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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 Marsh Point (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 Marsh Point. 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 Marsh Point ...

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 Marsh Point: Marsh Pt.

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 northwest 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 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 west 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.

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

  • Charleston County     (The home county of Marsh Point)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Marsh Point, with the one closest to Marsh Point listed first.
    • James Island
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • James Island is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Island
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,226 people
    • Charleston
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Sullivan's Island
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Charles Towne Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Charles Towne Village is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charles Towne Village
    • Folly Beach
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • The Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • The Village is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Village
    • Grove Creek Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Grove Creek Village is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Creek Village
    • Old Town
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Old Town is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
    • Island-of-Palms
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Island-of-Palms is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island-of-Palms
    • Mount Pleasant
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Essex Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Essex Village is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Village
    • Dorchester
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Dorchester is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
    • Johns Island
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Berkeley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Marsh Point, with the one closest to Marsh Point listed first.
    • Hanahan
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Wando
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Goose Creek
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Camelot Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Camelot Village is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
    • Caromi Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Caromi Village is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caromi Village
    • Ladson
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Holly
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Mount Holly is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
    • Highland Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Highland Village is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
    • Tarry Town
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Tarry Town is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarry Town
    • Huger
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Cordesville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Washington Town
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Washington Town is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Town
  • Colleton County
    • Edisto Beach
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Edisto Beach is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edisto Beach
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 402 people
  • Dorchester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Marsh Point, with the one closest to Marsh Point listed first.
    • Chandler Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Chandler Village is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler Village
    • Summerville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Flowertown Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Flowertown Village is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowertown Village
    • Brownsville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Brownsville is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville

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

Cemeteries Near Marsh Point ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Marsh Point.

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 Marsh Point - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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 Marsh Point in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Marsh Point.

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

  • James Island
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • James Island is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Island
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,226 people
  • Charleston
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Mount Pleasant
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Belvedere
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Belvedere is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvedere
  • Wando
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Otranto
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Otranto is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otranto
  • Ladson
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Mount Holly
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Mount Holly is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
  • Summerville
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Strawberry
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Strawberry is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
  • Huger
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Marsh Point ...

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 208 newspapers that have been published in the area around Marsh Point.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Marsh Point, there are papers which were published within 5 miles [8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Marsh Point.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Marsh Point:

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 Marsh Point, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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 from Point A (ie- Marsh Point) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.