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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 Foxtown (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 Foxtown. 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 doctors 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.

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

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

  • Aiken County     (The home county of Foxtown)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Foxtown, with the one closest to Foxtown listed first.
    • Camp Rawls
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Rawls
      • Camp Rawls is located in Aiken County
    • Seivern
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seivern
      • Seivern is located in Aiken County
    • Monetta
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Kitchings Mill
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kitchings Mill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitchings Mill
      • Kitchings Mill is located in Aiken County
      • Kitchings Mill has also been known as:
      • Kinchens Mill
    • Nicholson Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nicholson Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholson Village
      • Nicholson Village is located in Aiken County
    • Eureka
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Eureka. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
      • Eureka is located in Aiken County
    • Wagener
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Montmorenci
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Aiken
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Roseland
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Roseland. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
      • Roseland is located in Aiken County
    • Perry
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Vaucluse
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Windsor
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Barnwell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Foxtown, with the one closest to Foxtown listed first.
    • Williston
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Whaley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaley
      • Whaley is located in Barnwell County
    • Elko
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elko
      • Elko is located in Barnwell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elko <1>
    • Reynold
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reynold have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynold
      • Reynold is located in Barnwell County
    • Blackville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Edgefield County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Foxtown, with the one closest to Foxtown listed first.
    • Johnston
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Trenton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Edgefield
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Murphys Estates
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Murphys Estates have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphys Estates
      • Murphys Estates is located in Edgefield County
    • Lenoir ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lenoir have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenoir
      • Lenoir is located in Edgefield County
    • Colliers
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colliers
      • Colliers is located in Edgefield County
  • Lexington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Foxtown, with the one closest to Foxtown listed first.
    • Batesburg - Leesville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Batesburg - Leesville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batesburg - Leesville
      • Batesburg - Leesville is located in Lexington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,402 people
    • Batesburg
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Leesville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Fredonia
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fredonia. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
      • Fredonia is located in Lexington County
    • Summit
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summit have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
      • Summit is located in Lexington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
    • Gilbert
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Pelion
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Clubhouse Crossroads
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clubhouse Crossroads
      • Clubhouse Crossroads is located in Lexington County
    • Lake Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Village
      • Lake Village is located in Lexington County
    • Red Bank
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Bank have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
      • Red Bank is located in Lexington County
    • Ella
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ella. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
      • Ella is located in Lexington County
    • Lexington
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Gaston
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaston
      • Gaston is located in Lexington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,712 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gaston <1>
  • Orangeburg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Foxtown, with the one closest to Foxtown listed first.
    • Springfield
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Woodford
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Woodford. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
      • Woodford is located in Orangeburg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 169 people
    • North
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North
      • North is located in Orangeburg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 699 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North <1>
    • Livingston
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Livingston have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
      • Livingston is located in Orangeburg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 124 people
    • Neeses
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Boiling Spring ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boiling Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Spring
      • Boiling Spring is located in Orangeburg County
  • Saluda County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Foxtown, with the one closest to Foxtown listed first.
    • Ridge Spring
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Ward
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Saluda
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Hickory Grove
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
      • Hickory Grove is located in Saluda County
  • Richmond County (GA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Foxtown, with the one closest to Foxtown listed first.
    • Augusta
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • National Hills
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for National Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for National Hills
      • National Hills is located in Richmond County (GA)
    • Bonair
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bonair have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonair
      • Bonair is located in Richmond County (GA)
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 3,135 people
    • Rockbrook
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockbrook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockbrook
      • Rockbrook is located in Richmond County (GA)
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 160 people

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

Cemeteries Near Foxtown ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Foxtown.

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

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

  • Cullum Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cullum Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cullum Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Plunkett Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Plunkett Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Plunkett Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Courtney Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Courtney Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Courtney Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sawyer Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sawyer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sawyer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cumbee Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cumbee Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cumbee Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Seigler Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Seigler Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Seigler Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sanders Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sanders Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sanders Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Gregory Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gregory Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gregory Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Seigler Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Seigler Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Seigler Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Seigler Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Seigler Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Seigler Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Pisgah Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Brown Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brown Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (272 more) ...
    • Easter Branch Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Easter Branch Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Easter Branch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Plunkett Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Plunkett Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Plunkett Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Bethcar Baptist Church Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)

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.<4>

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

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

  • Croft
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Croft have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croft
    • Croft is located in Aiken County
  • Monetta
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Seivern
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seivern
    • Seivern is located in Aiken County
  • Samaria
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Samaria have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
    • Samaria is located in Lexington County
  • Kitchings Mill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kitchings Mill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitchings Mill
    • Kitchings Mill is located in Aiken County
    • Kitchings Mill has also been known as:
    • Kinchens Mill
  • Ridge Spring
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Milledgeville ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milledgeville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
    • Milledgeville is located in Aiken County
  • Eureka
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Eureka. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
    • Eureka is located in Aiken County
  • Wagener
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Aiken
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Roseland
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Roseland. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
    • Roseland is located in Aiken County
  • Montmorenci
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Oakwood
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
      • Oakwood is located in Aiken County
    • Batesburg
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Leesville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Foxtown ...

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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Foxtown.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Foxtown, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Foxtown.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Foxtown:

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

The official website for Aiken County: www.aikencounty.net/

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

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>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.
<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>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 Foxtown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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- Foxtown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Foxtown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7132, Longitude: -81.5695       In this case, the coordinates for Foxtown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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