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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 Lazy Acres Estates (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 Lazy Acres Estates. 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 Lazy Acres Estates ...

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 Lazy Acres Estates: Lazy Acres Ests.

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 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.

Lazy Acres Estates is located in Sumter 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 Sumter County: Calhoun, Clarendon, Florence, Kershaw, Lee & Richland.

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

  • Sumter County     (The home county of Lazy Acres Estates)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lazy Acres Estates, with the one closest to Lazy Acres Estates listed first.
    • East Sumter
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • East Sumter is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sumter
    • Mulberry
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Mulberry is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
    • Sumter
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Oswego
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Oswego is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oswego
    • South Sumter
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • South Sumter is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sumter
    • Mayesville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Millwood
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Millwood is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
    • Ashley Creek Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Ashley Creek Village is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley Creek Village
    • Lakewood
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Lakewood is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood
    • Dalzell
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Privateer
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Privateer is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Privateer
    • Cane Savannah
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Cane Savannah is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Savannah
    • Cherryvale
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Cherryvale is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherryvale
  • Clarendon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lazy Acres Estates, with the one closest to Lazy Acres Estates listed first.
    • Gable
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Alcolu
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Sardinia
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Paxville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Turbeville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • New Zion
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Manning
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Silver
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Silver is located in Clarendon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver
    • Union Crossroads
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Union Crossroads is located in Clarendon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Crossroads
    • Panola
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Panola is located in Clarendon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola
    • Davis Station
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Jordan
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Jordan is located in Clarendon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
    • Summerton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Darlington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lazy Acres Estates, with the one closest to Lazy Acres Estates listed first.
    • Lamar
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Lamar is located in Darlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lamar <1>
    • Lydia
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Alexander Crossroads
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Alexander Crossroads is located in Darlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander Crossroads
    • Philadelphia ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Philadelphia is located in Darlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
    • Syracuse
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Syracuse is located in Darlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syracuse
  • Florence County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lazy Acres Estates, with the one closest to Lazy Acres Estates listed first.
    • Cartersville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Cartersville is located in Florence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartersville
    • Olanta
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Sardis
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Sardis is located in Florence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis
    • Timmonsville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Cusac Crossroads
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Cusac Crossroads is located in Florence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cusac Crossroads
    • Jones Crossroads
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Jones Crossroads is located in Florence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Crossroads
    • Salem
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Salem is located in Florence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
    • Ebenezer
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Ebenezer is located in Florence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
    • Coward
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Danwood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Danwood is located in Florence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danwood
    • Lake City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Scranton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Kershaw County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lazy Acres Estates, with the one closest to Lazy Acres Estates listed first.
    • Camden
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Log Town ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Log Town is located in Kershaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Town
    • Spring Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Spring Village is located in Kershaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Village
    • Cassatt
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Lugoff
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Shepard
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Shepard is located in Kershaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepard
  • Lee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lazy Acres Estates, with the one closest to Lazy Acres Estates listed first.
    • Atkins
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Atkins is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins
    • Elliott
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Manville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Manville is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manville
    • Lynchburg
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Bishopville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Alcot
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Alcot is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcot
  • Richland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lazy Acres Estates, with the one closest to Lazy Acres Estates listed first.
    • Eastover
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Gadsden
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Williamsburg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lazy Acres Estates, with the one closest to Lazy Acres Estates listed first.
    • Terrell Crossroad
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Terrell Crossroad is located in Williamsburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrell Crossroad
    • Moore Crossroads
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Moore Crossroads is located in Williamsburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Crossroads
    • Greeleyville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Cades
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)

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

Cemeteries Near Lazy Acres Estates ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lazy Acres Estates.

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 Lazy Acres Estates - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Reams Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Chandler Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Mitchel Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Chandler Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Wheeler Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Brogden Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • St. Pauls Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Beulah Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Clark Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Webb Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jones Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • White Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (194 more) ...
    • Sumter Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Green Acres Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Wood Chapel Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)

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 Lazy Acres Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lazy Acres Estates.

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

  • Oswego
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Oswego is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oswego
  • Mayesville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Brogdon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Brogdon is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brogdon
  • Tindal
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Tindal is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tindal
  • Cane Savannah
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Cane Savannah is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Savannah
  • Privateer
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Privateer is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Privateer
  • Atkins
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Atkins is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins
  • Harvin
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Harvin is located in Clarendon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvin
  • Alcolu
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Sardinia
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Shiloh
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Shiloh is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
  • Catchall
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Catchall is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catchall
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Wedgefield
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Lynchburg
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • New Zion
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Lazy Acres Estates ...

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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lazy Acres Estates.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lazy Acres Estates, there are papers which were published within 3 miles [4.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lazy Acres Estates.

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 Lazy Acres Estates:

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 Lazy Acres Estates, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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- Lazy Acres Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.