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Introduction ...

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

We've added Hickory Grove to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Hickory Grove, 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 Hickory Grove (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 Hickory Grove. 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.

Name Variations for Hickory Grove ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Hickory Grove: Hickory Grv.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 doctors and hospitals 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 Hickory Grove is historic, it would have been located within present day Berkeley County.

To see how the shape of South Carolina's counties 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 Hickory Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hickory Grove:

  • Berkeley County     (The home county of Hickory Grove)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Grove, with the one closest to Hickory Grove listed first.
    • Wrangle Town ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wrangle Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrangle Town
      • Wrangle Town is located in Berkeley County
    • Bethera
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Bonneau
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Alvin
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Alvin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvin
      • Alvin is located in Berkeley County
    • Cordesville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jamestown
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Harris Town
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harris Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Town
      • Harris Town is located in Berkeley County
    • Moncks Corner
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Pinopolis
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Saint Stephen
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Russellville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Huger
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Charleston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Grove, with the one closest to Hickory Grove listed first.
    • Awendaw
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Pineland
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineland
      • Pineland is located in Charleston County
    • Otranto
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Otranto. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otranto
      • Otranto is located in Charleston County
    • Lincolnville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
      • Lincolnville is located in Charleston County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,624 people
    • McClellanville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • North Charleston
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Dorchester
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
      • Dorchester is located in Charleston County
    • Mount Pleasant
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Grove Creek Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grove Creek Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Creek Village
      • Grove Creek Village is located in Charleston County
    • The Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for The Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Village
      • The Village is located in Charleston County
  • Clarendon County
    • Shad Moss village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shad Moss village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shad Moss village
      • Shad Moss village is located in Clarendon County
  • Dorchester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Grove, with the one closest to Hickory Grove listed first.
    • Summerville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Brownsville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
      • Brownsville is located in Dorchester County
    • Chandler Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chandler Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler Village
      • Chandler Village is located in Dorchester County
    • Flowertown Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flowertown Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowertown Village
      • Flowertown Village is located in Dorchester County
    • Ridgeville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Georgetown County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Grove, with the one closest to Hickory Grove listed first.
    • Andrews
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Sampit
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sampit. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sampit
      • Sampit is located in Georgetown County
  • Orangeburg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Grove, with the one closest to Hickory Grove listed first.
    • Ferguson ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson
      • Ferguson is located in Orangeburg County
    • Eutawville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Green Town
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Town
      • Green Town is located in Orangeburg County
    • Possum Town
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Possum Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Town
      • Possum Town is located in Orangeburg County
  • Williamsburg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Grove, with the one closest to Hickory Grove listed first.
    • Lane
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
      • Lane is located in Williamsburg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lane <3>
    • Greeleyville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Salters
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Kingstree
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Snow Town
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Snow Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Town
      • Snow Town is located in Williamsburg County

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

Cemeteries Near Hickory Grove ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hickory Grove.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Hickory Grove Pentecostal Holiness Church Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hickory Grove Pentecostal Holiness Church Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hickory Grove Pentecostal Holiness Church Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<5> to the southeast of Bethera.
    • The Hickory Grove Pentecostal Holiness Church Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Hickory Grove Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #70298 <6>
  • Taylor Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Taylor Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Taylor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hoods Chapel Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hoods Chapel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hoods Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Macedonia Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Macedonia Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Macedonia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Providence Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Providence Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Providence Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Johnson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Johnson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Johnson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Reed Corner Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Reed Corner Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Reed Corner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cordesville Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cordesville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cordesville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Berea Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Berea Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Berea Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Calvary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (166 more) ...
    • Von Hollen Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Von Hollen Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Von Hollen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Full Gospel Mission Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Full Gospel Mission Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Full Gospel Mission Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Rehobeth Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rehobeth Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rehobeth Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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

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

  • Bethera
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Bonneau
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Macbeth
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Macbeth have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macbeth
    • Macbeth is located in Berkeley County
  • Alvin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Alvin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvin
    • Alvin is located in Berkeley County
  • Moncks Corner
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Saint Stephen
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Huger
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Suttons
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Suttons have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suttons
    • Suttons is located in Williamsburg County
  • Palmerville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Palmerville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerville
    • Palmerville is located in Berkeley County
  • Strawberry
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strawberry have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
    • Strawberry is located in Berkeley County
  • Honey Hill
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Honey Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Hill
    • Honey Hill is located in Berkeley County
  • Long Ridge
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Ridge
    • Long Ridge is located in Berkeley County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Mount Holly
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Holly have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
      • Mount Holly is located in Berkeley County
    • Lane
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
      • Lane is located in Williamsburg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lane <3>
    • Trio
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trio have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trio
      • Trio is located in Williamsburg County

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

Newspapers Published in Hickory Grove ...

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 3 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hickory Grove.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hickory Grove, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hickory Grove.

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 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 Hickory Grove:

The official website for Berkeley County: www.co.berkeley.sc.us/

The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/

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 Hickory Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hickory Grove) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hickory Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2516, Longitude: -79.8623       In this case, the coordinates for Hickory Grove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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.




 

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