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 Nixons Crossroads (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 Nixons Crossroads. 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 Nixons Crossroads ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Nixons Crossroads: Nixons Xrds.
- While the name of this community is Nixons Crossroads, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Nixons Crossroads may originally have been Nixon's Crossroads.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Nixons Crossroads might be written as Nixon Crossroads.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Nixons Crossroads is located in Horry 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 Horry County: Brunswick (NC), Columbus (NC), Dillon, Georgetown & Marion.
Below are the counties that are near Nixons Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Nixons Crossroads:
- Horry County (The home county of Nixons Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nixons Crossroads, with the one closest to Nixons Crossroads listed first.
- Cedar Creek Village
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cedar Creek Village is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek Village
- Little River
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cherry Grove Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Myrtle Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Atlantic Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Atlantic Beach is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 483 people
- Longs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Briarcliffe Acres
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Briarcliffe Acres is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarcliffe Acres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 612 people
- Little Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Little Town is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Town
- Arcadian Shores
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hand
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hand is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hand
- Nixonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Nixonville is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixonville
- Daisy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Daisy is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Georgetown County
- Murrells Inlet
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brunswick County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nixons Crossroads, with the one closest to Nixons Crossroads listed first.
- Calabash
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Carolina Shores
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Carolina Shores is located in Brunswick County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina Shores
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,802 people
- Sunset Beach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Longwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Longwood is located in Brunswick County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
- Ocean Isle Beach
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Ash
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ash is located in Brunswick County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
- Shallotte
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Holden Beach
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Exum
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Exum is located in Brunswick County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exum
- Sivey Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Sivey Town is located in Brunswick County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sivey Town
- Makatoka
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Makatoka is located in Brunswick County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Makatoka
- Supply
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Columbus County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nixons Crossroads, with the one closest to Nixons Crossroads listed first.
- Pireway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Pireway is located in Columbus County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pireway
- Bug Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Bug Hill is located in Columbus County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bug Hill
- Pine Level
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Pine Level is located in Columbus County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Level
- Bethel
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bethel is located in Columbus County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Nakina
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Nakina is located in Columbus County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nakina
- Ironhill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Ironhill is located in Columbus County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironhill
- Tabor City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Cribb Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Cribb Town is located in Columbus County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cribb Town
- Emerson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Emerson is located in Columbus County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson
- Clarendon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Clarendon is located in Columbus County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarendon
- Brunswick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Nixons Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Nixons Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Nixons Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nixons Crossroads.
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 Nixons Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Nixons Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Nixons Crossroads, with the one closest to Nixons Crossroads listed first.
- Cedar Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- North Myrtle Beach Memorial Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- St. Paul AME Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Calvery Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Platt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lewis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Plains Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Forest Lawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Live Oak Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Southeastern Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wilson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Manley Bennett Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (139 more) ...
- Blanton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bellamy Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bennett-Beck Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Bennett-Beck Family Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett-Beck Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bennett-Beck Family Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<4> to the north of Calabash (NC).
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2317481 <3>
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 Nixons Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Nixons Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Nixons Crossroads, with the one closest to Nixons Crossroads listed first.
- Little River
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wampee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Wampee is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wampee
- Calabash
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Iredell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Iredell is located in Brunswick County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iredell
- Hand
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hand is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hand
- Vaught
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Vaught is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaught
- Pireway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Pireway is located in Columbus County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pireway
- Hammond
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hammond is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Nixonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Nixonville is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixonville
- Dothan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dothan is located in Columbus County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dothan
- Bug Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Bug Hill is located in Columbus County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bug Hill
- Daisy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Daisy is located in Horry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Ash
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ash is located in Brunswick County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
- Shallotte
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Loris
(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 Nixons Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Nixons Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Nixons Crossroads ...
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 Nixons Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nixons Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Nixons Crossroads.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Nixons Crossroads:
- Websites specific to South Carolina
- Pages specific to Horry County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Georgetown County
- Brunswick County
- Columbus County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for South Carolina
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <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 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> | 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- Nixons Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Nixons Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |