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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 Northfall Acres (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 Northfall Acres. 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 northeast 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 north.

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 north 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.

Northfall Acres is located in Greenwood 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 Greenwood County: Abbeville, Edgefield, Laurens, McCormick, Newberry & Saluda.

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

  • Greenwood County     (The home county of Northfall Acres)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Northfall Acres, with the one closest to Northfall Acres listed first.
    • Cokesbury
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Cokesbury is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury
    • Greenwood Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Greenwood Village is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Village
    • Grendel Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Grendel Village is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grendel Village
    • Hodges
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Greenwood
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Coronaca
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Coronaca is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coronaca
    • Panola Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Panola Village is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola Village
    • Mathews Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Mathews Village is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mathews Village
    • Fairforest
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Fairforest is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairforest
    • Promised Land
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Promised Land is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promised Land
    • Ninety Six
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Springdale
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Springdale is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
  • Abbeville County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Northfall Acres, with the one closest to Northfall Acres listed first.
    • Cana ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Cana is located in Abbeville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cana
    • Ware Shoals
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Donalds
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Due West
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Abbeville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Honea Path
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Level Land
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Level Land is located in Abbeville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Land
    • Antreville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Antreville is located in Abbeville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antreville
    • Monterey ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Monterey is located in Abbeville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
    • Lake Secession
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Lake Secession is located in Abbeville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Secession
    • Latimer
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Latimer is located in Abbeville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimer
    • Calhoun Falls
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Anderson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Northfall Acres, with the one closest to Northfall Acres listed first.
    • Belton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Iva
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • 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>
    • Williamston
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Deans
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Deans is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans
    • Starr
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Greenville County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Northfall Acres, with the one closest to Northfall Acres listed first.
    • Fork Shoals
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Fork Shoals is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fork Shoals
    • Lickville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Lickville is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickville
    • Fountain Inn
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Laurens County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Northfall Acres, with the one closest to Northfall Acres listed first.
    • Collins Lakeside Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Mount Gallagher
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Mount Gallagher is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gallagher
    • Waterloo
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Cross Hill
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Ekom
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Ekom is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekom
    • Anglers Haven
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Anglers Haven is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anglers Haven
    • Cold Point
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Cold Point is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Point
    • Mountville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Simpson ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Simpson is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
    • Lisbon ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Lisbon is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
    • Princeton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Princeton is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
    • Laurens
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • McCormick County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Northfall Acres, with the one closest to Northfall Acres listed first.
    • Liberty Hill
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Liberty Hill is located in McCormick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
    • McCormick
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Mount Carmel
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Willington
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Willington is located in McCormick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willington
    • Plum Branch
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Newberry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Northfall Acres, with the one closest to Northfall Acres listed first.
    • Chappells
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Mudlick
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Mudlick is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudlick
    • Old Town Ferry
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Old Town Ferry is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town Ferry
    • Silverstreet
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Smyrna
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Saluda County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Northfall Acres, with the one closest to Northfall Acres listed first.
    • Hickory Grove
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Hickory Grove is located in Saluda County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
    • Saluda
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Spartanburg County
    • Enoree
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Lincoln County (GA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Northfall Acres, with the one closest to Northfall Acres listed first.
    • Hesters Ferry
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Hesters Ferry is located in Lincoln County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesters Ferry
      • Estimated population in 2019: 911 people
    • Lisbon ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Lisbon is located in Lincoln County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon

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

Cemeteries Near Northfall Acres ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Northfall Acres.

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 Northfall Acres - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Old Tabernacle Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Beaulah Baptist Church Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Greenwood Memorial Gardens
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Morris Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Edgewood Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Andrews Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Hillcrest Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Magnolia Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • St. John Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Save All Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Hodges Family Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (256 more) ...
    • Ebeneezer Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Mathews Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Bethlehem Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)

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 Northfall Acres in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Northfall Acres.

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

  • Greenwood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Hodges
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Darraugh
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Darraugh is located in Abbeville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darraugh
  • Cana ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Cana is located in Abbeville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cana
  • Mount Gallagher
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Mount Gallagher is located in Laurens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gallagher
  • Ninety Six
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Waterloo
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Brewerton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Brewerton is located in Laurens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewerton
  • Cross Hill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Ekom
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Ekom is located in Laurens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekom
  • Donalds
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Due West
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Bradley
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Mountville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Vaughanville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Vaughanville is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughanville

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

Newspapers Published in Northfall Acres ...

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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Northfall Acres.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Northfall Acres, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Northfall Acres.

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 websites either 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 Northfall Acres:

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 Northfall Acres, 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- Northfall Acres) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.