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 Harbour Town (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 Harbour Town. 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 southeast 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 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.
Harbour Town is located in Beaufort 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 Beaufort County: Colleton, Hampton & Jasper.
Below are the counties that are near Harbour Town. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Harbour Town:
- Beaufort County (The home county of Harbour Town)
- The following are listed by their distance from Harbour Town, with the one closest to Harbour Town listed first.
- Point Comfort
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Point Comfort is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Comfort
- Daufuskie Island
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hilton Head Island
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bluffton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pritchardville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pritchardville is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchardville
- Okatie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Battery Marina Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Shell Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Shell Point is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Point
- Port Royal
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Hardeeville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Burton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Sangster Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sangster Village is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sangster Village
- Beaufort
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harbour Town, with the one closest to Harbour Town listed first.
- Ridgeland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tillman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bryan County (GA)
- Fort McAllister
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fort McAllister is located in Bryan County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort McAllister
- Chatham County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Harbour Town, with the one closest to Harbour Town listed first.
- Fort Screven
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fort Screven is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Screven
- Tybee Island
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Golden Isles
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wilmington Island
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Whitemarsh Island
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Whitemarsh Island is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitemarsh Island
- Isle of Armstrong
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Isle of Armstrong is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle of Armstrong
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,402 people
- Thunderbolt
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Robert M Hitch Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Robert M Hitch Village is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robert M Hitch Village
- Bona Bella
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bona Bella is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bona Bella
- Savannah
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Abercorn Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Abercorn Heights is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abercorn Heights
- Isle of Hope
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Isle of Hope is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle of Hope
- Carver Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Carver Village is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carver Village
- Effingham County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Harbour Town, with the one closest to Harbour Town listed first.
- Exley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Exley is located in Effingham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exley
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,894 people
- Rincon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rincon is located in Effingham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rincon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,655 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rincon <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Harbour Town, see our County-by-County Page for Harbour Town.
Cemeteries Near Harbour Town ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Harbour Town.
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 Harbour Town - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Harbour Town covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Harbour Town, with the one closest to Harbour Town listed first.
- Braddocks Point Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Six Oaks Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Lawton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Haig Point Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Opossum Point Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mary Field Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Moreland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stoney Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jenkins Island Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bluffton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Baynard Tomb
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (121 more) ...
- Government Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Talbor Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Tybee Memorial Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Harbour Town in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Harbour Town.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Harbour Town, with the one closest to Harbour Town listed first.
- Hilton Head Island
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bluffton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tybee Island
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pritchardville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pritchardville is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchardville
- Okatie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Savannah
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Isle of Hope
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Isle of Hope is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle of Hope
- Port Royal
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Hardeeville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Wheat Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Wheat Hill is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheat Hill
- Central Junction
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Central Junction is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Junction
- Frogmore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Frogmore is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogmore
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Beaufort
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Monteith
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Monteith is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monteith
- Meinhard
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Meinhard is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meinhard
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Harbour Town. See our List of 1890's Communities around Harbour Town.
Newspapers Published in Harbour Town ...
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 184 newspapers that have been published in the area around Harbour Town.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Harbour Town, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Harbour Town.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Harbour Town:
- Websites specific to South Carolina
- Pages specific to Beaufort County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Jasper County
- Bryan County
- Chatham County
- Effingham County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for South Carolina
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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Harbour Town) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Harbour Town, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |