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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 Glyn Terrace (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 Glyn Terrace. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.

Glyn Terrace is located in Charleston 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 Charleston County: Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester & Georgetown.

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

  • Charleston County     (The home county of Glyn Terrace)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glyn Terrace, with the one closest to Glyn Terrace listed first.
    • North Charleston
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Dorchester
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Dorchester is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
    • Essex Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Essex Village is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Village
    • Grove Creek Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Grove Creek Village is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Creek Village
    • Charles Towne Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Charles Towne Village is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charles Towne Village
    • Old Town
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Old Town is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
    • Otranto
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Otranto is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otranto
    • Charleston
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Johns Island
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • James Island
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • James Island is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Island
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,226 people
    • Mount Pleasant
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Lincolnville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Lincolnville is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,624 people
  • Berkeley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glyn Terrace, with the one closest to Glyn Terrace listed first.
    • Hanahan
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Camelot Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Camelot Village is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
    • Goose Creek
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Ladson
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Caromi Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Caromi Village is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caromi Village
    • Mount Holly
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Mount Holly is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
    • Highland Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Highland Village is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
    • Wando
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Tarry Town
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Tarry Town is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarry Town
    • Washington Town
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Washington Town is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Town
    • Cordesville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Huger
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Colleton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glyn Terrace, with the one closest to Glyn Terrace listed first.
    • Jacksonboro
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Cottageville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Round O
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Edisto Beach
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Edisto Beach is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edisto Beach
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 402 people
  • Dorchester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glyn Terrace, with the one closest to Glyn Terrace listed first.
    • Chandler Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Chandler Village is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler Village
    • Flowertown Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Flowertown Village is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowertown Village
    • Summerville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Brownsville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Brownsville is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
    • Ridgeville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Dorchester
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Glyn Terrace ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Glyn Terrace.

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 Glyn Terrace - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Live Oak Memorial Gardens
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Riverview Memorial Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Castle Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Sunset Memorial Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Carolina Memorial Gardens
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Johnson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Brown Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Adverse Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adverse Cemetery
    • The Adverse Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery
    • Citadel Square Baptist Church Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #69384 <2>
  • Yeamans Hall Plantation Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Hughes Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Bethany Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (140 more) ...
    • Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Emanuel AME Church Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Greek Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greek Cemetery
      • The Greek Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Greek Orthodox Cemetery

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 Glyn Terrace in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Glyn Terrace.

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

  • Belvedere
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Belvedere is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvedere
  • Otranto
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Otranto is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otranto
  • Charleston
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Ladson
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • James Island
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • James Island is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Island
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,226 people
  • Mount Holly
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Mount Holly is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
  • Mount Pleasant
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Wando
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Summerville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Strawberry
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Strawberry is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
  • Long Ridge
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Long Ridge is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Ridge
  • Huger
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Ridgeville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Moncks Corner
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Jacksonboro
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Glyn Terrace ...

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 206 newspapers that have been published in the area around Glyn Terrace.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Glyn Terrace, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Glyn Terrace.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Glyn Terrace:

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 Glyn Terrace, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Glyn Terrace) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.