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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 Nautical Watch Villas (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 Nautical Watch Villas. 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.

Nautical Watch Villas is located in Beaufort 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 Beaufort County: Colleton, Hampton & Jasper.

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

  • Beaufort County     (The home county of Nautical Watch Villas)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nautical Watch Villas, with the one closest to Nautical Watch Villas listed first.
    • Fripp Island
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Frogmore
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Frogmore is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogmore
    • Sangster Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Sangster Village is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sangster Village
    • Beaufort
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Polk Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Polk Village is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk Village
    • Port Royal
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Battery Marina Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Burton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Shell Point
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Shell Point is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Point
    • Dale
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Lobeco
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Laurel Bay
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Laurel Bay is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Bay
  • Charleston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nautical Watch Villas, with the one closest to Nautical Watch Villas listed first.
    • Edisto Island
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Rockville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Rockville is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
    • Seabrook Island
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Adams Run
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Wadmalaw Island
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Kiawah Island
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Meggett
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Hollywood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Canady Landing ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Canady Landing is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canady Landing
    • Ravenel
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Johns Island
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Colleton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nautical Watch Villas, with the one closest to Nautical Watch Villas listed first.
    • Edisto Beach
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Edisto Beach is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edisto Beach
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 402 people
    • Jacksonboro
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Green Pond
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • White Hall
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • White Hall is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
    • Ritter
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Ritter is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritter

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

Cemeteries Near Nautical Watch Villas ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nautical Watch Villas.

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 Nautical Watch Villas - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Coffin Point Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Big House Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Cherry Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Fripp Point Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Hampton Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Scottsville Baptist Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Piedmont Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Burgess Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Mulberry Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Cedar Grove Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Frogmore Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Oakland Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (63 more) ...
    • Bethesda Christian Fellowship Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Perry Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Fuller Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 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>

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

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

  • Frogmore
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Frogmore is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogmore
  • Beaufort
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Port Royal
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Dale
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Hilton Head Island
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Coosaw
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Coosaw is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coosaw
  • Ashepoo
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Ashepoo is located in Colleton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashepoo
  • Green Pond
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Jacksonboro
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Sheldon
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • White Hall
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • White Hall is located in Colleton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
  • Tomotley
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Tomotley is located in Beaufort County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomotley
  • Bluffton
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Ritter
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Ritter is located in Colleton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritter

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

Newspapers Published in Nautical Watch Villas ...

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 24 newspapers that have been published in the area around Nautical Watch Villas.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nautical Watch Villas, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Nautical Watch Villas.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Nautical Watch Villas:

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 Nautical Watch Villas, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Nautical Watch Villas) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.