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 Parks Ferry (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 Parks Ferry. 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 and doctors 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.
Parks Ferry is located in Anderson 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 Anderson County: Elbert (GA), Hart (GA), Abbeville, Greenville, Laurens, Oconee & Pickens.
Below are the counties that are near Parks Ferry. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Parks Ferry:
- Anderson County (The home county of Parks Ferry)
- The following are listed by their distance from Parks Ferry, with the one closest to Parks Ferry listed first.
- Holland Store
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Holland Store is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Store
- Holland Store has also been known as:
- Hollands
- Starr
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Iva
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Deans
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Deans is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans
- Andersonville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Andersonville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Price ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Price is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Homeland Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Homeland Park is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland Park
- Centerville Terrace Estates
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Anderson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Caldwell Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Caldwell Village is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caldwell Village
- Centerville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Centerville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Leisure Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Leisure Village is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Village
- Abbeville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parks Ferry, with the one closest to Parks Ferry listed first.
- Lake Secession
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lake Secession is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Secession
- Lowndesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Antreville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Antreville is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antreville
- Level Land
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Level Land is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Land
- Latimer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Latimer is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimer
- Monterey ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Monterey is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Calhoun Falls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Due West
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Honea Path
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Donalds
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Abbeville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- McCormick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parks Ferry, with the one closest to Parks Ferry listed first.
- Mount Carmel
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Willington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Willington is located in McCormick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willington
- Oconee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parks Ferry, with the one closest to Parks Ferry listed first.
- Fair Play
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oakway
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Oakway is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakway
- Utica
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Utica is located in Oconee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
- Seneca
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Richland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Newry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Westminster
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pickens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parks Ferry, with the one closest to Parks Ferry listed first.
- Clemson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Isaqueena Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Isaqueena Village is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isaqueena Village
- Central
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Norris
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Elbert County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Parks Ferry, with the one closest to Parks Ferry listed first.
- Centerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Bowman Ferry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bowman Ferry is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 808 people
- Edinburg ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Edinburg is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,396 people
- Harmony
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Harmony is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Dewy Rose
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Goss
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Goss is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss
- Harper
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Harper is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Elberton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Silk Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Silk Mills is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silk Mills
- Estimated population in 2019: 277 people
- Bowman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Parks Ferry, with the one closest to Parks Ferry listed first.
- Canon
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Royston
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lavonia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gumlog
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gumlog is located in Franklin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gumlog
- Franklin Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Aquilla ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Aquilla is located in Franklin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Carnesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Parhams
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Parhams is located in Franklin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parhams
- Cromers
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cromers is located in Franklin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromers
- Population from the 2010 Census: 639 people
- Hart County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Parks Ferry, with the one closest to Parks Ferry listed first.
- Dooleys Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dooleys Ferry is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooleys Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 136 people
- Cooleys Ferry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cooleys Ferry is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooleys Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 529 people
- Hartwell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Crawfords Ferry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Crawfords Ferry is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawfords Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 473 people
- Reed Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Reed Creek is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Creek
- Flat Shoals
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Flat Shoals is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
- Maretts
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Maretts is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maretts
- Bowersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lincoln County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Parks Ferry, with the one closest to Parks Ferry listed first.
- Lisbon ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lisbon is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Hesters Ferry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hesters Ferry is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesters Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 911 people
- Madison County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Parks Ferry, with the one closest to Parks Ferry listed first.
- Harrison
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Harrison is located in Madison County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Estimated population in 2019: 442 people
- Carlton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Madison Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Madison Springs is located in Madison County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Springs
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,210 people
- Former name for Madison Springs:
- Alexanderville
- Dalton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dalton is located in Madison County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton
- Estimated population in 2019: 33,665 people
- Comer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Comer is located in Madison County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,302 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Comer <1>
- Shiloh
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Shiloh is located in Madison County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Danielsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ila
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Ila is located in Madison County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ila
- Population from the 2020 Census: 359 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ila <1>
- Oglethorpe County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Parks Ferry, with the one closest to Parks Ferry listed first.
- Veribest
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Veribest is located in Oglethorpe County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veribest
- Estimated population in 2019: 124 people
- Palmetto
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Palmetto is located in Oglethorpe County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Stephens County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Parks Ferry, with the one closest to Parks Ferry listed first.
- Martin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Avalon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Avalon is located in Stephens County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 226 people
- Eastanollee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Parks Ferry, see our County-by-County Page for Parks Ferry.
Cemeteries Near Parks Ferry ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Parks Ferry.
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 Parks Ferry - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Parks Ferry covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Parks Ferry, with the one closest to Parks Ferry listed first.
- Cokesbury UMC Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury UMC Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cokesbury UMC Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<2> to the southeast of Hartwell (GA).
- The Cokesbury UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cokesbury Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2188954 <3>
- St. James CME Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Poplar Spring Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Gaines Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sardis Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sardis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Flat Rock Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Branch Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rock Branch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Goodhope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sardis Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (366 more) ...
- Sardis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Liberty Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Memorial Garden of Prayer
(6 miles [9.7 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.<4>
While we didn't find Parks Ferry in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Parks Ferry.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Parks Ferry, with the one closest to Parks Ferry listed first.
- Montevideo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Montevideo is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montevideo
- Holland Store
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Holland Store is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Store
- Holland Store has also been known as:
- Hollands
- Moffitsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Moffitsville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitsville
- Oak Bower ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Bower is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Bower
- Coldwater
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Coldwater is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Concordia ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Concordia is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concordia
- Starr
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Iva
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Deans
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Deans is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans
- Hartwell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Andersonville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Andersonville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Mountain Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Creek is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Creek
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Amandaville ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Amandaville is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amandaville
- Ruckersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Ruckersville is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruckersville
- Lowndesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Parks Ferry. See our List of 1890's Communities around Parks Ferry.
Newspapers Published in Parks Ferry ...
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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Parks Ferry.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Parks Ferry, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Parks Ferry.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Parks Ferry:
- Websites specific to South Carolina
- Pages specific to Anderson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Abbeville County
- McCormick County
- Oconee County
- Pickens County
- Elbert County
- Franklin County
- Hart County
- Lincoln County
- Madison County
- Oglethorpe County
- Stephens 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> | 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- Parks Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Parks Ferry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |