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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 Hendersonville (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 Hendersonville. 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.

Hendersonville is located in Colleton 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 Colleton County: Allendale, Bamberg, Beaufort, Charleston, Dorchester, Hampton & Orangeburg.

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

  • Colleton County     (The home county of Hendersonville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hendersonville, with the one closest to Hendersonville listed first.
    • Ritter
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Ritter is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritter
    • White Hall
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • White Hall is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
    • Drawdy
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Drawdy is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drawdy
    • Green Pond
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Walterboro
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Sniders Crossroads
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Sniders Crossroads is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sniders Crossroads
    • Drigger Crossroads
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Drigger Crossroads is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drigger Crossroads
    • Round O
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Islandton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jacksonboro
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Ruffin
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Cottageville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Bamberg County
    • Ehrhardt
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Beaufort County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hendersonville, with the one closest to Hendersonville listed first.
    • Yemassee
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Tomotley
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Tomotley is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomotley
    • Sheldon
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Dale
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Lobeco
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Seabrook
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Laurel Bay
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Laurel Bay is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Bay
    • Beaufort
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Burton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Polk Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Polk Village is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk Village
    • Sangster Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Sangster Village is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sangster Village
    • Battery Marina Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Charleston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hendersonville, with the one closest to Hendersonville listed first.
    • Canady Landing ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Canady Landing is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canady Landing
    • Adams Run
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Ravenel
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Hollywood
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Meggett
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Edisto Island
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Dorchester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hendersonville, with the one closest to Hendersonville listed first.
    • Grover
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Saint George
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Reevesville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Dorchester
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Hampton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hendersonville, with the one closest to Hendersonville listed first.
    • Early Branch
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Barkerville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Barkerville is located in Hampton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barkerville
      • Barkerville has also been known as:
      • Haywardville
    • Miley
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Varnville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Crocketville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Hampton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Pond Town
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Pond Town is located in Hampton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Town
    • Furman
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Brunson
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Luray
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Estill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Gifford
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Jasper County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hendersonville, with the one closest to Hendersonville listed first.
    • Ridgeland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Pineland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Hendersonville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hendersonville.

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

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

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

  • Liveoak Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Myrtle Grove Plantation Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Shiloh Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Zahler Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Salkehatchie Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Bethel UMC Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Doctors Creek Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Grace Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Searson Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Tabor Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (178 more) ...
    • John Herndon Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Zion Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Ulmer Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Hendersonville had a population of 286 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • White Hall
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • White Hall is located in Colleton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
  • Ritter
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Ritter is located in Colleton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritter
  • Salkehatchie
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Salkehatchie is located in Colleton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salkehatchie
  • Green Pond
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Drawdy
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Drawdy is located in Colleton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drawdy
  • Walterboro
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Yemassee
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Ashepoo
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Ashepoo is located in Colleton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashepoo
  • Davidson
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Davidson is located in Hampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davidson
  • Early Branch
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Tomotley
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Tomotley is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomotley
  • Sheldon
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Islandton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jacksonboro
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Cummings
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Cummings is located in Hampton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings

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

Newspapers Published in Hendersonville ...

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 14 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hendersonville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hendersonville, 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 Hendersonville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Hendersonville:

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 Hendersonville, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hendersonville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.