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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Gladden Grove. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Gladden Grove to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Gladden Grove, 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 Gladden Grove (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 Gladden Grove. 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 Gladden Grove ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Gladden Grove: Gladden Grv.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Gladden Grove is historic, it would have been located within present day Fairfield 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 Fairfield County: Chester, Kershaw, Lancaster, Newberry, Richland & Union.
Below are the counties that are near Gladden Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gladden Grove:
- Fairfield County (The home county of Gladden Grove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gladden Grove, with the one closest to Gladden Grove listed first.
- Mitford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mitford is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitford
- White Oak
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Adger
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Adger is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adger
- Winnsboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Woodward
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Woodward is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodward
- Winnsboro Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Winnsboro Mills is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnsboro Mills
- Ridgeway
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Rion
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Smallwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Smallwood is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smallwood
- Monticello
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Monticello is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Rock Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
- Blair
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Chester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gladden Grove, with the one closest to Gladden Grove listed first.
- Great Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Blackstock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cornwell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cornwell is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwell
- Richburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Fort Lawn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Chester
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Eureka Mill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Eureka Mill is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Mill
- Lando
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Gayle Mill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gayle Mill is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayle Mill
- Edgemoor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Smith
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Smith is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith
- Lowrys
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lowrys is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowrys
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Kershaw County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gladden Grove, with the one closest to Gladden Grove listed first.
- Liberty Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Westville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Kershaw
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Elgin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lafayette Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lafayette Village is located in Kershaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette Village
- Lugoff
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Camden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Log Town ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Log Town is located in Kershaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Town
- Spring Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Village is located in Kershaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Village
- Shepard
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shepard is located in Kershaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepard
- Lancaster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gladden Grove, with the one closest to Gladden Grove listed first.
- Bell Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bell Town is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Town
- Irwin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Irwin is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
- Lancaster Mill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Lancaster Mill is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster Mill
- Caskey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Caskey is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caskey
- Heath Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Elgin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Elgin is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Lancaster
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Oakhurst
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Oakhurst is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhurst
- Riverside
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Springdell
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Springdell is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdell
- Primus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Primus is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primus
- Lexington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gladden Grove, with the one closest to Gladden Grove listed first.
- Irmo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Irmo is located in Lexington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irmo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,734 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Irmo <2>
- Chapin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Newberry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gladden Grove, with the one closest to Gladden Grove listed first.
- Glymphville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Glymphville is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glymphville
- Peak
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pomaria
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sondleys ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sondleys is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sondleys
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gladden Grove, with the one closest to Gladden Grove listed first.
- Blythewood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Cedar Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Cedar Creek is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Dutch Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Dutch Village is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Village
- Ballentine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- White Rock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Murray of Richland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Arcadia Lakes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Arcadia Lakes is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 874 people
- Belmont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Dentsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Woodfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Woodfield is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodfield
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gladden Grove, with the one closest to Gladden Grove listed first.
- Carlisle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Tuckertown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Tuckertown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckertown
- Meador ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Meador is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meador
- Sartor Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Sartor Town is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sartor Town
- York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gladden Grove, with the one closest to Gladden Grove listed first.
- Catawba
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Roddey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Roddey is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddey
- Roddey has also been known as:
- Coates Tavern
- Lesslie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lesslie is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lesslie
- McConnells
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Union County (NC)
- Jaars
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jaars is located in Union County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaars
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Gladden Grove, see our County-by-County Page for Gladden Grove.
Cemeteries Near Gladden Grove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gladden Grove.
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 Gladden Grove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gladden Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gladden Grove, with the one closest to Gladden Grove listed first.
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Richmond Covenanter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bethesda Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Aimwell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. James Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- White Oak Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Gunthorne Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (231 more) ...
- Browns - Strouds Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Guest Assembly Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gold Mine Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
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 Gladden Grove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Gladden Grove.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Gladden Grove, with the one closest to Gladden Grove listed first.
- White Oak
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Adger
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Adger is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adger
- Flint Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Flint Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Rossville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rossville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossville
- Blackstock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Winnsboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wellridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wellridge is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellridge
- Woodward
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Woodward is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodward
- Rockton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Rockton is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Liberty Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Cornwell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cornwell is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwell
- Simpson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Simpson is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Ridgeway
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bascomville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bascomville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bascomville
- Rion
(14 miles [22.5 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 Gladden Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gladden Grove.
Newspapers Published in Gladden Grove ...
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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gladden Grove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gladden Grove, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gladden Grove.
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 Gladden Grove:
- Websites specific to South Carolina
- Pages specific to Fairfield County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chester County
- Kershaw County
- Lancaster County
- Lexington County
- Newberry County
- Richland County
- Union County
- York 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 Gladden Grove, 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> | 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. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Gladden Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |