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 Elgin Woods (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 Elgin Woods. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Elgin Woods is located in Lancaster 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 Lancaster County: Mecklenburg (NC), Union (NC), Chester, Chesterfield, Fairfield, Kershaw & York.
Below are the counties that are near Elgin Woods. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Elgin Woods:
- Lancaster County (The home county of Elgin Woods)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elgin Woods, with the one closest to Elgin Woods listed first.
- Elgin
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Elgin is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Primus
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Primus is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primus
- Lancaster
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Camp Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Camp Creek is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Creek
- Union
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Union is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Lancaster Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lancaster Mill is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster Mill
- Heath Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Irwin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Irwin is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
- Caskey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Caskey is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caskey
- Oakhurst
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oakhurst is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhurst
- Bell Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bell Town is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Town
- Riverside
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Chester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elgin Woods, with the one closest to Elgin Woods listed first.
- Fort Lawn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Great Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Richburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lando
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Edgemoor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Smith
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Smith is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith
- Blackstock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Cornwell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cornwell is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwell
- Eureka Mill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Eureka Mill is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Mill
- Chester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Gayle Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Gayle Mill is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayle Mill
- Chesterfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elgin Woods, with the one closest to Elgin Woods listed first.
- White Plains
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- White Plains is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Jefferson
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Pageland
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Angelus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Angelus is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelus
- Mount Croghan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Ruby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ruby is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ruby <1>
- McBee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elgin Woods, with the one closest to Elgin Woods listed first.
- Mitford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mitford is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitford
- White Oak
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Woodward
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Woodward is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodward
- Adger
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Adger is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adger
- Ridgeway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Winnsboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kershaw County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elgin Woods, with the one closest to Elgin Woods listed first.
- Kershaw
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Westville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Shepard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Shepard is located in Kershaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepard
- Cassatt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Village is located in Kershaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Village
- Lafayette Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lafayette Village is located in Kershaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette Village
- Bethune
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Camden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Log Town ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Log Town is located in Kershaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Town
- York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elgin Woods, with the one closest to Elgin Woods listed first.
- Catawba
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Roddey
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Roddey is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddey
- Roddey has also been known as:
- Coates Tavern
- Lesslie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lesslie is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lesslie
- Rock Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Riverview
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Riverview is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- India Hook
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- India Hook is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for India Hook
- Newport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Newport is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Tega Cay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mecklenburg County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elgin Woods, with the one closest to Elgin Woods listed first.
- Weddington
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Providence ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Providence is located in Mecklenburg County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Matthews
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Pineville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Union County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elgin Woods, with the one closest to Elgin Woods listed first.
- Jaars
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Jaars is located in Union County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaars
- Jackson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Jackson is located in Union County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Trinity
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Trinity is located in Union County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Waxhaw
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Altan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Altan is located in Union County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altan
- Mineral Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Carmel Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Carmel Village is located in Union County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel Village
- Wesley Chapel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Rock Rest
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Rest is located in Union County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Rest
- Marvin
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Marvin is located in Union County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,920 people
- Monroe
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- White Oak
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- White Oak is located in Union County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Allens Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Allens Crossroads is located in Union County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Crossroads
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Elgin Woods, see our County-by-County Page for Elgin Woods.
Cemeteries Near Elgin Woods ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Elgin Woods.
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 Elgin Woods - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Elgin Woods covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Elgin Woods, with the one closest to Elgin Woods listed first.
- Caskey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Baskins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Clinton Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Side Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Old Presbyterian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fork Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lancaster Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lancaster Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Lancaster.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #70478 <2>
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mobley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mackey Walker Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (149 more) ...
- Beaver Creek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Camp Creek Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hammond Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
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 Elgin Woods in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Elgin Woods.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Elgin Woods, with the one closest to Elgin Woods listed first.
- Primus
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Primus is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primus
- Pleasant Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- New Cut
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- New Cut is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Cut
- Oakhurst
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oakhurst is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhurst
- Caskey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Caskey is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caskey
- Riverside
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Taxahaw
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Taxahaw is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taxahaw
- Tradesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tradesville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tradesville
- Fort Lawn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Kershaw
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Walkersville ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Walkersville is located in Union County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkersville
- Landsford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Landsford is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landsford
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Dudley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dudley is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Van Wyck
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Elgin Woods. See our List of 1890's Communities around Elgin Woods.
Newspapers Published in Elgin Woods ...
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 14 newspapers that have been published in the area around Elgin Woods.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Elgin Woods, 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 Elgin Woods.
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 Elgin Woods:
- Websites specific to South Carolina
- Pages specific to Lancaster County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chester County
- Chesterfield County
- Fairfield County
- Kershaw County
- York County
- Mecklenburg County
- Union 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 Elgin Woods, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Elgin Woods) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |