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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Edens. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Edens to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Edens, 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 Edens (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 Edens. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Edens is historic, it would have been located within present day Laurens 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 Laurens County: Abbeville, Anderson, Greenville, Greenwood, Newberry, Spartanburg & Union.
Below are the counties that are near Edens. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Edens:
- Laurens County (The home county of Edens)
- The following are listed by their distance from Edens, with the one closest to Edens listed first.
- Green Pond
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Green Pond is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Pond
- Gray Court
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Simpson ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Simpson is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Princeton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Princeton is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
- Ekom
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Ekom is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekom
- Laurens
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Gallagher
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mount Gallagher is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gallagher
- Cold Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cold Point is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Point
- Lisbon ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lisbon is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Tylersville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Tylersville is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tylersville
- Waterloo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clinton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Collins Lakeside Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Abbeville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edens, with the one closest to Edens listed first.
- Ware Shoals
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Honea Path
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Donalds
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Due West
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Level Land
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Level Land is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Land
- Antreville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Antreville is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antreville
- Abbeville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cana ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cana is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cana
- Lake Secession
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Secession is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Secession
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edens, with the one closest to Edens listed first.
- Pelzer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Williamston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- West Pelzer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- West Pelzer is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pelzer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 953 people
- Piedmont
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Belton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Powderville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Powderville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powderville
- Anderson Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Anderson Village is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Village
- Anderson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Caldwell Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Caldwell Village is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caldwell Village
- Homeland Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Homeland Park is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland Park
- Northlake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Northlake is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northlake
- Centerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Centerville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Greenville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edens, with the one closest to Edens listed first.
- Fork Shoals
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fork Shoals is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fork Shoals
- Fountain Inn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lickville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lickville is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickville
- Simpsonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Woodland Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Woodland Village is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Village
- Mauldin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Five Forks
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Five Forks is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Conestee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Golden Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Golden Grove is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Grove
- Pelham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Pelham is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham
- Gantt
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gantt is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gantt
- Pine Hill Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Hill Village is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill Village
- Dunean
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dunean is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunean
- Greenwood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edens, with the one closest to Edens listed first.
- Cokesbury
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Cokesbury is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury
- Hodges
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Coronaca
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Coronaca is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coronaca
- Grendel Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Grendel Village is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grendel Village
- Greenwood Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Greenwood Village is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Village
- Greenwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Fairforest
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Fairforest is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairforest
- Mathews Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mathews Village is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mathews Village
- Panola Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Panola Village is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola Village
- Ninety Six
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Springdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Springdale is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Newberry County
- Mudlick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mudlick is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudlick
- Pickens County
- Easley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Spartanburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edens, with the one closest to Edens listed first.
- Enoree
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Crescent
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Crescent is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Woodruff
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Green Pond
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Green Pond is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Pond
- Cross Anchor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Reidville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Moore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Brookside Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Brookside Village is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside Village
- Startex
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Pauline
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Roebuck
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Duncan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lyman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edens, with the one closest to Edens listed first.
- Colerain
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Colerain is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colerain
- Sedalia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Sedalia is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
- Bishop Town ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Bishop Town is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop Town
- Buffalo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Edens, see our County-by-County Page for Edens.
Cemeteries Near Edens ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Edens.
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 Edens - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Edens covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Edens, with the one closest to Edens listed first.
- Rabun Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Dials Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Green Pond Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Babb Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lebanon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- New Prospect Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Henderson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Beulah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Highland Home Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Gray Court Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hillside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Traynham Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (344 more) ...
- Friendship Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bolt Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Knight Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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 Edens in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Edens.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Edens, with the one closest to Edens listed first.
- Gray Court
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Owings
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Owings is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owings
- Barksdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Barksdale is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barksdale
- Fork Shoals
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fork Shoals is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fork Shoals
- Princeton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Princeton is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
- Fountain Inn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lickville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lickville is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickville
- Brewerton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Brewerton is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewerton
- Ekom
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Ekom is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekom
- Ora
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ora is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora
- Simpsonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mount Gallagher
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mount Gallagher is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gallagher
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Woodville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Woodville is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Enoree
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hillsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hillsville is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Edens. See our List of 1890's Communities around Edens.
Newspapers Published in Edens ...
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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Edens.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Edens, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Edens.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Edens:
- Websites specific to South Carolina
- Pages specific to Laurens County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Abbeville County
- Anderson County
- Greenville County
- Greenwood County
- Newberry County
- Pickens County
- Spartanburg County
- Union County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for South Carolina
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 Edens, 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 '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- Edens) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |