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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 Mount Willing (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 Mount Willing. 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.

Name Variations for Mount Willing ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Mount Willing: Mt. Willing

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Mount Willing. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mount Willing.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 doctors and hospitals 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.

Mount Willing is located in Saluda 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 Saluda County: Aiken, Edgefield, Greenwood, Lexington & Newberry.

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

  • Saluda County     (The home county of Mount Willing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mount Willing, with the one closest to Mount Willing listed first.
    • Saluda
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Hickory Grove
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Hickory Grove is located in Saluda County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
    • Ridge Spring
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Ward
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Aiken County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mount Willing, with the one closest to Mount Willing listed first.
    • Monetta
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Eureka
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Eureka is located in Aiken County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
    • Seivern
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Seivern is located in Aiken County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seivern
    • Camp Rawls
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Camp Rawls is located in Aiken County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Rawls
    • Vaucluse
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Springdale
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Springdale is located in Aiken County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
    • Wagener
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Aiken
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Edgefield County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mount Willing, with the one closest to Mount Willing listed first.
    • Johnston
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Trenton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Edgefield
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Fairfield County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mount Willing, with the one closest to Mount Willing listed first.
    • Jenkinsville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Rock Hill
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Rock Hill is located in Fairfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
  • Greenwood County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mount Willing, with the one closest to Mount Willing listed first.
    • Ninety Six
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Springdale
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Springdale is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
    • Fairforest
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Fairforest is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairforest
    • Mathews Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Mathews Village is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mathews Village
    • Panola Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Panola Village is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola Village
    • Coronaca
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Coronaca is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coronaca
  • Laurens County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mount Willing, with the one closest to Mount Willing listed first.
    • Anglers Haven
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Anglers Haven is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anglers Haven
    • Kinards
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Cross Hill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Joanna
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Mountville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Lexington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mount Willing, with the one closest to Mount Willing listed first.
    • Batesburg - Leesville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Batesburg - Leesville is located in Lexington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batesburg - Leesville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,402 people
    • Batesburg
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Leesville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Lake Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Lake Village is located in Lexington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Village
    • Fredonia
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Fredonia is located in Lexington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
    • Ella
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Ella is located in Lexington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
    • Clubhouse Crossroads
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Clubhouse Crossroads is located in Lexington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clubhouse Crossroads
    • Summit
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Summit is located in Lexington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
    • Gilbert
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Chapin
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Chapin is located in Lexington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,664 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chapin <1>
    • Lexington
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Red Bank
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Red Bank is located in Lexington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
  • McCormick County
    • Liberty Hill
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Liberty Hill is located in McCormick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
  • Newberry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mount Willing, with the one closest to Mount Willing listed first.
    • Stoney Hill
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Stoney Hill is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Hill
    • Old Town Ferry
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Old Town Ferry is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town Ferry
    • Silverstreet
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Prosperity
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Chappells
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Newberry
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Smyrna
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Slighs
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Slighs is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slighs
    • Helena
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Helena is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
    • Little Mountain
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Union
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Union is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
    • Mudlick
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Mudlick is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudlick
  • Richland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mount Willing, with the one closest to Mount Willing listed first.
    • Lake Murray of Richland
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • White Rock
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Ballentine
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Dutch Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Dutch Village is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Village

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

Cemeteries Near Mount Willing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mount Willing.

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 Mount Willing - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Mt. Moses CME Church Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Matthews Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Emory Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Matthews Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Harris Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Matthews Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Richland Springs Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Johnsons Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • County Memorial Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Carver Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • McGee Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Bodie Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (295 more) ...
    • Whittle Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Prater Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Mitchell Hill Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)

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.<4>

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

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

  • Batesburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Ridge Spring
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Leesville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Monetta
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Fredonia
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Fredonia is located in Lexington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
  • Silverstreet
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Johnston
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Ella
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Ella is located in Lexington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
  • Meeting Street
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Meeting Street is located in Edgefield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeting Street
  • Summit
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Summit is located in Lexington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
  • Samaria
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Samaria is located in Lexington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
  • Prosperity
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Chappells
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Slighs
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Slighs is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slighs
    • Pleasant Lane
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Pleasant Lane is located in Edgefield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Lane

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Mount Willing ...

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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mount Willing.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Mount Willing. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Mount Willing and those printed in the larger area surrounding Mount Willing.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> of Mount Willing.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Mount Willing:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mount Willing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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>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 Mount Willing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.