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Introduction ...

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

We've added Highland Park to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Highland Park, 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 Highland Park (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 Highland Park. 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 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 Highland Park 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 Highland Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Highland Park:

  • Florence County     (The home county of Highland Park)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Highland Park, with the one closest to Highland Park listed first.
    • Siesta Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Siesta Village is located in Florence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siesta Village
    • Florence
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Park City
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Park City is located in Florence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
    • Tara Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Tara Village is located in Florence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tara Village
    • Ebenezer
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Ebenezer is located in Florence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
    • Quinby
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Danwood
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Danwood is located in Florence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danwood
    • Mars Bluff
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Mars Bluff is located in Florence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Bluff
    • Effingham
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jones Crossroads
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jones Crossroads is located in Florence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Crossroads
    • Timmonsville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Jamestown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Jamestown is located in Florence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
  • Clarendon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Highland Park, with the one closest to Highland Park listed first.
    • Turbeville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • New Zion
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Union Crossroads
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Union Crossroads is located in Clarendon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Crossroads
    • Sardinia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Gable
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Darlington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Highland Park, with the one closest to Highland Park listed first.
    • Palmetto
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Palmetto is located in Darlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
    • Alexander Crossroads
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Alexander Crossroads is located in Darlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander Crossroads
    • Pine Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Pine Village is located in Darlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Village
    • Darlington
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Syracuse
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Syracuse is located in Darlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syracuse
    • Philadelphia ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Philadelphia is located in Darlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
    • Mont Clare
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Mont Clare is located in Darlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mont Clare
    • Lamar
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • 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>
    • Dovesville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Dovesville is located in Darlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dovesville
    • Lydia
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Hartsville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • North Hartsville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • North Hartsville is located in Darlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hartsville
  • Dillon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Highland Park, with the one closest to Highland Park listed first.
    • Latta
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Floydale
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Dillon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Minturn
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Fork
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Little Rock
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Lee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Highland Park, with the one closest to Highland Park listed first.
    • Lynchburg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Atkins
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Atkins is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins
    • Elliott
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Alcot
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Alcot is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcot
    • Bishopville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Manville
      (29 miles [46.7 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 Highland Park, with the one closest to Highland Park listed first.
    • Laughlin
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Laughlin is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laughlin
    • Sellers
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Tabernacle
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Tabernacle is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
    • Marion
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Centenary
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Rains
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Gresham
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Mullins
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Marlboro County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Highland Park, with the one closest to Highland Park listed first.
    • Brownsville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Brownsville is located in Marlboro County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
    • Drake
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Drake is located in Marlboro County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
    • Blenheim
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Sumter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Highland Park, with the one closest to Highland Park listed first.
    • Hobbs Crossroads
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Hobbs Crossroads is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbs Crossroads
    • Shiloh
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Shiloh is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
    • Mayesville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Oswego
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Oswego is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oswego
  • Williamsburg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Highland Park, with the one closest to Highland Park listed first.
    • Moore Crossroads
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Moore Crossroads is located in Williamsburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Crossroads
    • Terrell Crossroad
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Terrell Crossroad is located in Williamsburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrell Crossroad
    • Cades
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near Highland Park ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Highland Park.

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 Highland Park - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Mt. Hope Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Cumberland UMC Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • James Memorial Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Sunset Memory Gardens
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Hillside FWB Church Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Florence National Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Fraternity Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Howe Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Burch Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • North Vista Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Florence Memorial Gardens
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • McPherson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (306 more) ...
    • McLaughlin Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Pigiott Field Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Turner Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)

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

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

  • Florence
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Howe
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Howe is located in Florence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
  • Ebenezer
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Ebenezer is located in Florence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
  • Palmetto
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Palmetto is located in Darlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
  • Effingham
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Mars Bluff
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Mars Bluff is located in Florence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Bluff
  • Timmonsville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Claussen
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Claussen is located in Florence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claussen
  • Syracuse
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Syracuse is located in Darlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syracuse
  • Sardis
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Sardis is located in Florence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis
  • Philadelphia ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Philadelphia is located in Darlington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
  • Coward
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Cartersville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Cartersville is located in Florence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartersville
    • Friendfield
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Friendfield is located in Florence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendfield
    • Floyd
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Floyd is located in Darlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd

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

Newspapers Published in Highland Park ...

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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Highland Park.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Highland Park, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Highland Park.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Highland Park:

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 Highland Park, 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' (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- Highland Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.