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 Page Place (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 Page Place. 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 Page Place ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Page Place: Page Pl. (or less commonly used: Page Plc.)
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 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.
Page Place 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 Page Place. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Page Place:
- Greenwood County (The home county of Page Place)
- The following are listed by their distance from Page Place, with the one closest to Page Place listed first.
- Greenwood Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Greenwood Village is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Village
- Mathews Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mathews Village is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mathews Village
- Panola Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Panola Village is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola Village
- Greenwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Grendel Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Grendel Village is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grendel Village
- Promised Land
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Promised Land is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promised Land
- Fairforest
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Fairforest is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairforest
- Verdery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Verdery is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdery
- Cokesbury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cokesbury is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury
- Hodges
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Coronaca
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Coronaca is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coronaca
- Bradley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Abbeville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Page Place, with the one closest to Page Place listed first.
- Cana ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cana is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cana
- Abbeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Due West
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ware Shoals
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Donalds
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Level Land
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Level Land is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Land
- Monterey ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Monterey is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Antreville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Antreville is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antreville
- Honea Path
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Calhoun Falls
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Latimer
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Latimer is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimer
- Lake Secession
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lake Secession is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Secession
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Page Place, with the one closest to Page Place listed first.
- Iva
(28 miles [45.1 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>
- Belton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Edgefield County
- Edgefield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Laurens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Page Place, with the one closest to Page Place listed first.
- Collins Lakeside Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- Waterloo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Gallagher
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Mount Gallagher is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gallagher
- Cross Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ekom
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Ekom is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekom
- Mountville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Cold Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cold Point is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Point
- Simpson ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Simpson is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Lisbon ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lisbon is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Princeton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Princeton is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
- Laurens
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- McCormick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Page Place, with the one closest to Page Place listed first.
- Liberty Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Liberty Hill is located in McCormick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- McCormick
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Willington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Willington is located in McCormick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willington
- Mount Carmel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Plum Branch
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Parksville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Modoc
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Newberry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Page Place, with the one closest to Page Place listed first.
- Chappells
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Mudlick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Mudlick is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudlick
- Old Town Ferry
(23 miles [37 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Saluda County
- The following are listed by their distance from Page Place, with the one closest to Page Place listed first.
- Hickory Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hickory Grove is located in Saluda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Saluda
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Elbert County (GA)
- Bowman Ferry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bowman Ferry is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 808 people
- Lincoln County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Page Place, with the one closest to Page Place listed first.
- Hesters Ferry
(25 miles [40.2 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lisbon is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Goshen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Goshen is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Midway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Midway is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Lincolnton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Page Place, see our County-by-County Page for Page Place.
Cemeteries Near Page Place ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Page Place.
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 Page Place - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Page Place covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Page Place, with the one closest to Page Place listed first.
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mathews Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Save All Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Magnolia Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Beaulah Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Crossroads Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Edgewood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Big Adams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Little Adams Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Tolbert Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Morris Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (231 more) ...
- Old Pine Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. John Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ebeneezer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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 Page Place in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Page Place.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Page Place, with the one closest to Page Place listed first.
- Greenwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cana ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cana is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cana
- Bradley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hodges
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Darraugh
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Darraugh is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darraugh
- Ninety Six
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Troy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Waterloo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cross Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Gallagher
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Mount Gallagher is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gallagher
- Due West
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Vaughanville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Vaughanville is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughanville
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Donalds
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dover ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Dover is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Watts
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Watts is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watts
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Page Place. See our List of 1890's Communities around Page Place.
Newspapers Published in Page Place ...
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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Page Place.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Page Place, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Page Place.
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 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 Page Place:
- Websites specific to South Carolina
- Pages specific to Greenwood County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Abbeville County
- Anderson County
- Edgefield County
- Laurens County
- McCormick County
- Newberry County
- Saluda County
- Elbert County
- Lincoln County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for South Carolina
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 Page Place, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Page Place) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |