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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 Elmwood Park (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 Elmwood Park. 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 Elmwood Park ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

Another variation: Elm Wood Park.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Elmwood Park. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Elmwood Park.

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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.

Elmwood Park is located in Aiken 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 Aiken County: Burke (GA), Richmond (GA), Barnwell, Edgefield, Lexington, Orangeburg & Saluda.

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

  • Aiken County     (The home county of Elmwood Park)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elmwood Park, with the one closest to Elmwood Park listed first.
    • Roseland
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Roseland is located in Aiken County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
    • Huntcliff
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Huntcliff is located in Aiken County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntcliff
    • Montmorenci
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Aiken
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Nicholson Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Nicholson Village is located in Aiken County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholson Village
    • New Ellenton
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Oakwood
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Oakwood is located in Aiken County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
    • Warrenville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Graniteville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Talatha
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Talatha is located in Aiken County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talatha
    • Gloverville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Langley
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Bath
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Barnwell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elmwood Park, with the one closest to Elmwood Park listed first.
    • Williston
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Elko
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Elko is located in Barnwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elko
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elko <1>
    • Whaley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Whaley is located in Barnwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaley
    • Reynold
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Reynold is located in Barnwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynold
    • Snelling
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Snelling is located in Barnwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snelling
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
    • Blackville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Barnwell
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hattieville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Hattieville is located in Barnwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattieville
    • Hilda
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Edgefield County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elmwood Park, with the one closest to Elmwood Park listed first.
    • Murphys Estates
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Murphys Estates is located in Edgefield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphys Estates
    • Trenton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Lenoir ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Lenoir is located in Edgefield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenoir
    • Johnston
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Edgefield
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Colliers
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Colliers is located in Edgefield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colliers
  • Lexington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elmwood Park, with the one closest to Elmwood Park listed first.
    • Batesburg - Leesville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Batesburg - Leesville is located in Lexington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batesburg - Leesville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,402 people
    • Batesburg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Leesville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • McCormick County
  • Orangeburg County
    • Springfield
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Saluda County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elmwood Park, with the one closest to Elmwood Park listed first.
    • Ridge Spring
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Ward
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Columbia County (GA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elmwood Park, with the one closest to Elmwood Park listed first.
    • Lulaville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Lulaville is located in Columbia County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulaville
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,961 people
    • Martinez
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Memory Park
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Memory Park is located in Columbia County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memory Park
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 122 people
    • Lamkin
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Lamkin is located in Columbia County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamkin
    • Arrow Head
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Arrow Head is located in Columbia County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrow Head
    • Evans
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Snead
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Snead is located in Columbia County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snead
      • Estimated population in 2019: 20,077 people
    • Fort Gordon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Forrest ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Forrest is located in Columbia County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrest
    • Grovetown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Grovetown is located in Columbia County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovetown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,639 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grovetown <1>
    • Kiokee
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Kiokee is located in Columbia County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiokee
  • Richmond County (GA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elmwood Park, with the one closest to Elmwood Park listed first.
    • Augusta
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Nixon ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Nixon is located in Richmond County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
    • National Hills
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • National Hills is located in Richmond County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for National Hills
    • Rockbrook
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Rockbrook is located in Richmond County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockbrook
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 160 people
    • Southgate Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Southgate Village is located in Richmond County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southgate Village
    • Bonair
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Bonair is located in Richmond County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonair
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 3,135 people
    • Fairvale
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Fairvale is located in Richmond County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairvale
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 6,769 people
    • Forest Hills
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Gracewood
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Fleming Heights
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Fleming Heights is located in Richmond County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming Heights
      • Estimated population in 2019: 717 people
    • Richmond Hills
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Richmond Hills is located in Richmond County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Hills
      • Estimated population in 2019: 13,839 people
    • Waverly
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Waverly is located in Richmond County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
    • Pepperidge
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Pepperidge is located in Richmond County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepperidge

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

Cemeteries Near Elmwood Park ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Elmwood Park.

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 Elmwood Park - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Elmwood Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Mt. Harris Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Millbrook Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Bethany Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • First Baptist Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • St. Thaddeus Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Montmorenci Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Marks Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Spring Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Wrights Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Graniteville Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Glover Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (267 more) ...
    • Aiken Memorial Gardens
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Darien Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Weeks Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 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.<3>

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

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

  • Roseland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Roseland is located in Aiken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
  • Aiken
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Montmorenci
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Oakwood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Oakwood is located in Aiken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
  • Talatha
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Talatha is located in Aiken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talatha
  • Graniteville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Croft
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Croft is located in Aiken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croft
  • Langley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Vaucluse
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Bath
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Beech Island
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Hawthorne ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Hawthorne is located in Aiken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorne
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Windsor
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Jackson
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Milledgeville ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Milledgeville is located in Aiken County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville

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

Newspapers Published in Elmwood Park ...

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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Elmwood Park.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Elmwood Park, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Elmwood Park.

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 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 Elmwood Park:

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 Elmwood Park, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Elmwood Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.