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Our Genealogy Helper

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 Honey Hill (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 Honey Hill. 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 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.

Honey Hill is located in Berkeley 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 Berkeley County: Charleston, Dorchester, Georgetown, Orangeburg & Williamsburg.

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

  • Berkeley County     (The home county of Honey Hill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Honey Hill, with the one closest to Honey Hill listed first.
    • Jamestown
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Bethera
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Wrangle Town ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Wrangle Town is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrangle Town
    • Huger
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Alvin
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Alvin is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvin
    • Cordesville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Harris Town
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Harris Town is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Town
    • Wando
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Bonneau
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Saint Stephen
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Moncks Corner
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Tarry Town
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Tarry Town is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarry Town
  • Charleston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Honey Hill, with the one closest to Honey Hill listed first.
    • McClellanville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Pineland
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Pineland is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineland
    • Awendaw
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Isle-of-Palms
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Mount Pleasant
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Island-of-Palms
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Island-of-Palms is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island-of-Palms
    • The Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • The Village is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Village
  • Georgetown County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Honey Hill, with the one closest to Honey Hill listed first.
    • Sampit
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Sampit is located in Georgetown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sampit
    • Andrews
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Georgetown
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Steele Town
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Steele Town is located in Georgetown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steele Town
    • Willie Towne
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Willie Towne is located in Georgetown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willie Towne
    • Campfield
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Campfield is located in Georgetown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campfield
    • Jackson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jackson is located in Georgetown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
  • Williamsburg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Honey Hill, with the one closest to Honey Hill listed first.
    • Cedar Creek ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Cedar Creek is located in Williamsburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
    • Snow Town
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Snow Town is located in Williamsburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Town
    • Lane
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Lane is located in Williamsburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lane <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Honey Hill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Honey Hill.

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 Honey Hill - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • New Hope Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Halfway Creek Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • St. James Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Eccles Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Paul AME Church Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Berea Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Morning Glory Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Reed Corner Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Silk Hope Plantation Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Quimby Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (95 more) ...
    • Apple Old Field Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Wilson Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Von Hollen Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 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 in 1895, Honey Hill had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Palmerville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Palmerville is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerville
  • McClellanville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Bethera
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Sampit
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Sampit is located in Georgetown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sampit
  • Huger
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Bethel
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Bethel is located in Georgetown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
  • Suttons
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Suttons is located in Williamsburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suttons
  • Alvin
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Alvin is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvin
  • Graves
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Graves is located in Georgetown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graves
  • Earle
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Earle is located in Williamsburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earle
  • Georgetown
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Trio
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Trio is located in Williamsburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trio
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Wando
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Bonneau
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Macbeth
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Macbeth is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macbeth

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

Newspapers Published in Honey Hill ...

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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Honey Hill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Honey Hill, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Honey Hill.

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 Honey Hill:

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