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 May Hilltop (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 May Hilltop. 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.
May Hilltop is located in Dillon 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 Dillon County: Columbus (NC), Robeson (NC), Florence, Horry, Marion & Marlboro.
Below are the counties that are near May Hilltop. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to May Hilltop:
- Dillon County (The home county of May Hilltop)
- The following are listed by their distance from May Hilltop, with the one closest to May Hilltop listed first.
- Lake View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fork
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Floydale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Dillon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hamer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Latta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Little Rock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oakland Crossroads
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oakland Crossroads is located in Dillon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Crossroads
- Minturn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Florence County
- The following are listed by their distance from May Hilltop, with the one closest to May Hilltop listed first.
- Jamestown
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Jamestown is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Mars Bluff
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Mars Bluff is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Bluff
- Pamplico
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Quinby
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Horry County
- The following are listed by their distance from May Hilltop, with the one closest to May Hilltop listed first.
- Galivants Ferry
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Green Sea
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Finklea
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Finklea is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finklea
- Aynor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Red Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Red Hill is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Cool Spring
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Cool Spring is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool Spring
- Gurley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gurley is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
- Loris
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cebu ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cebu is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cebu
- Allen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Allen is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Daisy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Daisy is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from May Hilltop, with the one closest to May Hilltop listed first.
- Mullins
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Nichols
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Marion
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sellers
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Rains
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Laughlin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Laughlin is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laughlin
- Centenary
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Tabernacle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tabernacle is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
- Gresham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Marlboro County
- The following are listed by their distance from May Hilltop, with the one closest to May Hilltop listed first.
- Brownsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Brownsville is located in Marlboro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Clio
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Red Bluff
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Red Bluff is located in Marlboro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff
- Drake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Drake is located in Marlboro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
- Blenheim
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- McColl
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tatum
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bladen County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from May Hilltop, with the one closest to May Hilltop listed first.
- Butters
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Butters is located in Bladen County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butters
- Bladenboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Columbus County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from May Hilltop, with the one closest to May Hilltop listed first.
- Fair Bluff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Fair Bluff is located in Columbus County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Bluff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 879 people
- Cerro Gordo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Cerro Gordo is located in Columbus County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cerro Gordo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Cedar Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cedar Grove is located in Columbus County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Williamson Crossroads
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Williamson Crossroads is located in Columbus County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamson Crossroads
- Boardman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Boardman is located in Columbus County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boardman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Evergreen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Evergreen is located in Columbus County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Grist
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Grist is located in Columbus County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grist
- Chadbourn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Clarendon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Clarendon is located in Columbus County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarendon
- Emerson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Emerson is located in Columbus County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson
- Tabor City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cribb Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cribb Town is located in Columbus County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cribb Town
- Robeson County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from May Hilltop, with the one closest to May Hilltop listed first.
- Marietta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Marietta is located in Robeson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Barnesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Barnesville is located in Robeson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesville
- Fairmont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rowland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Orrum
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Orrum is located in Robeson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Proctorville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Proctorville is located in Robeson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctorville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- McDonald
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- McDonald is located in Robeson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Raynham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Raynham is located in Robeson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
- Alfordsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Alfordsville is located in Robeson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfordsville
- Elrod
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Elrod is located in Robeson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elrod
- Lowe
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lowe is located in Robeson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowe
- Raemon
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Raemon is located in Robeson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raemon
- Scotland County (NC)
- Hasty
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hasty is located in Scotland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasty
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to May Hilltop, see our County-by-County Page for May Hilltop.
Cemeteries Near May Hilltop ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of May Hilltop.
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 May Hilltop - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for May Hilltop covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from May Hilltop, with the one closest to May Hilltop listed first.
- Elvington Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Meares Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Ray Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hayestown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Grainger Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cooks Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Elvington Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lake View Perpetual Care Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View Perpetual Care Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lake View Perpetual Care Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Lake View.
- The Lake View Perpetual Care Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lake View Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #70474 <2>
- Roziers Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Harrelson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jones Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (417 more) ...
- Miller Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
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 May Hilltop in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of May Hilltop.
These communities are listed based on their distance from May Hilltop, with the one closest to May Hilltop listed first.
- Fork
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Zion
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Zion is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
- Mullins
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Nichols
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gaddysville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Gaddysville is located in Robeson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaddysville
- Fair Bluff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Fair Bluff is located in Columbus County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Bluff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 879 people
- Barnesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Barnesville is located in Robeson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesville
- Dillon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Latta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Echo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Echo is located in Robeson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Marion
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sellers
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Rowland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Orrum
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Orrum is located in Robeson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Little Rock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around May Hilltop. See our List of 1890's Communities around May Hilltop.
Newspapers Published in May Hilltop ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around May Hilltop.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of May Hilltop, 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 May Hilltop.
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 helpful 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 May Hilltop:
- Websites specific to South Carolina
- Pages specific to Dillon County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Florence County
- Horry County
- Marion County
- Marlboro County
- Bladen County
- Columbus County
- Robeson County
- Scotland County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for South Carolina
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 May Hilltop, 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- May Hilltop) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |