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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 Hunley 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 Hunley 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 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.

Hunley Park is located in Charleston 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 Charleston County: Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester & Georgetown.

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

  • Charleston County     (The home county of Hunley Park)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hunley Park, with the one closest to Hunley Park listed first.
    • North Charleston
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Otranto
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Otranto is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otranto
    • Dorchester
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Dorchester is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
    • Essex Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Essex Village is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Village
    • Grove Creek Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Grove Creek Village is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Creek Village
    • Charles Towne Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Charles Towne Village is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charles Towne Village
    • Old Town
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Old Town is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
    • Lincolnville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Lincolnville is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,624 people
    • Charleston
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Johns Island
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Ravenel
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • James Island
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • James Island is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Island
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,226 people
  • Berkeley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hunley Park, with the one closest to Hunley Park listed first.
    • Hanahan
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Ladson
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Goose Creek
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Camelot Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Camelot Village is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
    • Caromi Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Caromi Village is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caromi Village
    • Highland Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Highland Village is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
    • Mount Holly
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Mount Holly is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
    • Tarry Town
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Tarry Town is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarry Town
    • Wando
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Washington Town
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Washington Town is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Town
    • Cordesville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Huger
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Colleton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hunley Park, with the one closest to Hunley Park listed first.
    • Cottageville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Jacksonboro
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Round O
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Drigger Crossroads
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Drigger Crossroads is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drigger Crossroads
    • Sidney
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Sidney is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
  • Dorchester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hunley Park, with the one closest to Hunley Park listed first.
    • Chandler Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Chandler Village is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler Village
    • Summerville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Flowertown Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Flowertown Village is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowertown Village
    • Brownsville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Brownsville is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
    • Ridgeville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Dorchester
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Harleyville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Hunley Park ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hunley 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 Hunley Park - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Castle Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Live Oak Memorial Gardens
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Johnson Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Sunset Memorial Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Carolina Memorial Gardens
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Middleton Place Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Riverview Memorial Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Hughes Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Yeamans Hall Plantation Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • St. James Goose Creek Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Cherry Hill Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (150 more) ...
    • Tomb of Colonel William Washington
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Cooke Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Brown Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 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.<3>

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

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

  • Belvedere
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Belvedere is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvedere
  • Otranto
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Otranto is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otranto
  • Ladson
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Charleston
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Summerville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Mount Holly
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Mount Holly is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
  • James Island
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • James Island is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Island
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,226 people
  • Wando
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Strawberry
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Strawberry is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
  • Mount Pleasant
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Long Ridge
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Long Ridge is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Ridge
  • Ridgeville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Huger
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Moncks Corner
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Jacksonboro
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Hunley 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 6 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hunley Park.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hunley Park, there are papers which were published within 6 miles [9.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hunley 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 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 Hunley Park:

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 Hunley Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hunley Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.