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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 Midway (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 Midway. 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 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 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.

Midway is located in Calhoun 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 Calhoun County: Clarendon, Lexington, Orangeburg, Richland & Sumter.

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

  • Calhoun County     (The home county of Midway)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
    • Creston
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
      • Creston is located in Calhoun County
    • Cameron
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cameron have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
      • Cameron is located in Calhoun County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
    • Saint Matthews
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Bamberg County
    • Bamberg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Berkeley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
    • Sandridge
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandridge
      • Sandridge is located in Berkeley County
    • Cross
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Clarendon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
    • Panola
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Panola have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola
      • Panola is located in Clarendon County
    • Summerton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Silver
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver
      • Silver is located in Clarendon County
    • Davis Station
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Paxville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Shad Moss village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shad Moss village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shad Moss village
      • Shad Moss village is located in Clarendon County
    • Jordan
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jordan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
      • Jordan is located in Clarendon County
    • Manning
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Alcolu
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Colleton County
    • Johnsville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsville
      • Johnsville is located in Colleton County
  • Dorchester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
    • Reevesville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Saint George
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Harleyville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Grover
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Dorchester
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Lexington County
    • Swansea
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Orangeburg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
    • Elloree
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Parler
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parler
      • Parler is located in Orangeburg County
    • Santee
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Wren Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wren Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wren Village
      • Wren Village is located in Orangeburg County
    • Brookdale
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookdale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookdale
      • Brookdale is located in Orangeburg County
    • Jamison
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
      • Jamison is located in Orangeburg County
    • Bowman
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Stilton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilton
      • Stilton is located in Orangeburg County
    • Wilkinson Heights
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wilkinson Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinson Heights
      • Wilkinson Heights is located in Orangeburg County
    • Orangeburg
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Vance
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance
      • Vance is located in Orangeburg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vance <2>
    • Wells
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
      • Wells is located in Orangeburg County
    • Edisto
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edisto have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edisto
      • Edisto is located in Orangeburg County
  • Richland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
    • Gadsden
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Eastover
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Weston
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weston have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
      • Weston is located in Richland County
    • Pinewood
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood
      • Pinewood is located in Richland County
    • Bruner
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruner
      • Bruner is located in Richland County
    • Hopkins
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Sumter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
    • Pinewood
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Privateer
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Privateer have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Privateer
      • Privateer is located in Sumter County
    • Wedgefield
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Cane Savannah
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cane Savannah have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Savannah
      • Cane Savannah is located in Sumter County
    • Lakewood
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakewood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood
      • Lakewood is located in Sumter County
    • Ashley Creek Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ashley Creek Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley Creek Village
      • Ashley Creek Village is located in Sumter County

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

Newspapers Published in Midway ...

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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Midway.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Midway, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Midway.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Midway:

Cemeteries Near Midway ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Midway.

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 Midway covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • McGrew Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McGrew Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McGrew Cemetery
  • Gresham Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gresham Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gresham Cemetery
  • Bookhart Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bookhart Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bookhart Cemetery
  • Santee First Baptist Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Santee First Baptist Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Santee First Baptist Cemetery
  • Pitthan V. Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pitthan V. Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pitthan V. Cemetery
  • Bochette Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bochette Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bochette Cemetery
  • Mt. Lebanon Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Four Holes Baptist Church Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Four Holes Baptist Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Four Holes Baptist Church Cemetery
  • Jerusalem Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jerusalem Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jerusalem Cemetery
  • Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Walnut Grove Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Walnut Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Walnut Grove Cemetery
  • Island Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (218 more) ...
    • Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
    • Antioch Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Antioch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Antioch Cemetery
    • Pineville Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pineville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pineville Cemetery

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.<5>

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

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

  • Elloree
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Felderville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Felderville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felderville
    • Felderville is located in Orangeburg County
  • Parler
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parler
    • Parler is located in Orangeburg County
  • Dantzler
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dantzler have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dantzler
    • Dantzler is located in Orangeburg County
  • Bowman
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Jamison
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
    • Jamison is located in Orangeburg County
  • Stilton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilton
    • Stilton is located in Orangeburg County
  • Felder
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Felder have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felder
    • Felder is located in Orangeburg County
  • Wells
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
    • Wells is located in Orangeburg County
  • Vance
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance
    • Vance is located in Orangeburg County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vance <2>
  • Rimini
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rimini have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimini
    • Rimini is located in Clarendon County
  • Saint Matthews
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Saint Paul
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Paul have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
      • Saint Paul is located in Clarendon County
    • Rowesville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Panola
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Panola have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola
      • Panola is located in Clarendon County

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Midway. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Midway) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Midway. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5146, Longitude: -80.6348       In this case, the coordinates for Midway have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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.
<5>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 Midway, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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