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Introduction ...

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

We've added Metz Store to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Metz Store, 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 Metz Store (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 Metz Store. 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 and hospitals 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Metz Store is historic, it would have been located within present day Colleton 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 Colleton County: Allendale, Bamberg, Beaufort, Charleston, Dorchester, Hampton & Orangeburg.

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

  • Colleton County     (The home county of Metz Store)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Metz Store, with the one closest to Metz Store listed first.
    • Cottageville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Round O
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Sidney
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Sidney is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
    • Drigger Crossroads
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Drigger Crossroads is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drigger Crossroads
    • Canadys
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Walterboro
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Drawdy
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Drawdy is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drawdy
    • Jacksonboro
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Ritter
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Ritter is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritter
    • Ruffin
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Johnsville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Johnsville is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsville
    • Green Pond
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Beaufort County
    • Yemassee
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Berkeley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Metz Store, with the one closest to Metz Store listed first.
    • Washington Town
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Washington Town is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Town
    • Sandridge
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Sandridge is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandridge
    • Ladson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Highland Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Highland Village is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
    • Caromi Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Caromi Village is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caromi Village
    • Camelot Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Camelot Village is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
    • Goose Creek
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Mount Holly
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Mount Holly is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
    • Hanahan
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Tarry Town
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Tarry Town is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarry Town
    • Cross
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Moncks Corner
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Charleston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Metz Store, with the one closest to Metz Store listed first.
    • Canady Landing ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Canady Landing is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canady Landing
    • Lincolnville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Lincolnville is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,624 people
    • Adams Run
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Ravenel
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Hollywood
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Meggett
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Otranto
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Otranto is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otranto
    • North Charleston
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Essex Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Essex Village is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Village
    • Wadmalaw Island
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Dorchester
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Dorchester is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
    • Johns Island
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Dorchester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Metz Store, with the one closest to Metz Store listed first.
    • Grover
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Dorchester
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Ridgeville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Saint George
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Flowertown Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Flowertown Village is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowertown Village
    • Harleyville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Brownsville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Brownsville is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
    • Reevesville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Summerville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Chandler Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Chandler Village is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler Village
  • Hampton County
  • Orangeburg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Metz Store, with the one closest to Metz Store listed first.
    • Holly Hill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Wells
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Wells is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
    • Branchville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Bowman
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Green Town
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Green Town is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Town
    • Possum Town
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Possum Town is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Town
    • Sixty Six
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Sixty Six is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixty Six
    • Eutawville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near Metz Store ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Metz Store.

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 Metz Store - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Hughes Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Adams Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Ackerman Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Williams Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Gruber Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Hiott Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Ferguson Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Bridge Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Givhans Ferry Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Muckenfuss Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Rumph Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Church Hill Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (213 more) ...
    • Round O Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Macedonia Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Beech Hill Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)

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

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

  • Cottageville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Walterboro
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Drawdy
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Drawdy is located in Colleton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drawdy
  • Ridgeville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Ritter
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Ritter is located in Colleton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritter
  • Jacksonboro
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Harleyville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Ashepoo
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Ashepoo is located in Colleton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashepoo
  • Reevesville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Summerville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Hendersonville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Hendersonville is located in Colleton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendersonville
  • Green Pond
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Sandridge
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Sandridge is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandridge
    • Ladson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Long Ridge
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Long Ridge is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Ridge

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

Newspapers Published in Metz Store ...

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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Metz Store.

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Metz Store:

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 Metz Store, 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Metz Store) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.