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Introduction ...

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

We've added Murrell to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Murrell, 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 Murrell (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 Murrell. 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 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 Murrell is historic, it would have been located within present day Berkeley 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 Berkeley County: Charleston, Dorchester, Georgetown, Orangeburg & Williamsburg.

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

  • Berkeley County     (The home county of Murrell)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Murrell, with the one closest to Murrell listed first.
    • Pineville
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Judge Town
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Judge Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judge Town
      • Judge Town is located in Berkeley County
    • Region Town ‑ Historic
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Region Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Region Town
      • Region Town is located in Berkeley County
    • Russellville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Saint Stephen
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Eadytown
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Eadytown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eadytown
      • Eadytown is located in Berkeley County
    • Harris Town
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harris Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Town
      • Harris Town is located in Berkeley County
    • Bonneau
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Cross
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Pinopolis
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Alvin
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Alvin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvin
      • Alvin is located in Berkeley County
    • Moncks Corner
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Wrangle Town ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wrangle Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrangle Town
      • Wrangle Town is located in Berkeley County
  • Charleston County
    • Lincolnville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
      • Lincolnville is located in Charleston County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,624 people
  • Clarendon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Murrell, with the one closest to Murrell listed first.
    • Shad Moss village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shad Moss village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jordan. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
      • Jordan is located in Clarendon County
    • Davis Station
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Manning
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Summerton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Alcolu
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Silver
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver
      • Silver is located in Clarendon County
    • Union Crossroads
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Crossroads
      • Union Crossroads is located in Clarendon County
    • Gable
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Panola
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Panola. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola
      • Panola is located in Clarendon County
    • New Zion
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Sardinia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Paxville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Dorchester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Murrell, with the one closest to Murrell listed first.
    • Summerville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Dorchester
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Harleyville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Ridgeville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Brownsville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
      • Brownsville is located in Dorchester County
  • Georgetown County
    • Andrews
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Orangeburg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Murrell, with the one closest to Murrell listed first.
    • Ferguson ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson
      • Ferguson is located in Orangeburg County
    • Eutawville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Green Town
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Town
      • Green Town is located in Orangeburg County
    • Possum Town
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Possum Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Town
      • Possum Town is located in Orangeburg County
    • Vance
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • 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>
    • Holly Hill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Santee
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Wells
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
      • Wells is located in Orangeburg County
    • Parler
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parler
      • Parler is located in Orangeburg County
  • Williamsburg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Murrell, with the one closest to Murrell listed first.
    • Greeleyville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Lane
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
      • Lane is located in Williamsburg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lane <2>
    • Salters
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Kingstree
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Cades
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Terrell Crossroad
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrell Crossroad
      • Terrell Crossroad is located in Williamsburg County

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

Cemeteries Near Murrell ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Murrell.

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

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

  • Lifeland Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lifeland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lifeland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mahan Plantation Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mahan Plantation Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mahan Plantation Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Richmond Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Richmond Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Richmond Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Oldfield Plantation Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oldfield Plantation Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oldfield Plantation Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Belle Isle Plantation Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Belle Isle Plantation Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Belle Isle Plantation Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bluford Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bluford Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bluford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Site of Francis Marion Tomb
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Site of Francis Marion Tomb
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Site of Francis Marion Tomb have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jefferson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jefferson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jefferson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Russellville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Russellville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Russellville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mexico Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mexico Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mexico Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Stephen Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Stephen Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Stephen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Stephens Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Stephens Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Stephens Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (180 more) ...
    • Thomas Walter Grave
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thomas Walter Grave
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Thomas Walter Grave have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Mudlake Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mudlake Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mudlake Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Sunset Memorial Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunset Memorial Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sunset Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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 Murrell in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Murrell.

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

  • Saint Stephen
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Eadytown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Eadytown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eadytown
    • Eadytown is located in Berkeley County
  • Bonneau
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Lane
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
    • Lane is located in Williamsburg County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lane <2>
  • Greeleyville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Macbeth
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Macbeth have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macbeth
    • Macbeth is located in Berkeley County
  • Alvin
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Alvin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvin
    • Alvin is located in Berkeley County
  • Foreston
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Foreston have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foreston
    • Foreston is located in Clarendon County
  • Moncks Corner
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Salters Depot
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salters Depot have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salters Depot
    • Salters Depot is located in Williamsburg County
  • Salters
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Suttons
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Suttons have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suttons
    • Suttons is located in Williamsburg County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Jordan
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jordan. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
      • Jordan is located in Clarendon County
    • Trio
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trio have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trio
      • Trio is located in Williamsburg County
    • Davis Station
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Murrell ...

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 18 newspapers that have been published in the area around Murrell.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Murrell, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Murrell.

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 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 Murrell:

The official website for Berkeley County: www.co.berkeley.sc.us/

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 Murrell, 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>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.
<4>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.
<5>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 from Point A (ie- Murrell) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Murrell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4263, Longitude: -80.0304       In this case, the coordinates for Murrell have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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