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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 McPhersonville (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 McPhersonville. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.

McPhersonville is located in Hampton 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 Hampton County: Effingham (GA), Screven (GA), Allendale, Bamberg, Beaufort, Colleton & Jasper.

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

  • Hampton County     (The home county of McPhersonville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from McPhersonville, with the one closest to McPhersonville listed first.
    • Barkerville
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Barkerville is located in Hampton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barkerville
      • Barkerville has also been known as:
      • Haywardville
    • Early Branch
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Varnville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Furman
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Hampton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Miley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Crocketville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Scotia
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Pond Town
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Pond Town is located in Hampton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Town
    • Estill
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Garnett
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Luray
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Allendale County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McPhersonville, with the one closest to McPhersonville listed first.
    • Fairfax
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Sycamore
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Bamberg County
    • Ehrhardt
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Beaufort County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McPhersonville, with the one closest to McPhersonville listed first.
    • Yemassee
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Tomotley
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Tomotley is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomotley
    • Sheldon
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Lobeco
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Seabrook
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Dale
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Laurel Bay
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Laurel Bay is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Bay
    • Burton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Polk Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Polk Village is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk Village
    • Beaufort
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Shell Point
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Shell Point is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Point
    • Battery Marina Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Colleton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McPhersonville, with the one closest to McPhersonville listed first.
    • White Hall
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • White Hall is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
    • Sniders Crossroads
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Sniders Crossroads is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sniders Crossroads
    • Islandton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Green Pond
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Ritter
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Ritter is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritter
    • Drawdy
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Drawdy is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drawdy
    • Walterboro
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Ashton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Ashton is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
    • Ruffin
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Williams
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Lodge
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Drigger Crossroads
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Drigger Crossroads is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drigger Crossroads
  • Jasper County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McPhersonville, with the one closest to McPhersonville listed first.
    • Ridgeland
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Pineland
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Tillman
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Effingham County (GA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from McPhersonville, with the one closest to McPhersonville listed first.
    • Two Sisters Ferry
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Two Sisters Ferry is located in Effingham County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Sisters Ferry
      • Estimated population in 2019: 3,063 people
    • Clyo
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Haddonville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Haddonville is located in Effingham County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddonville
      • Estimated population in 2019: 965 people

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

Cemeteries Near McPhersonville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McPhersonville.

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 McPhersonville - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Salkehatchie Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Zahler Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Grimes Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Jerusalem Church Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Searson Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Anderson Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Davis Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Winn Wynn Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Crews Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Peeples Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Sand Hill Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Thames Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (159 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 McPhersonville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of McPhersonville.

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

  • Davidson
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Davidson is located in Hampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davidson
  • Early Branch
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Yemassee
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Salkehatchie
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Salkehatchie is located in Colleton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salkehatchie
  • Tomotley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Tomotley is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomotley
  • Cummings
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Cummings is located in Hampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings
  • Horsegall
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Horsegall is located in Hampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horsegall
  • Sheldon
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Almeda
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Almeda is located in Hampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almeda
  • Coosaw
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Coosaw is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coosaw
  • White Hall
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • White Hall is located in Colleton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
  • Hendersonville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Hendersonville is located in Colleton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendersonville
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Ridgeland
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Varnville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Stafford
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Stafford is located in Hampton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford

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

Newspapers Published in McPhersonville ...

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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around McPhersonville.

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

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 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 McPhersonville:

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 McPhersonville, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- McPhersonville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.