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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 Holly Ridge (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 Holly Ridge. 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 Holly Ridge ...

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 occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Holly Ridge: Holly Rdg. (or less commonly used: Holly Rdge. or Holly Ridg.)

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Holly Ridge. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Holly Ridge.

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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.

Holly Ridge 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 Holly Ridge. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Holly Ridge:

  • Colleton County     (The home county of Holly Ridge)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Holly Ridge, with the one closest to Holly Ridge listed first.
    • Cottageville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Sidney
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Sidney is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
    • Round O
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Canadys
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Drigger Crossroads
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Drigger Crossroads is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drigger Crossroads
    • Walterboro
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Drawdy
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Drawdy is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drawdy
    • Jacksonboro
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Ritter
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Ritter is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritter
    • Johnsville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Johnsville is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsville
    • Ruffin
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Smoaks
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Williams
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Berkeley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Holly Ridge, with the one closest to Holly Ridge listed first.
    • Washington Town
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Washington Town is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Town
    • Sandridge
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Sandridge is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandridge
    • Highland Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Highland Village is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
    • Ladson
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Caromi Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Caromi Village is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caromi Village
    • Camelot Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Camelot Village is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
    • Mount Holly
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Mount Holly is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
    • Goose Creek
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Tarry Town
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Tarry Town is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarry Town
    • Cross
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Hanahan
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Moncks Corner
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Pinopolis
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Charleston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Holly Ridge, with the one closest to Holly Ridge listed first.
    • Lincolnville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Lincolnville is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,624 people
    • Canady Landing ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Canady Landing is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canady Landing
    • Ravenel
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Otranto
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Otranto is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otranto
    • Adams Run
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Hollywood
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Meggett
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Essex Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Essex Village is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Village
    • North Charleston
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Dorchester
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Dorchester is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
    • Grove Creek Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Grove Creek Village is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Creek Village
    • Johns Island
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Wadmalaw Island
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Dorchester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Holly Ridge, with the one closest to Holly Ridge listed first.
    • Dorchester
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Ridgeville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Grover
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Harleyville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Saint George
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Brownsville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Brownsville is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
    • Flowertown Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Flowertown Village is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowertown Village
    • Summerville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Reevesville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Chandler Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Chandler Village is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler Village
  • Orangeburg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Holly Ridge, with the one closest to Holly Ridge listed first.
    • Holly Hill
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Wells
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Wells is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
    • Eutawville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Green Town
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Green Town is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Town
    • Possum Town
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Possum Town is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Town
    • Bowman
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Branchville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Vance
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Vance is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vance <1>
    • Ferguson ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Ferguson is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson
    • Sixty Six
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Sixty Six is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixty Six
    • Santee
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near Holly Ridge ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Holly Ridge.

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 Holly Ridge - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Ferguson Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Muckenfuss Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Givhans Ferry Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Johnson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Rumph Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Ackerman Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Cummings Chapel Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Gruber Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Hiott Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Hughes Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Beech Hill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Bridge Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (223 more) ...
    • Calvary Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Adams Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Williams Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 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.<2>

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

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

  • Cottageville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Ridgeville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Harleyville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Summerville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Sandridge
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Sandridge is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandridge
  • Walterboro
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Reevesville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Drawdy
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Drawdy is located in Colleton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drawdy
  • Long Ridge
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Long Ridge is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Ridge
  • Jacksonboro
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Ladson
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Holly Hill
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Ritter
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Ritter is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritter
    • Connors ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Connors is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connors
    • Ashepoo
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Ashepoo is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashepoo

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

Newspapers Published in Holly Ridge ...

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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around Holly Ridge.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Holly Ridge, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Holly Ridge.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Holly Ridge:

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 Holly Ridge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Holly Ridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.