks
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Red Banks is located in Robeson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Banks
- Pates
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pates is located in Robeson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pates
- Pembroke
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Prospect
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Prospect is located in Robeson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- Scotland County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunbar, with the one closest to Dunbar listed first.
- Hasty
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hasty is located in Scotland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasty
- Gibson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- East Laurinburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- East Laurinburg is located in Scotland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Laurinburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 277 people
- Laurinburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Laurel Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Richmond Mill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Richmond Mill is located in Scotland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Mill
- Wagram
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Crump Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Crump Town is located in Scotland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump Town
- New Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Town is located in Scotland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dunbar, see our County-by-County Page for Dunbar.
Cemeteries Near Dunbar ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dunbar.
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 Dunbar - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dunbar covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dunbar, with the one closest to Dunbar listed first.
- Lucas Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hebron Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Quick Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Parnassus Graveyard
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Alford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Reedy Creek Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ramsey Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brownsville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Carolina Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Beauty Spot Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sherwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (412 more) ...
- Leland Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pee Dee Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Beaverdam Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<3>
While we didn't find Dunbar in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dunbar.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dunbar, with the one closest to Dunbar listed first.
- Clio
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Blenheim
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Parnassus
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Parnassus is located in Marlboro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnassus
- Drake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Drake is located in Marlboro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
- Brownsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Brownsville is located in Marlboro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Little Rock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- McColl
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bennettsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Newtonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Newtonville is located in Marlboro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtonville
- Dillon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Alfordsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Alfordsville is located in Robeson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfordsville
- Latta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Rowland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Echo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Echo is located in Robeson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Society Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dunbar. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dunbar.
Newspapers Published in Dunbar ...
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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dunbar.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dunbar, 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 Dunbar.
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 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 Dunbar:
- Websites specific to South Carolina
- Pages specific to Marlboro County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chesterfield County
- Darlington County
- Dillon County
- Florence County
- Marion County
- Anson County
- Richmond County
- Robeson County
- Scotland 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 Dunbar, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dunbar) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |