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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 McCormick Crossroads (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 McCormick Crossroads. 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 McCormick Crossroads ...
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 McCormick Crossroads: McCormick Xrds.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
McCormick Crossroads 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 McCormick Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to McCormick Crossroads:
- Dillon County (The home county of McCormick Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from McCormick Crossroads, with the one closest to McCormick Crossroads listed first.
- Minturn
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Little Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Oakland Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oakland Crossroads is located in Dillon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Crossroads
- Hamer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Dillon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Latta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Floydale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fork
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lake View
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Chesterfield County
- Cheraw
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Darlington County
- The following are listed by their distance from McCormick Crossroads, with the one closest to McCormick Crossroads listed first.
- Mont Clare
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Mont Clare is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mont Clare
- Society Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Dovesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Dovesville is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dovesville
- Darlington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Palmetto
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Palmetto is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Pine Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Village is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Village
- Greenplains ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Greenplains is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenplains
- Florence County
- The following are listed by their distance from McCormick Crossroads, with the one closest to McCormick Crossroads listed first.
- Jamestown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Jamestown is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Mars Bluff
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mars Bluff is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Bluff
- Quinby
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Florence
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Siesta Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Siesta Village is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siesta Village
- Park City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Park City is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
- Tara Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tara Village is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tara Village
- Ebenezer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ebenezer is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from McCormick Crossroads, with the one closest to McCormick Crossroads listed first.
- Sellers
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Laughlin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Laughlin is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laughlin
- Marion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Mullins
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Nichols
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rains
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Tabernacle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Tabernacle is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
- Marlboro County
- The following are listed by their distance from McCormick Crossroads, with the one closest to McCormick Crossroads listed first.
- Clio
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Red Bluff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Red Bluff is located in Marlboro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff
- Brownsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brownsville is located in Marlboro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Blenheim
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Drake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Drake is located in Marlboro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
- Tatum
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- McColl
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bennettsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Newtonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Newtonville is located in Marlboro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtonville
- Wallace
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Columbus County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from McCormick Crossroads, with the one closest to McCormick Crossroads listed first.
- Fair Bluff
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fair Bluff is located in Columbus County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Bluff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 879 people
- Boardman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Boardman is located in Columbus County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boardman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Richmond County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from McCormick Crossroads, with the one closest to McCormick Crossroads listed first.
- Ghio Scholl Station
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ghio Scholl Station is located in Richmond County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ghio Scholl Station
- Steen Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Steen Town is located in Richmond County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steen Town
- Hamlet
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Town is located in Richmond County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Dobbins Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dobbins Heights is located in Richmond County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Robeson County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from McCormick Crossroads, with the one closest to McCormick Crossroads listed first.
- Rowland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Alfordsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Alfordsville is located in Robeson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfordsville
- Raemon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Raemon is located in Robeson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raemon
- Elrod
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Elrod is located in Robeson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elrod
- McDonald
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- 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 east)
- Raynham is located in Robeson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
- Alma
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Alma is located in Robeson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Maxton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Red Banks
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Red Banks is located in Robeson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Banks
- Fairmont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Pates
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pates is located in Robeson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pates
- Pembroke
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Scotland County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from McCormick Crossroads, with the one closest to McCormick Crossroads listed first.
- Hasty
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Hasty is located in Scotland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasty
- East Laurinburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- East Laurinburg is located in Scotland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Laurinburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 277 people
- Laurinburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Gibson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Laurel Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Richmond Mill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Richmond Mill is located in Scotland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Mill
- Crump Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Crump Town is located in Scotland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump Town
- Wagram
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- New Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- New Town is located in Scotland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to McCormick Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for McCormick Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near McCormick Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McCormick Crossroads.
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 McCormick Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for McCormick Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from McCormick Crossroads, with the one closest to McCormick Crossroads listed first.
- Alford Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Reedy Creek Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Ramsey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sherwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Little Rock Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Carolina Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lucas Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rogers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hamilton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ropers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (447 more) ...
- Price Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Wallace Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fairview Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<2>
While we didn't find McCormick Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of McCormick Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from McCormick Crossroads, with the one closest to McCormick Crossroads listed first.
- Little Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Clio
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dillon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Brownsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brownsville is located in Marlboro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Blenheim
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Parnassus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Parnassus is located in Marlboro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnassus
- Rowland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Alfordsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Alfordsville is located in Robeson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfordsville
- Drake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Drake is located in Marlboro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
- Latta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Echo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Echo is located in Robeson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- McColl
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Sellers
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Gaddysville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Gaddysville is located in Robeson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaddysville
- Bennettsville
(14 miles [22.5 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 McCormick Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around McCormick Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in McCormick Crossroads ...
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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around McCormick Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of McCormick Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for McCormick Crossroads.
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 McCormick Crossroads:
- Websites specific to South Carolina
- Pages specific to Dillon County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chesterfield County
- Darlington County
- Florence County
- Marion County
- Marlboro County
- Columbus County
- Richmond 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> | 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 McCormick Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- McCormick Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |