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Introduction ...

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

We've added Huntington to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Huntington, 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 Huntington (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 Huntington. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

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 north 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 Huntington is historic, it would have been located within present day Laurens 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 Laurens County: Abbeville, Anderson, Greenville, Greenwood, Newberry, Spartanburg & Union.

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

  • Laurens County     (The home county of Huntington)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Huntington, with the one closest to Huntington listed first.
    • Renno
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Renno is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renno
    • Dover ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Dover is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
    • Clinton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Tylersville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Tylersville is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tylersville
    • Joanna
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Kinards
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Laurens
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Lisbon ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Lisbon is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
    • Mountville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Cold Point
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Cold Point is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Point
    • Gray Court
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Cross Hill
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Simpson ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Simpson is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
  • Abbeville County
    • Ware Shoals
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Chester County
    • Cabal
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Cabal is located in Chester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabal
  • Fairfield County
  • Greenville County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Huntington, with the one closest to Huntington listed first.
    • Fountain Inn
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Simpsonville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Fork Shoals
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Fork Shoals is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fork Shoals
    • Five Forks
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Five Forks is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
    • Woodland Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Woodland Village is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Village
  • Greenwood County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Huntington, with the one closest to Huntington listed first.
    • Coronaca
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Coronaca is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coronaca
    • Ninety Six
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Springdale
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Springdale is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
    • Cokesbury
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Cokesbury is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury
    • Fairforest
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Fairforest is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairforest
    • Grendel Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Grendel Village is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grendel Village
    • Hodges
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Newberry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Huntington, with the one closest to Huntington listed first.
    • Whitmire
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Mudlick
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Mudlick is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudlick
    • Smyrna
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Helena
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Helena is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
    • Newberry
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Silverstreet
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Glymphville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Glymphville is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glymphville
    • Sondleys ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Sondleys is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sondleys
    • Union
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Union is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
    • Chappells
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Old Town Ferry
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Old Town Ferry is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town Ferry
    • Prosperity
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Pomaria
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Spartanburg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Huntington, with the one closest to Huntington listed first.
    • Cross Anchor
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Enoree
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Woodruff
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Pauline
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Moore
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Crescent
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Crescent is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
    • Green Pond
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Green Pond is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Pond
    • Central Pacolet
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Central Pacolet is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Pacolet
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
    • Pacolet
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Pacolet is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacolet
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,604 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pacolet <2>
    • Roebuck
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • White Stone
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Camp Croft
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Camp Croft is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Croft
    • Pacolet Mills
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Union County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Huntington, with the one closest to Huntington listed first.
    • Sedalia
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Sedalia is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
    • Bishop Town ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Bishop Town is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop Town
    • Colerain
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Colerain is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colerain
    • Delta
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Delta is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
    • Red Town ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Red Town is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Town
    • Sartor Town
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Sartor Town is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sartor Town
    • Buffalo
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Union
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Tuckertown
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Tuckertown is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckertown
    • Bonham
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Bonham is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonham
    • Carlisle
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Meador ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Meador is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meador
    • Jonesville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near Huntington ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Huntington.

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 Huntington - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Duncan Creek Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Springfield Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Dillard Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Hurricane Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Bethany Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Rosemont Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Bethlehem Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Bobo Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Shiloh Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Macedonia Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (328 more) ...
    • Clinton Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton Cemetery
      • The Clinton Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Clinton City Cemetery
      • First Presbyterian Church Cemetery
    • Shady Grove Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Spring Hill AME Zion Church
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)

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.

Huntington itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Renno
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Renno is located in Laurens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renno
  • Dover ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Dover is located in Laurens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
  • Clinton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Sedalia
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Sedalia is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
  • Cross Keys
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Cross Keys is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
  • Tylersville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Tylersville is located in Laurens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tylersville
  • Cross Anchor
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Kinards
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Whitmire
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Evinsville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Evinsville is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evinsville
  • Ora
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Ora is located in Laurens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora
  • Colerain
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Colerain is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colerain
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Enoree
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Milton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Milton is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
    • Gary
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Gary is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary

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

Newspapers Published in Huntington ...

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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Huntington.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Huntington, 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 Huntington.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Huntington:

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