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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Melgrove. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Melgrove to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Melgrove, please Contact Us.

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 Melgrove (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 Melgrove. 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 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 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Melgrove is historic, it would have been located within present day Berkeley 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 Berkeley County: Charleston, Dorchester, Georgetown, Orangeburg & Williamsburg.

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

  • Berkeley County     (The home county of Melgrove)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Melgrove, with the one closest to Melgrove listed first.
    • Hanahan
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Goose Creek
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Camelot Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Camelot Village is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
    • Mount Holly
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Mount Holly is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
    • Caromi Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Caromi Village is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caromi Village
    • Ladson
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Wando
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Highland Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Highland Village is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
    • Tarry Town
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Tarry Town is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarry Town
    • Cordesville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Washington Town
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Washington Town is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Town
    • Huger
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Charleston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Melgrove, with the one closest to Melgrove listed first.
    • Otranto
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Otranto is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otranto
    • North Charleston
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Dorchester
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Dorchester is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
    • Grove Creek Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Grove Creek Village is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Creek Village
    • Old Town
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Old Town is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
    • Charles Towne Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Charles Towne Village is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charles Towne Village
    • Charleston
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Essex Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Essex Village is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Village
    • Lincolnville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Lincolnville is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,624 people
    • Mount Pleasant
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • The Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • The Village is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Village
    • James Island
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • James Island is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Island
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,226 people
  • Colleton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Melgrove, with the one closest to Melgrove listed first.
    • Cottageville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Jacksonboro
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Dorchester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Melgrove, with the one closest to Melgrove listed first.
    • Chandler Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Chandler Village is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler Village
    • Summerville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Flowertown Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Flowertown Village is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowertown Village
    • Brownsville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Brownsville is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
    • Ridgeville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Dorchester
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Melgrove ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Melgrove.

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

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

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

  • Yeamans Hall Plantation Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Carolina Memorial Gardens
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • St. James Goose Creek Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Sunset Memorial Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Johnson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Riverview Memorial Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Live Oak Memorial Gardens
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Castle Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Simmons Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • The Droze Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • The Droze Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (153 more) ...
    • Grove Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Medway Plantation Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Parnassus Plantation Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)

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.

While we didn't find Melgrove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Melgrove.

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

  • Belvedere
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Belvedere is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvedere
  • Otranto
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Otranto is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otranto
  • Mount Holly
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Mount Holly is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
  • Ladson
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Charleston
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Wando
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Strawberry
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Strawberry is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
  • Mount Pleasant
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Summerville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • James Island
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • James Island is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Island
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,226 people
  • Huger
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Long Ridge
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Long Ridge is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Ridge
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Moncks Corner
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Ridgeville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Bethera
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Melgrove ...

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 7 newspapers that have been published in the area around Melgrove.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Melgrove, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Melgrove.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Melgrove:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Melgrove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<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 drawn from Point A (ie- Melgrove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.