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Introduction ...

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

We've added Hamville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Hamville, 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 Hamville (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 Hamville. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Hamville is historic, it would have been located within present day Florence 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 Florence County: Clarendon, Darlington, Dillon, Lee, Marion, Marlboro & Williamsburg.

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

  • Florence County     (The home county of Hamville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hamville, with the one closest to Hamville listed first.
    • Cusac Crossroads
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Cusac Crossroads is located in Florence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cusac Crossroads
    • Jones Crossroads
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Jones Crossroads is located in Florence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Crossroads
    • Salem
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Salem is located in Florence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
    • Sardis
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Sardis is located in Florence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis
    • Danwood
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Danwood is located in Florence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danwood
    • Effingham
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Coward
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Olanta
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Park City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Park City is located in Florence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
    • Tara Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Tara Village is located in Florence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tara Village
    • Timmonsville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Scranton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Cartersville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Cartersville is located in Florence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartersville
  • Clarendon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hamville, with the one closest to Hamville listed first.
    • Turbeville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • New Zion
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Union Crossroads
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Union Crossroads is located in Clarendon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Crossroads
    • Sardinia
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Gable
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Alcolu
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Manning
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Darlington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hamville, with the one closest to Hamville listed first.
    • Alexander Crossroads
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Alexander Crossroads is located in Darlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander Crossroads
    • Lamar
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Lamar is located in Darlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lamar <2>
    • Palmetto
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Palmetto is located in Darlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
    • Philadelphia ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Philadelphia is located in Darlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
    • Syracuse
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Syracuse is located in Darlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syracuse
    • Pine Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Pine Village is located in Darlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Village
    • Darlington
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Lydia
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Dovesville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Dovesville is located in Darlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dovesville
    • Mont Clare
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Mont Clare is located in Darlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mont Clare
    • Hartsville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • North Hartsville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • North Hartsville is located in Darlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hartsville
    • Prestwood Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Prestwood Village is located in Darlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prestwood Village
  • Lee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hamville, with the one closest to Hamville listed first.
    • Lynchburg
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Atkins
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Atkins is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins
    • Elliott
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Alcot
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Alcot is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcot
    • Bishopville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Manville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Manville is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manville
  • Marion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hamville, with the one closest to Hamville listed first.
    • Tabernacle
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Tabernacle is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
    • Laughlin
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Laughlin is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laughlin
    • Gresham
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Centenary
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Marion
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Sellers
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Marlboro County
    • Brownsville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Brownsville is located in Marlboro County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
  • Sumter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hamville, with the one closest to Hamville listed first.
    • Hobbs Crossroads
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Hobbs Crossroads is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbs Crossroads
    • Shiloh
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Shiloh is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
    • Mayesville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Oswego
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Oswego is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oswego
    • East Sumter
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • East Sumter is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sumter
    • Mulberry
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Mulberry is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
    • Sumter
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • South Sumter
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • South Sumter is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sumter
    • Lakewood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Lakewood is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood
    • Millwood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Millwood is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
  • Williamsburg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hamville, with the one closest to Hamville listed first.
    • Moore Crossroads
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Moore Crossroads is located in Williamsburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Crossroads
    • Terrell Crossroad
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Terrell Crossroad is located in Williamsburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrell Crossroad
    • Cades
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Kingstree
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Indiantown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Indiantown is located in Williamsburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiantown
    • Stuckey
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Stuckey is located in Williamsburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuckey
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
    • Salters
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Hemingway
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Hamville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hamville.

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 Hamville - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Bethany Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Sparrow Swamp Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Meadow Prong Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Cockfield - Lynch Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Mossy Grove Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Lynchs Memorial Gardens Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Elim Methodist Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elim Methodist Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Elim Methodist Cemetery is located 12 miles [19.3 km]<4> to the north of Lake City.
  • Nowlin Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Byrd Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Peniel Baptist Church Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Matthews Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (279 more) ...

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

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

  • Sardis
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Sardis is located in Florence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis
  • Coward
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Effingham
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Scranton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Timmonsville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Howe
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Howe is located in Florence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
  • Friendfield
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Friendfield is located in Florence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendfield
  • Ebenezer
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Ebenezer is located in Florence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
  • Cartersville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Cartersville is located in Florence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartersville
  • Shiloh
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Shiloh is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
  • Lake City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Seloc
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Seloc is located in Clarendon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seloc
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Lynchburg
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Florence
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Hyman
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Hyman is located in Florence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyman

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

Newspapers Published in Hamville ...

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 Hamville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hamville, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hamville.

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 Hamville:

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 Hamville, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hamville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.