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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Green Bay. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Green Bay to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Green Bay, 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 Green Bay (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 Green Bay. 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 and 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 Green Bay is historic, it would have been located within present day Berkeley 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 Berkeley County: Charleston, Dorchester, Georgetown, Orangeburg & Williamsburg.

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

  • Berkeley County     (The home county of Green Bay)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Green Bay, with the one closest to Green Bay listed first.
    • Jamestown
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Bethera
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Wrangle Town ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Wrangle Town is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrangle Town
    • Huger
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Alvin
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Alvin is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvin
    • Cordesville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Harris Town
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Harris Town is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Town
    • Bonneau
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Saint Stephen
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Moncks Corner
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Russellville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Pinopolis
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Charleston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Green Bay, with the one closest to Green Bay listed first.
    • Awendaw
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Pineland
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Pineland is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineland
    • McClellanville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Isle-of-Palms
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Mount Pleasant
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Otranto
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Otranto is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otranto
  • Georgetown County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Green Bay, with the one closest to Green Bay listed first.
    • Sampit
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Sampit is located in Georgetown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sampit
    • Andrews
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Georgetown
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Steele Town
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Steele Town is located in Georgetown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steele Town
    • Willie Towne
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Willie Towne is located in Georgetown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willie Towne
    • Campfield
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Campfield is located in Georgetown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campfield
  • Williamsburg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Green Bay, with the one closest to Green Bay listed first.
    • Cedar Creek ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Cedar Creek is located in Williamsburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
    • Snow Town
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Snow Town is located in Williamsburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Town
    • Lane
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Lane is located in Williamsburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lane <2>
    • Salters
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Nesmith
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near Green Bay ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Green Bay.

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 Green Bay - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • New Hope Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • St. James Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Halfway Creek Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Berea Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Eccles Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Reed Corner Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • St. Paul AME Church Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Von Hollen Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Johnson Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (111 more) ...
    • Hickory Grove Pentecostal Holiness Church Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Hyde Park Plantation Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Silk Hope Plantation Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 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.

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

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

  • Palmerville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Palmerville is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerville
  • Honey Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Honey Hill is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Hill
  • Bethera
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Huger
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • McClellanville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Suttons
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Suttons is located in Williamsburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suttons
  • Sampit
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Sampit is located in Georgetown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sampit
  • Alvin
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Alvin is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvin
  • Earle
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Earle is located in Williamsburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earle
  • Bethel
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Bethel is located in Georgetown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
  • Graves
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Graves is located in Georgetown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graves
  • Trio
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Trio is located in Williamsburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trio
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Bonneau
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Macbeth
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Macbeth is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macbeth
    • Georgetown
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Green Bay ...

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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Green Bay.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Green Bay, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Green Bay.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Green Bay:

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 Green Bay, 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' (or 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- Green Bay) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.