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 Grahams Crossroads (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 Grahams Crossroads. 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 Grahams Crossroads ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Grahams Crossroads: Grahams Xrds.
- While the name of this community is Grahams Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Grahams Crossroads may originally have been Graham's Crossroads.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Grahams Crossroads might be written as Graham Crossroads.
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 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.
Grahams Crossroads is located in Horry 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 Horry County: Brunswick (NC), Columbus (NC), Dillon, Georgetown & Marion.
Below are the counties that are near Grahams Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Grahams Crossroads:
- Horry County (The home county of Grahams Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grahams Crossroads, with the one closest to Grahams Crossroads listed first.
- Daisy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Daisy is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Loris
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Little Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Little Town is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Town
- Longs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gurley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Gurley is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
- Finklea
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Finklea is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finklea
- Hand
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hand is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hand
- Green Sea
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nixonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Nixonville is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixonville
- Hickory Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Grove is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Vina
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Vina is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vina
- Allen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Allen is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Cebu ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cebu is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cebu
- Dillon County
- Lake View
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grahams Crossroads, with the one closest to Grahams Crossroads listed first.
- Nichols
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mullins
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rains
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Brunswick County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grahams Crossroads, with the one closest to Grahams Crossroads listed first.
- Longwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Longwood is located in Brunswick County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
- Carolina Shores
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Carolina Shores is located in Brunswick County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina Shores
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,802 people
- Ash
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Ash is located in Brunswick County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
- Calabash
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sunset Beach
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Exum
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Exum is located in Brunswick County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exum
- Makatoka
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Makatoka is located in Brunswick County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Makatoka
- Ocean Isle Beach
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Shallotte
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Sivey Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Sivey Town is located in Brunswick County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sivey Town
- Holden Beach
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Supply
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Columbus County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grahams Crossroads, with the one closest to Grahams Crossroads listed first.
- Ironhill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ironhill is located in Columbus County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironhill
- Bethel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel is located in Columbus County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Pine Level
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Level is located in Columbus County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Level
- Pireway
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Pireway is located in Columbus County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pireway
- Tabor City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bug Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bug Hill is located in Columbus County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bug Hill
- Emerson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Emerson is located in Columbus County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson
- Nakina
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nakina is located in Columbus County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nakina
- Clarendon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Clarendon is located in Columbus County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarendon
- Cribb Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Cribb Town is located in Columbus County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cribb Town
- Brunswick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Cedar Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Cedar Grove is located in Columbus County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Chadbourn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Robeson County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grahams Crossroads, with the one closest to Grahams Crossroads listed first.
- Barnesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Barnesville is located in Robeson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesville
- Marietta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Marietta is located in Robeson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Grahams Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Grahams Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Grahams Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Grahams Crossroads.
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 Grahams Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Grahams Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Grahams Crossroads, with the one closest to Grahams Crossroads listed first.
- Antioch Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Antioch Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the southeast of Loris.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2449631 <4>
- Flag Patch Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Springfield Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Heavenly Hills Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Reaves Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Carter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Holly Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Gause Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hardee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Butler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Marlowe Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cox Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (251 more) ...
- Milligan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cartrette Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cherry Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
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.<5>
While we didn't find Grahams Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Grahams Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Grahams Crossroads, with the one closest to Grahams Crossroads listed first.
- Daisy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Daisy is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Dothan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dothan is located in Columbus County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dothan
- Loris
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hammond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hammond is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Ironhill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ironhill is located in Columbus County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironhill
- Pireway
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Pireway is located in Columbus County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pireway
- Mollie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mollie is located in Columbus County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mollie
- Bug Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bug Hill is located in Columbus County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bug Hill
- Gurley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Gurley is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
- Privetts
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Privetts is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Privetts
- Emerson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Emerson is located in Columbus County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson
- Hand
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hand is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hand
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Wampee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Wampee is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wampee
- Finklea
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Finklea is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finklea
- Adrian
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Adrian is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adrian
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Grahams Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Grahams Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Grahams Crossroads ...
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 9 newspapers that have been published in the area around Grahams Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Grahams Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Grahams Crossroads.
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 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 Grahams Crossroads:
- Websites specific to South Carolina
- Pages specific to Horry County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dillon County
- Marion County
- Brunswick County
- Columbus County
- Robeson County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for South Carolina
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Grahams Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Grahams Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |