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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 Hibernia (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 Hibernia. 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.

Hibernia is located in Saluda 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 Saluda County: Aiken, Edgefield, Greenwood, Lexington & Newberry.

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

  • Saluda County     (The home county of Hibernia)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hibernia, with the one closest to Hibernia listed first.
    • Ridge Spring
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Ward
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Saluda
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Hickory Grove
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Hickory Grove is located in Saluda County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
  • Aiken County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hibernia, with the one closest to Hibernia listed first.
    • Monetta
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Seivern
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Seivern is located in Aiken County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seivern
    • Eureka
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Eureka is located in Aiken County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
    • Camp Rawls
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Camp Rawls is located in Aiken County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Rawls
    • Wagener
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Kitchings Mill
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Kitchings Mill is located in Aiken County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitchings Mill
      • Kitchings Mill has also been known as:
      • Kinchens Mill
    • Vaucluse
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Aiken
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Nicholson Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Nicholson Village is located in Aiken County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholson Village
    • Perry
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Montmorenci
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Roseland
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Roseland is located in Aiken County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
  • Edgefield County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hibernia, with the one closest to Hibernia listed first.
    • Johnston
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Trenton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Edgefield
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Murphys Estates
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Murphys Estates is located in Edgefield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphys Estates
    • Colliers
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Colliers is located in Edgefield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colliers
  • Lancaster County
  • Laurens County
    • Anglers Haven
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Anglers Haven is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anglers Haven
  • Lexington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hibernia, with the one closest to Hibernia listed first.
    • Batesburg
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Batesburg - Leesville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Batesburg - Leesville is located in Lexington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batesburg - Leesville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,402 people
    • Leesville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Fredonia
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Fredonia is located in Lexington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
    • Summit
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Summit is located in Lexington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
    • Gilbert
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Clubhouse Crossroads
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Clubhouse Crossroads is located in Lexington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clubhouse Crossroads
    • Lake Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Lake Village is located in Lexington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Village
    • Ella
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Ella is located in Lexington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
    • Red Bank
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Red Bank is located in Lexington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
    • Lexington
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Pelion
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Newberry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hibernia, with the one closest to Hibernia listed first.
    • Stoney Hill
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Stoney Hill is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Hill
    • Prosperity
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Slighs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Slighs is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slighs
    • Old Town Ferry
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Old Town Ferry is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town Ferry
    • Little Mountain
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Silverstreet
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Chappells
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Newberry
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Union
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Union is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
    • Helena
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Helena is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
    • Smyrna
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Peak
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Peak is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peak
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Peak <1>
  • Richland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hibernia, with the one closest to Hibernia listed first.
    • Lake Murray of Richland
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Ballentine
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • White Rock
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Dutch Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Dutch Village is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Village
    • Saint Andrews
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Saint Andrews is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrews

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

Cemeteries Near Hibernia ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hibernia.

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

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

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

  • Sawyer Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Gunter Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Hite Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Bates Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Norris Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Corley Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Holstein Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Watson Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Burton Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Shealy Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Lotts Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (295 more) ...
    • Olive Branch Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Padgett Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Bates Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)

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.<2>

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

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

  • Monetta
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Batesburg
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Leesville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Ridge Spring
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Samaria
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Samaria is located in Lexington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
  • Fredonia
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Fredonia is located in Lexington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
  • Summit
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Summit is located in Lexington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
  • Johnston
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Seivern
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Seivern is located in Aiken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seivern
  • Ella
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Ella is located in Lexington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
  • Eureka
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Eureka is located in Aiken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
  • Trenton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Milledgeville ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Milledgeville is located in Aiken County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
    • Croft
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Croft is located in Aiken County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croft
    • Wagener
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Hibernia ...

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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hibernia.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hibernia, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hibernia.

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 Hibernia:

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>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 Hibernia, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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- Hibernia) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.