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Introduction ...

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

We've added Oldtown to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Oldtown, 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 Oldtown (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 Oldtown. 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 Oldtown is historic, it would have been located within present day Newberry 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 Newberry County: Fairfield, Greenwood, Laurens, Lexington, Richland, Saluda & Union.

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

  • Newberry County     (The home county of Oldtown)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oldtown, with the one closest to Oldtown listed first.
    • Old Town Ferry
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Old Town Ferry is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town Ferry
    • Silverstreet
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Chappells
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Smyrna
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Mudlick
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Mudlick is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudlick
    • Helena
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Helena is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
    • Stoney Hill
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Stoney Hill is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Hill
    • Newberry
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Prosperity
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Union
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Union is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
    • Slighs
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Slighs is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slighs
    • Sondleys ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Sondleys is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sondleys
    • Little Mountain
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Abbeville County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oldtown, with the one closest to Oldtown listed first.
    • Cana ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Cana is located in Abbeville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cana
    • Ware Shoals
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Aiken County
    • Monetta
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Edgefield County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oldtown, with the one closest to Oldtown listed first.
    • Johnston
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Edgefield
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Trenton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Fairfield County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oldtown, with the one closest to Oldtown listed first.
    • Blair
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jenkinsville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Rock Hill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Rock Hill is located in Fairfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
    • Monticello
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Monticello is located in Fairfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
  • Greenwood County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oldtown, with the one closest to Oldtown listed first.
    • Ninety Six
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Springdale
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Springdale is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
    • Coronaca
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Coronaca is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coronaca
    • Fairforest
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Fairforest is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairforest
    • Mathews Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Mathews Village is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mathews Village
    • Panola Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Panola Village is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola Village
    • Greenwood
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Grendel Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Grendel Village is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grendel Village
    • Greenwood Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Greenwood Village is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Village
    • Cokesbury
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Cokesbury is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury
    • Promised Land
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Promised Land is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promised Land
    • Bradley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Hodges
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Laurens County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oldtown, with the one closest to Oldtown listed first.
    • Anglers Haven
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Anglers Haven is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anglers Haven
    • Kinards
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Cross Hill
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Joanna
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Mountville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Dover ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Dover is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
    • Renno
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Renno is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renno
    • Waterloo
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Clinton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Collins Lakeside Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Lisbon ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Lisbon is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
    • Cold Point
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Cold Point is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Point
    • Laurens
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Lexington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oldtown, with the one closest to Oldtown listed first.
    • Ella
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Ella is located in Lexington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
    • Lake Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Lake Village is located in Lexington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Village
    • Batesburg - Leesville
      (22 miles [35.4 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
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Leesville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Chapin
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • 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 <2>
    • Fredonia
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Fredonia is located in Lexington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
    • Clubhouse Crossroads
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Clubhouse Crossroads is located in Lexington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clubhouse Crossroads
    • Summit
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Summit is located in Lexington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
    • Gilbert
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • McCormick County
    • Liberty Hill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Liberty Hill is located in McCormick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
  • Richland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oldtown, with the one closest to Oldtown listed first.
    • Lake Murray of Richland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • White Rock
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Saluda County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oldtown, with the one closest to Oldtown listed first.
    • Hickory Grove
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Hickory Grove is located in Saluda County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
    • Saluda
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Ward
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Ridge Spring
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Union County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oldtown, with the one closest to Oldtown listed first.
    • Sartor Town
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Sartor Town is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sartor Town
    • Delta
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Delta is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
    • Sedalia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Sedalia is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
    • Tuckertown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Tuckertown is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckertown

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

Cemeteries Near Oldtown ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oldtown.

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 Oldtown - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Pine Pleasant Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Chestnut Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Shady Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Griffith Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffith Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Griffith Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the north of Saluda.
    • The Griffith Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Griffith Family Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2362117 <4>
  • Bozeman - Scurry Graveyard
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Bethany Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Perry Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • New Chapel Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Trinity Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Smith Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Butler Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Merchant Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (316 more) ...
    • Hannah Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Smyrna Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Cross Roads Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 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.

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

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

  • Silverstreet
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Chappells
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Vaughanville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Vaughanville is located in Newberry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughanville
  • Helena
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Helena is located in Newberry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
  • Gary
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Gary is located in Newberry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary
  • Milton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Milton is located in Laurens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
  • Jalapa
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jalapa is located in Newberry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jalapa
  • Ninety Six
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Prosperity
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Kinards
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Cross Hill
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Mountville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Meeting Street
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Meeting Street is located in Edgefield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeting Street
    • Slighs
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Slighs is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slighs
    • Sondleys ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Sondleys is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sondleys

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

Newspapers Published in Oldtown ...

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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oldtown.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oldtown, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oldtown.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Oldtown:

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 Oldtown, 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Oldtown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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.