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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 Limp (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 Limp. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.

Limp is located in Saluda 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 Saluda County: Aiken, Edgefield, Greenwood, Lexington & Newberry.

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

  • Saluda County     (The home county of Limp)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Limp, with the one closest to Limp listed first.
    • Saluda
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Hickory Grove
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Hickory Grove is located in Saluda County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
    • Ward
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Ridge Spring
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Abbeville County
    • Cana ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Cana is located in Abbeville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cana
  • Aiken County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Limp, with the one closest to Limp listed first.
    • Monetta
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Eureka
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Eureka is located in Aiken County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
    • Vaucluse
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Springdale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Springdale is located in Aiken County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
    • Graniteville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Aiken
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Warrenville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Edgefield County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Limp, with the one closest to Limp listed first.
    • Johnston
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Edgefield
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Trenton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Colliers
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Colliers is located in Edgefield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colliers
    • Murphys Estates
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Murphys Estates is located in Edgefield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphys Estates
    • Lenoir ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Lenoir is located in Edgefield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenoir
  • Greenwood County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Limp, with the one closest to Limp listed first.
    • Springdale
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Springdale is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
    • Ninety Six
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Fairforest
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Fairforest is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairforest
    • Mathews Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Mathews Village is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mathews Village
    • Panola Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Panola Village is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola Village
    • Greenwood
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Grendel Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Grendel Village is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grendel Village
    • Bradley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Coronaca
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Coronaca is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coronaca
    • Greenwood Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Greenwood Village is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Village
    • Promised Land
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Promised Land is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promised Land
    • Verdery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Verdery is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdery
  • Laurens County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Limp, with the one closest to Limp listed first.
    • Anglers Haven
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Anglers Haven is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anglers Haven
    • Cross Hill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Mountville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Kinards
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Collins Lakeside Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Waterloo
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Joanna
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Lexington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Limp, with the one closest to Limp listed first.
    • Batesburg - Leesville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Batesburg - Leesville is located in Lexington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batesburg - Leesville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,402 people
    • Batesburg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Leesville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Fredonia
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Fredonia is located in Lexington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
    • Lake Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Lake Village is located in Lexington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Village
    • Ella
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Ella is located in Lexington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
    • Clubhouse Crossroads
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Clubhouse Crossroads is located in Lexington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clubhouse Crossroads
    • Summit
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Summit is located in Lexington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
    • Gilbert
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • McCormick County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Limp, with the one closest to Limp listed first.
    • Liberty Hill
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Liberty Hill is located in McCormick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
    • Parksville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Plum Branch
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • McCormick
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Modoc
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Clarks Hill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Newberry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Limp, with the one closest to Limp listed first.
    • Old Town Ferry
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Old Town Ferry is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town Ferry
    • Chappells
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Silverstreet
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Mudlick
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Mudlick is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudlick
    • Stoney Hill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Stoney Hill is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Hill
    • Smyrna
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Helena
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Helena is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
    • Newberry
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Prosperity
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Union
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Union is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
    • Slighs
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Slighs is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slighs
    • Little Mountain
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Limp ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Limp.

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

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

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

  • Gassaway Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Gassaway Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Wright Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Travis Park Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Dorn Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Friendship Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Holmes Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Emory Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Butler Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Griffith Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffith Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Griffith Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the north of Saluda.
    • The Griffith Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Griffith Family Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2362117 <3>
  • Continue List   (296 more) ...
    • St. Williams Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • County Memorial Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Johnsons Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 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.<4>

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

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

  • Meeting Street
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Meeting Street is located in Edgefield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeting Street
  • Pleasant Lane
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Pleasant Lane is located in Edgefield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Lane
  • Johnston
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Chappells
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Ridge Spring
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Monetta
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Ninety Six
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Vaughanville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Vaughanville is located in Newberry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughanville
  • Trenton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Silverstreet
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Batesburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Eureka
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Eureka is located in Aiken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Leesville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Milledgeville ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Milledgeville is located in Aiken County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
    • Fredonia
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Fredonia is located in Lexington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia

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

Newspapers Published in Limp ...

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 57 newspapers that have been published in the area around Limp.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Limp, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Limp.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Limp:

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>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 from Point A (ie- Limp) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Limp, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.