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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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 Metz Store is historic, it would have been located within present day Colleton County.

To see how the shape of South Carolina's counties 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)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sidney. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
      • Sidney is located in Colleton County
    • Drigger Crossroads
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drigger Crossroads
      • Drigger Crossroads is located in Colleton County
    • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Drawdy have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drawdy
      • Drawdy is located in Colleton County
    • Jacksonboro
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Ritter
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ritter. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritter
      • Ritter is located in Colleton County
    • Ruffin
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Johnsville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsville
      • Johnsville is located in Colleton County
    • Green Pond
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Smoaks
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Washington Town have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Town
      • Washington Town is located in Berkeley County
    • Sandridge
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sandridge. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandridge
      • Sandridge is located in Berkeley County
    • Ladson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Highland Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
      • Highland Village is located in Berkeley County
    • Caromi Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Caromi Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caromi Village
      • Caromi Village is located in Berkeley County
    • Camelot Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camelot Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
      • Camelot Village is located in Berkeley County
    • Goose Creek
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Mount Holly
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Holly have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
      • Mount Holly is located in Berkeley County
    • Hanahan
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Tarry Town
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tarry Town have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarry Town
      • Tarry Town is located in Berkeley County
    • Cross
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Moncks Corner
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Pinopolis
      (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)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canady Landing
      • Canady Landing is located in Charleston County
    • Lincolnville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
      • Lincolnville is located in Charleston County
      • 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)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Otranto. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otranto
      • Otranto is located in Charleston County
    • North Charleston
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Essex Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Essex Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Village
      • Essex Village is located in Charleston County
    • Wadmalaw Island
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Dorchester
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
      • Dorchester is located in Charleston County
    • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flowertown Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowertown Village
      • Flowertown Village is located in Dorchester County
    • Harleyville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Brownsville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
      • Brownsville is located in Dorchester County
    • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chandler Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler Village
      • Chandler Village is located in Dorchester County
  • 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)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
      • Wells is located in Orangeburg County
    • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Town have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Town
      • Green Town is located in Orangeburg County
    • Possum Town
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Possum Town have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Town
      • Possum Town is located in Orangeburg County
    • Sixty Six
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixty Six
      • Sixty Six is located in Orangeburg County
    • 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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hughes Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hughes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Adams Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Adams Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Adams Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ackerman Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ackerman Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ackerman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Williams Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Williams Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Williams Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Gruber Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gruber Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gruber Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hiott Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hiott Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hiott Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ferguson Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ferguson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ferguson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bridge Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bridge Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Givhans Ferry Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Givhans Ferry Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Givhans Ferry Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Muckenfuss Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Muckenfuss Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Muckenfuss Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Rumph Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rumph Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rumph Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Church Hill Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Church Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Church Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (212 more) ...
    • Round O Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Round O Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Round O Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Macedonia Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Macedonia Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Macedonia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Beech Hill Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beech Hill Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Beech Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Drawdy have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drawdy
    • Drawdy is located in Colleton County
  • Ridgeville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Ritter
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ritter. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritter
    • Ritter is located in Colleton County
  • 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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ashepoo have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashepoo
    • Ashepoo is located in Colleton County
  • 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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hendersonville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendersonville
    • Hendersonville is located in Colleton County
  • Green Pond
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Sandridge
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sandridge. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandridge
      • Sandridge is located in Berkeley County
    • Ladson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Long Ridge
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Ridge
      • Long Ridge is located in Berkeley County

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]<5>. 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 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:

The official website for Colleton County: www.colletoncounty.org/

The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/

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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>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 from Point A (ie- Metz Store) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Metz Store. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.9918, Longitude: -80.4901       In this case, the coordinates for Metz Store have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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