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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 Jones 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 Jones 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 Jones 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.

  • A typical abbreviation for Jones Crossroads: Jones Xrds.
  • While the name of this community is Jones Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Jones Crossroads may originally have been Jone's Crossroads.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Jones Crossroads might be written as Jone Crossroads.

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

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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.

Jones Crossroads is located in Lancaster 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 Lancaster County: Mecklenburg (NC), Union (NC), Chester, Chesterfield, Fairfield, Kershaw & York.

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

  • Lancaster County     (The home county of Jones Crossroads)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jones Crossroads, with the one closest to Jones Crossroads listed first.
    • Elgin
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Elgin is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
    • Lancaster Mill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Lancaster Mill is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster Mill
    • Lancaster
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Irwin
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Irwin is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
    • Bell Town
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Bell Town is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Town
    • Pleasant Hill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Pleasant Hill is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
    • Heath Springs
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Primus
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Primus is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primus
    • Caskey
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Caskey is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caskey
    • Camp Creek
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Camp Creek is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Creek
    • Oakhurst
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Oakhurst is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhurst
    • Riverside
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Riverside is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
  • Chester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jones Crossroads, with the one closest to Jones Crossroads listed first.
    • Fort Lawn
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Great Falls
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Richburg
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Lando
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Edgemoor
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Blackstock
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Smith
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Smith is located in Chester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith
    • Cornwell
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Cornwell is located in Chester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwell
    • Eureka Mill
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Eureka Mill is located in Chester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Mill
    • Chester
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Gayle Mill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Gayle Mill is located in Chester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayle Mill
    • Lowrys
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Lowrys is located in Chester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowrys
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
  • Chesterfield County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jones Crossroads, with the one closest to Jones Crossroads listed first.
    • White Plains
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • White Plains is located in Chesterfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
    • Jefferson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Pageland
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Angelus
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Angelus is located in Chesterfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelus
  • Fairfield County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jones Crossroads, with the one closest to Jones Crossroads listed first.
    • Mitford
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Mitford is located in Fairfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitford
    • White Oak
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Woodward
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Woodward is located in Fairfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodward
    • Adger
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Adger is located in Fairfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adger
    • Ridgeway
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Winnsboro Mills
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Winnsboro Mills is located in Fairfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnsboro Mills
    • Winnsboro
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Smallwood
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Smallwood is located in Fairfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smallwood
  • Kershaw County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jones Crossroads, with the one closest to Jones Crossroads listed first.
    • Liberty Hill
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Kershaw
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Westville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Lafayette Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Lafayette Village is located in Kershaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette Village
    • Shepard
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Shepard is located in Kershaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepard
    • Cassatt
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Pine Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Pine Village is located in Kershaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Village
    • Log Town ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Log Town is located in Kershaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Town
    • Bethune
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Camden
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Lugoff
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • York County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jones Crossroads, with the one closest to Jones Crossroads listed first.
    • Catawba
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Roddey
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Roddey is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddey
      • Roddey has also been known as:
      • Coates Tavern
    • Lesslie
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Lesslie is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lesslie
    • Rock Hill
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Fort Mill
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Riverview
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Riverview is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
    • India Hook
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • India Hook is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for India Hook
    • McConnells
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Newport
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Newport is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
    • Tega Cay
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Mecklenburg County (NC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jones Crossroads, with the one closest to Jones Crossroads listed first.
    • Weddington
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Weddington is located in Mecklenburg County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weddington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,389 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weddington <2>
    • Pineville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Pineville is located in Mecklenburg County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,185 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pineville <2>
  • Union County (NC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jones Crossroads, with the one closest to Jones Crossroads listed first.
    • Jaars
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Jaars is located in Union County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaars
    • Jackson
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Jackson is located in Union County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
    • Waxhaw
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Waxhaw is located in Union County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waxhaw
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,987 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waxhaw <2>
    • Trinity
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Trinity is located in Union County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
    • Mineral Springs
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Altan
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Altan is located in Union County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altan
    • Marvin
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Marvin is located in Union County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,920 people
    • Wesley Chapel
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Carmel Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Carmel Village is located in Union County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel Village
    • White Oak
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • White Oak is located in Union County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
    • Rock Rest
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Rock Rest is located in Union County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Rest
    • Allens Crossroads
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Allens Crossroads is located in Union County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Crossroads

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

Cemeteries Near Jones Crossroads ...

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

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

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

  • Mt. Carmel Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Mt. Carmel Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Lancaster Memorial Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Mackey Walker Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Old Presbyterian Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • West Side Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Clinton Memorial Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Camp Creek Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Mobley Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Beaver Creek Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Baskins Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Caskey Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (164 more) ...
    • Hudson Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Hammond Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Elmwood Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)

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.<4>

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

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

  • Pleasant Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
  • Primus
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Primus is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primus
  • Caskey
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Caskey is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caskey
  • Oakhurst
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Oakhurst is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhurst
  • Fort Lawn
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Riverside
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Riverside is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
  • New Cut
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • New Cut is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Cut
  • Landsford
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Landsford is located in Chester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landsford
  • Liberty Hill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Kershaw
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Bascomville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Bascomville is located in Chester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bascomville
  • Rossville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Rossville is located in Chester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossville
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Flat Rock
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Flat Rock is located in Kershaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
    • Taxahaw
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Taxahaw is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taxahaw
    • Tradesville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Tradesville is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tradesville

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

Newspapers Published in Jones 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 12 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jones Crossroads.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jones Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jones Crossroads.

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 Jones Crossroads:

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<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>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 Jones Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Jones Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.