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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 Marshall Heights (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 Marshall Heights. 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 Marshall Heights ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Marshall Heights: Marshall Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)

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

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 hospitals 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.

Marshall Heights is located in Orangeburg 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 Orangeburg County: Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Berkeley, Calhoun, Clarendon, Colleton, Dorchester & Lexington.

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

  • Orangeburg County     (The home county of Marshall Heights)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Marshall Heights, with the one closest to Marshall Heights listed first.
    • Stilton
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Stilton is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilton
    • Orangeburg
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Brookdale
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Brookdale is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookdale
    • Wilkinson Heights
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Wilkinson Heights is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinson Heights
    • Wren Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Wren Village is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wren Village
    • Edisto
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Edisto is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edisto
    • Jamison
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jamison is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
    • Cordova
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Bolen Town
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Bolen Town is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolen Town
    • Rowesville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Cope
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Cope is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cope
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cope <1>
    • Boiling Spring ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Boiling Spring is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Spring
    • Livingston
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Livingston is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 124 people
  • Aiken County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Marshall Heights, with the one closest to Marshall Heights listed first.
    • Salley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Perry
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Wagener
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Bamberg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Marshall Heights, with the one closest to Marshall Heights listed first.
    • Bamberg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Denmark
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Govan
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Govan is located in Bamberg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Govan
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
    • Olar
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Olar is located in Bamberg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olar
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olar <1>
    • Ehrhardt
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Barnwell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Marshall Heights, with the one closest to Marshall Heights listed first.
    • Blackville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Whaley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Whaley is located in Barnwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaley
    • Hilda
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Reynold
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Reynold is located in Barnwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynold
  • Calhoun County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Marshall Heights, with the one closest to Marshall Heights listed first.
    • Cameron
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Cameron is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
    • Saint Matthews
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Creston
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Creston is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
  • Clarendon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Marshall Heights, with the one closest to Marshall Heights listed first.
    • Panola
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Panola is located in Clarendon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola
    • Summerton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Colleton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Marshall Heights, with the one closest to Marshall Heights listed first.
    • Johnsville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Johnsville is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsville
    • Smoaks
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Dorchester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Marshall Heights, with the one closest to Marshall Heights listed first.
    • Reevesville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Saint George
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Lexington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Marshall Heights, with the one closest to Marshall Heights listed first.
    • Swansea
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Gaston
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Gaston is located in Lexington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaston
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,712 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gaston <1>
    • Pelion
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Glenn Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Glenn Village is located in Lexington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn Village
    • Pineridge
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Pineridge is located in Lexington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineridge
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,419 people
    • Styx ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Styx is located in Lexington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Styx
  • Richland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Marshall Heights, with the one closest to Marshall Heights listed first.
    • Gadsden
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Weston
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Weston is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
    • Pinewood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Pinewood is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood
    • Eastover
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Hopkins
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Bruner
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Bruner is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruner
  • Sumter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Marshall Heights, with the one closest to Marshall Heights listed first.
    • Pinewood
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Sumter Junction
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Sumter Junction is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumter Junction

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

Cemeteries Near Marshall Heights ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Marshall Heights.

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 Marshall Heights - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Orangeburg Memorial Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Memorial Park Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Sunnyside Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • First Baptist Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Belleville Memorial Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Crestview Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Bull Swamp Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Prospect Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Mt. Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Hubbard Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (225 more) ...

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

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

  • Stilton
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Stilton is located in Orangeburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilton
  • Jamison
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jamison is located in Orangeburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
  • Felder
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Felder is located in Orangeburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felder
  • Rowesville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Saint Matthews
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Boiling Spring ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Boiling Spring is located in Orangeburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Spring
  • Sixty Six
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Sixty Six is located in Orangeburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixty Six
  • Bowman
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • North
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • North is located in Orangeburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 699 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North <1>
  • Elloree
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Woodford
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Woodford is located in Orangeburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 169 people
  • Bamberg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Branchville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Felderville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Felderville is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felderville
    • Fifty Eight ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Fifty Eight is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fifty Eight

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

Newspapers Published in Marshall Heights ...

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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Marshall Heights.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Marshall Heights, 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 Marshall Heights.

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 Marshall Heights:

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 Marshall Heights, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Marshall Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.