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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 Fingerville (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 Fingerville. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Fingerville is located in Spartanburg 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 Spartanburg County: Polk (NC), Rutherford (NC), Cherokee, Greenville, Laurens & Union.

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

  • Spartanburg County     (The home county of Fingerville)
  • Cherokee County
  • Greenville County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fingerville, with the one closest to Fingerville listed first.
    • Gowensville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • O'Neal
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for O'Neal. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neal
      • O'Neal is located in Greenville County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to O'Neal
      • From Fingerville to O'Neal
    • Greer
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Highland
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Chick Springs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Tigerville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Pelham
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pelham. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham
      • Pelham is located in Greenville County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Pelham
      • From Fingerville to Pelham
    • Taylors
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • East Gate Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Gate Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gate Village
      • East Gate Village is located in Greenville County
    • Wade Hampton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wade Hampton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wade Hampton
      • Wade Hampton is located in Greenville County
    • Five Forks
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Forks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
      • Five Forks is located in Greenville County
    • Travelers Rest
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Union County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fingerville, with the one closest to Fingerville listed first.
    • Jonesville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Colerain
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Colerain. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colerain
      • Colerain is located in Union County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Colerain
      • From Fingerville to Colerain
  • Cleveland County (NC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fingerville, with the one closest to Fingerville listed first.
    • Cliffside
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cliffside have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffside
      • Cliffside is located in Cleveland County (NC)
    • Boiling Springs
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Mooresboro
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mooresboro have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresboro
      • Mooresboro is located in Cleveland County (NC)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 316 people
    • Erwinsville ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Erwinsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwinsville
      • Erwinsville is located in Cleveland County (NC)
    • Flint Hill ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flint Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
      • Flint Hill is located in Cleveland County (NC)
    • Lattimore
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lattimore have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattimore
      • Lattimore is located in Cleveland County (NC)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
    • Sharon
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sharon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
      • Sharon is located in Cleveland County (NC)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Sharon
      • From Fingerville to Sharon
    • New House
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for New House. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New House
      • New House is located in Cleveland County (NC)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to New House
      • From Fingerville to New House
    • Brittain Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brittain Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brittain Village
      • Brittain Village is located in Cleveland County (NC)
    • Kingstown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingstown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingstown
      • Kingstown is located in Cleveland County (NC)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
    • Campcall
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Campcall. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campcall
      • Campcall is located in Cleveland County (NC)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Campcall
      • From Fingerville to Campcall
    • Dover
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dover have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
      • Dover is located in Cleveland County (NC)
  • Henderson County (NC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fingerville, with the one closest to Fingerville listed first.
    • Saluda
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saluda have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saluda
      • Saluda is located in Henderson County (NC)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 703 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saluda <2>
    • Baxter
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Baxter. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
      • Baxter is located in Henderson County (NC)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Baxter
      • From Fingerville to Baxter
    • Dana
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dana have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
      • Dana is located in Henderson County (NC)
    • Upward
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Tuxedo
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tuxedo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuxedo
      • Tuxedo is located in Henderson County (NC)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tuxedo <2>
    • Zirconia
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • East Flat Rock
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Flat Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Flat Rock
      • East Flat Rock is located in Henderson County (NC)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for East Flat Rock <2>
    • Claremont
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Claremont have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claremont
      • Claremont is located in Henderson County (NC)
    • Flat Rock
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Barker Heights
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barker Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Heights
      • Barker Heights is located in Henderson County (NC)
    • Bat Cave
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Olive
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Olive have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
      • Mount Olive is located in Henderson County (NC)
  • McDowell County (NC)
    • Vein Mountain
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Polk County (NC)
  • Rutherford County (NC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fingerville, with the one closest to Fingerville listed first.
    • Holly Springs
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holly Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
      • Holly Springs is located in Rutherford County (NC)
    • Harris
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Shiloh
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shiloh have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
      • Shiloh is located in Rutherford County (NC)
    • Alexander Mills
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alexander Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander Mills
      • Alexander Mills is located in Rutherford County (NC)
    • Henrietta
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Sandy Mush
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Bakersville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Caroleen
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Forest City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Rutherfordton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Spindale
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spindale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spindale
      • Spindale is located in Rutherford County (NC)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,175 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spindale <2>
    • Concord
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Concord have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
      • Concord is located in Rutherford County (NC)

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

Cemeteries Near Fingerville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fingerville.

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

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

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Fingerville had a population of 80 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • New Prospect
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Prospect have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Prospect
    • New Prospect is located in Spartanburg County
  • Brooklyn
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Brooklyn. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
    • Brooklyn is located in Spartanburg County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Brooklyn
    • From Fingerville to Brooklyn
  • Sandy Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandy Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Springs
    • Sandy Springs is located in Polk County (NC)
  • Inman
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Campton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Campton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campton
    • Campton is located in Spartanburg County
  • Collinsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Collinsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
    • Collinsville is located in Polk County (NC)
  • Campobello
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Landrum
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Andover ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Andover have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
    • Andover is located in Spartanburg County
  • Mount Zion
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Zion have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
    • Mount Zion is located in Spartanburg County
  • Whitney
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Fairforest
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Gowensville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Tyger ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tyger have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyger
      • Tyger is located in Greenville County
    • Wellford
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Fingerville ...

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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fingerville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fingerville, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<7>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fingerville.

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 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 Fingerville:

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

The official website for Spartanburg County: www.co.spartanburg.sc.us/

The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<5>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.
<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 Fingerville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<7>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 from Point A (ie- Fingerville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fingerville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.1336, Longitude: -82.0070    









 

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