Our Genealogy Helper
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 Moffitsville (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 Moffitsville. 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.
Moffitsville is located in Anderson 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 Anderson County: Elbert (GA), Hart (GA), Abbeville, Greenville, Laurens, Oconee & Pickens.
Below are the counties that are near Moffitsville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Moffitsville:
- Anderson County (The home county of Moffitsville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moffitsville, with the one closest to Moffitsville listed first.
- Iva
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Iva is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iva
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,341 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iva <1>
- Starr
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Deans
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Deans is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans
- Holland Store
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Holland Store is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Store
- Holland Store has also been known as:
- Hollands
- Homeland Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Homeland Park is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland Park
- Andersonville ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Andersonville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Caldwell Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Caldwell Village is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caldwell Village
- Anderson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Price ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Price is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Centerville Terrace Estates
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Centerville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Centerville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Anderson Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Anderson Village is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Village
- Leisure Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Leisure Village is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Village
- Abbeville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moffitsville, with the one closest to Moffitsville listed first.
- Lake Secession
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lake Secession is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Secession
- Lowndesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Antreville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Antreville is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antreville
- Latimer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Latimer is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimer
- Monterey ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Monterey is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Level Land
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Level Land is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Land
- Calhoun Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Due West
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Abbeville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Donalds
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Honea Path
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cana ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Cana is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cana
- Ware Shoals
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Greenwood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moffitsville, with the one closest to Moffitsville listed first.
- Hodges
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Cokesbury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cokesbury is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury
- Promised Land
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Promised Land is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promised Land
- Verdery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Verdery is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdery
- Laurens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moffitsville, with the one closest to Moffitsville listed first.
- Princeton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Princeton is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
- Mount Gallagher
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mount Gallagher is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gallagher
- McCormick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moffitsville, with the one closest to Moffitsville listed first.
- Mount Carmel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Willington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Willington is located in McCormick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willington
- Oconee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moffitsville, with the one closest to Moffitsville listed first.
- Fair Play
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oakway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oakway is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakway
- Utica
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Utica is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
- Seneca
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pickens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moffitsville, with the one closest to Moffitsville listed first.
- Clemson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Isaqueena Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Isaqueena Village is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isaqueena Village
- Central
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Elbert County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moffitsville, with the one closest to Moffitsville listed first.
- Bowman Ferry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bowman Ferry is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 808 people
- Edinburg ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Edinburg is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,396 people
- Centerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Harmony
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harmony is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Silk Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Silk Mills is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silk Mills
- Estimated population in 2019: 277 people
- Elberton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Goss
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Goss is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss
- Dewy Rose
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harper
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Harper is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Bowman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Franklin County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moffitsville, with the one closest to Moffitsville listed first.
- Royston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Canon
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lavonia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Gumlog
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gumlog is located in Franklin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gumlog
- Aquilla ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Aquilla is located in Franklin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Carnesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hart County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moffitsville, with the one closest to Moffitsville listed first.
- Dooleys Ferry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dooleys Ferry is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooleys Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 136 people
- Cooleys Ferry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cooleys Ferry is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooleys Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 529 people
- Hartwell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Crawfords Ferry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Crawfords Ferry is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawfords Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 473 people
- Reed Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Reed Creek is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Creek
- Flat Shoals
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Flat Shoals is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
- Maretts
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Maretts is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maretts
- Bowersville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lincoln County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moffitsville, with the one closest to Moffitsville listed first.
- Lisbon ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lisbon is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Hesters Ferry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Hesters Ferry is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesters Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 911 people
- Midway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Midway is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Madison County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moffitsville, with the one closest to Moffitsville listed first.
- Harrison
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Harrison is located in Madison County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Estimated population in 2019: 442 people
- Carlton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dalton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Dalton is located in Madison County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Estimated population in 2019: 33,665 people
- Madison Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Madison Springs is located in Madison County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Springs
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,210 people
- Former name for Madison Springs:
- Alexanderville
- Comer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Comer is located in Madison County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,302 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Comer <1>
- Shiloh
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Shiloh is located in Madison County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Danielsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Oglethorpe County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moffitsville, with the one closest to Moffitsville listed first.
- Veribest
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Veribest is located in Oglethorpe County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veribest
- Estimated population in 2019: 124 people
- Palmetto
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Palmetto is located in Oglethorpe County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Stephens County (GA)
- Martin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wilkes County (GA)
- Tignall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Moffitsville, see our County-by-County Page for Moffitsville.
Cemeteries Near Moffitsville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Moffitsville.
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 Moffitsville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Moffitsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Moffitsville, with the one closest to Moffitsville listed first.
- Cross Roads Methodist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Goodhope Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Poplar Spring Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Smyrna Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Smyrna Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Leverett Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rock Branch Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Branch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Providence Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky River Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (346 more) ...
- Hall - Cromer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hebron UMC Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron UMC Cemetery
- The Hebron UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hebrion Cemetery
- Hebron Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #70284 <2>
- St. James CME Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Moffitsville had a population of 24 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Moffitsville, with the one closest to Moffitsville listed first.
- Iva
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Iva is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iva
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,341 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iva <1>
- Concordia ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Concordia is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concordia
- Montevideo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Montevideo is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montevideo
- Coldwater
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Coldwater is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Lowndesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Starr
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Deans
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Deans is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans
- Storeville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Storeville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Storeville
- Holland Store
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Holland Store is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Store
- Holland Store has also been known as:
- Hollands
- Ruckersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ruckersville is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruckersville
- Antreville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Antreville is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antreville
- Mountain Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mountain Creek is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Creek
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Oak Bower ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Bower is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Bower
- Varennes ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Varennes is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varennes
- Heardmont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Heardmont is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heardmont
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Moffitsville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Moffitsville.
Newspapers Published in Moffitsville ...
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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Moffitsville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Moffitsville, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Moffitsville.
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 Moffitsville:
- Websites specific to South Carolina
- Pages specific to Anderson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Abbeville County
- Greenwood County
- Laurens County
- McCormick County
- Oconee County
- Pickens County
- Elbert County
- Franklin County
- Hart County
- Lincoln County
- Madison County
- Oglethorpe County
- Stephens County
- Wilkes County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for South Carolina
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 Moffitsville, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Moffitsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |