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Our Genealogy Helper

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 Little Edisto (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 Little Edisto. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.

Little Edisto is located in Charleston 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 Charleston County: Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester & Georgetown.

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

  • Charleston County     (The home county of Little Edisto)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Little Edisto, with the one closest to Little Edisto listed first.
    • Edisto Island
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Rockville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Rockville is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
    • Adams Run
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Seabrook Island
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Meggett
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Hollywood
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Wadmalaw Island
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Ravenel
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Kiawah Island
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Canady Landing ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Canady Landing is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canady Landing
    • Johns Island
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Essex Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Essex Village is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Village
    • Folly Beach
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Beaufort County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Little Edisto, with the one closest to Little Edisto listed first.
    • Frogmore
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Frogmore is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogmore
    • Dale
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Fripp Island
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Beaufort
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Sangster Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Sangster Village is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sangster Village
    • Polk Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Polk Village is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk Village
    • Lobeco
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Burton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Port Royal
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Seabrook
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Battery Marina Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Sheldon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Laurel Bay
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Laurel Bay is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Bay
  • Berkeley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Little Edisto, with the one closest to Little Edisto listed first.
    • Ladson
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Hanahan
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Colleton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Little Edisto, with the one closest to Little Edisto listed first.
    • Edisto Beach
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Edisto Beach is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edisto Beach
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 402 people
    • Jacksonboro
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Green Pond
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Ritter
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Ritter is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritter
    • White Hall
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • White Hall is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
    • Drawdy
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Drawdy is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drawdy
    • Cottageville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Round O
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Drigger Crossroads
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Drigger Crossroads is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drigger Crossroads
    • Walterboro
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Sidney
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Sidney is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
  • Dorchester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Little Edisto, with the one closest to Little Edisto listed first.
    • Flowertown Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Flowertown Village is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowertown Village
    • Chandler Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Chandler Village is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler Village
    • Brownsville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Brownsville is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville

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

Cemeteries Near Little Edisto ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Little Edisto.

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 Little Edisto - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Gun Bluff Plantation Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Trinity Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Prices Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Bethlehem Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Adams Run Baptist Church Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Parker Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Community Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Coffin Point Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Buzzard Roost Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Rose Hill at Laurel Springs
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Coosaw Island Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Fripp Point Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (100 more) ...
    • Chaplin Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Cedar Grove Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Hampton Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 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.<3>

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

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

  • Jacksonboro
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Ashepoo
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Ashepoo is located in Colleton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashepoo
  • Green Pond
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Frogmore
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Frogmore is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogmore
  • Dale
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Ritter
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Ritter is located in Colleton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritter
  • White Hall
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • White Hall is located in Colleton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
  • Beaufort
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Drawdy
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Drawdy is located in Colleton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drawdy
  • Cottageville
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • James Island
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • James Island is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Island
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,226 people
  • Port Royal
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Hendersonville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Hendersonville is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendersonville
    • Coosaw
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Coosaw is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coosaw
    • Charleston
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Little Edisto ...

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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around Little Edisto.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Little Edisto, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Little Edisto.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Little Edisto:

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>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.
<3>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 Little Edisto, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 from Point A (ie- Little Edisto) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.