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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 Iron Crossroads (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 Iron Crossroads. 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 Iron Crossroads ...

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 Iron Crossroads: Iron Xrds.

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 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.

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

  • Colleton County     (The home county of Iron Crossroads)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Iron Crossroads, with the one closest to Iron Crossroads listed first.
    • Cottageville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Round O
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Drigger Crossroads
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Drigger Crossroads is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drigger Crossroads
    • Jacksonboro
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Drawdy
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Drawdy is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drawdy
    • Sidney
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Sidney is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
    • Ritter
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Ritter is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritter
    • Walterboro
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Green Pond
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Canadys
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • White Hall
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • White Hall is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
    • Ruffin
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Beaufort County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Iron Crossroads, with the one closest to Iron Crossroads listed first.
    • Dale
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Yemassee
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Sheldon
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Tomotley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Tomotley is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomotley
    • Lobeco
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Seabrook
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Berkeley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Iron Crossroads, with the one closest to Iron Crossroads listed first.
    • Ladson
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Washington Town
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Washington Town is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Town
    • Caromi Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Caromi Village is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caromi Village
    • Highland Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Highland Village is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
    • Camelot Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Camelot Village is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
    • Goose Creek
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Hanahan
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Sandridge
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Sandridge is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandridge
    • Mount Holly
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Mount Holly is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
  • Charleston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Iron Crossroads, with the one closest to Iron Crossroads listed first.
    • Canady Landing ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Canady Landing is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canady Landing
    • Adams Run
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Ravenel
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Hollywood
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Meggett
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Lincolnville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Lincolnville is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,624 people
    • Wadmalaw Island
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Edisto Island
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Johns Island
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Rockville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Rockville is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
    • Essex Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Essex Village is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Village
    • Otranto
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Otranto is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otranto
  • Dorchester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Iron Crossroads, with the one closest to Iron Crossroads listed first.
    • Grover
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Flowertown Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Flowertown Village is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowertown Village
    • Ridgeville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Dorchester
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Brownsville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Brownsville is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
    • Chandler Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Chandler Village is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler Village
    • Summerville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Saint George
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Harleyville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Reevesville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Hampton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Iron Crossroads, with the one closest to Iron Crossroads listed first.
    • Early Branch
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Barkerville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Barkerville is located in Hampton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barkerville
      • Barkerville has also been known as:
      • Haywardville

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

Cemeteries Near Iron Crossroads ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Iron Crossroads.

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 Iron Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Sanders Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Round O Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Church Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Haynes Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Isaac Hayne Tomb
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • White Meeting Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Adams Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Macedonia Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Williams Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Buzzard Roost Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Hopewell Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Reeves Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (166 more) ...
    • Hughes Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Shepherd Grove Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Community Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 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 Iron Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Iron Crossroads.

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

  • Cottageville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Jacksonboro
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Drawdy
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Drawdy is located in Colleton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drawdy
  • Ritter
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Ritter is located in Colleton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritter
  • Ashepoo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Ashepoo is located in Colleton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashepoo
  • Walterboro
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Green Pond
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Hendersonville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Hendersonville is located in Colleton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendersonville
  • White Hall
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • White Hall is located in Colleton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
  • Ridgeville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Summerville
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Salkehatchie
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Salkehatchie is located in Colleton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salkehatchie
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Ladson
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Harleyville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Yemassee
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Iron Crossroads ...

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 9 newspapers that have been published in the area around Iron Crossroads.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Iron Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Iron Crossroads.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Iron Crossroads:

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 Iron Crossroads, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Iron Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.