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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 Peachtree Landing (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 Peachtree Landing. 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 Peachtree Landing ...

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 have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Peachtree Landing: Peachtree Lndg. (or less commonly used: Peachtree Lndng.)

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.

Peachtree Landing is located in Horry County.

To see how the shape of South Carolina's counties 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 Peachtree Landing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Peachtree Landing:

  • Horry County     (The home county of Peachtree Landing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Peachtree Landing, with the one closest to Peachtree Landing listed first.
    • Socastee
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Bucksport
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bucksport. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucksport
      • Bucksport is located in Horry County
    • Port Harrelson ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Port Harrelson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Harrelson
      • Port Harrelson is located in Horry County
    • Forestbrook
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Eddy Lake ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eddy Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddy Lake
      • Eddy Lake is located in Horry County
    • Garden City
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Oceanside Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oceanside Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceanside Village
      • Oceanside Village is located in Horry County
    • Surfside Beach
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Garden City Beach
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Windjammer Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Windjammer Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windjammer Village
      • Windjammer Village is located in Horry County
    • Myrtle Beach
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Conway
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Brownway
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownway
      • Brownway is located in Horry County
  • Florence County
    • Johnsonville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Georgetown County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Peachtree Landing, with the one closest to Peachtree Landing listed first.
    • Murrells Inlet
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Inlet Oaks Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Inlet Oaks Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inlet Oaks Village
      • Inlet Oaks Village is located in Georgetown County
    • Litchfield Beach
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Carters Crossroads
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Crossroads
      • Carters Crossroads is located in Georgetown County
    • Waverly Mills
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waverly Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly Mills
      • Waverly Mills is located in Georgetown County
    • Jackson
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
      • Jackson is located in Georgetown County
    • Pawleys Island
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Allentown
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allentown
      • Allentown is located in Georgetown County
    • Campfield
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campfield
      • Campfield is located in Georgetown County
    • Willie Towne
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willie Towne have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willie Towne
      • Willie Towne is located in Georgetown County
    • Georgetown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Steele Town
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Steele Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steele Town
      • Steele Town is located in Georgetown County
  • Marion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Peachtree Landing, with the one closest to Peachtree Landing listed first.
    • Gresham
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Centenary
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Williamsburg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Peachtree Landing, with the one closest to Peachtree Landing listed first.
    • Rome
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rome. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
      • Rome is located in Williamsburg County
    • Hemingway
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Nesmith
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Stuckey
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stuckey have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuckey
      • Stuckey is located in Williamsburg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
    • Snow Town
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Snow Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Town
      • Snow Town is located in Williamsburg County
    • Indiantown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiantown
      • Indiantown is located in Williamsburg County
  • Brunswick County (NC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Peachtree Landing, with the one closest to Peachtree Landing listed first.
    • Calabash
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calabash
      • Calabash is located in Brunswick County (NC)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,360 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calabash <1>
    • Carolina Shores
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carolina Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina Shores
      • Carolina Shores is located in Brunswick County (NC)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,802 people

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

Cemeteries Near Peachtree Landing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Peachtree Landing.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Buck Graveyard
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Buck Graveyard
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Buck Graveyard have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Community Memorial Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Hillcrest Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Ocean Woods Memorial Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ocean Woods Memorial Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Ocean Woods Memorial Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Myrtle Beach.
    • The Ocean Woods Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Ocean Woods Memorial Park
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #70906 <4>
  • Yauhannah Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Yauhannah Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Yauhannah Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Withers Memorial Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Pauley Swamp Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pauley Swamp Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pauley Swamp Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Belin Memorial Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Thompkins Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thompkins Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Thompkins Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Kingston Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kingston Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kingston Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hemingway Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Rose Hill Memorial Gardens
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (125 more) ...
    • Westside Memorial Gardens
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Flowers Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Flowers Cemetery
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Flowers Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #374412 <4>
    • Alston Family Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Alston Family Cemetery
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Alston Family Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Alston Family Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<5> to the south of Pawleys Island.
      • The Alston Family Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Alston Cemetery
      • Oaks Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2298753 <4>

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.<6>

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

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

  • Bucksville
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bucksville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucksville
    • Bucksville is located in Horry County
  • Socastee
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Bucksport
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bucksport. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucksport
    • Bucksport is located in Horry County
  • Port Harrelson ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Port Harrelson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Harrelson
    • Port Harrelson is located in Horry County
  • Toddville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Toddville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toddville
    • Toddville is located in Horry County
  • Yauhannah
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yauhannah have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yauhannah
    • Yauhannah is located in Georgetown County
  • Conway
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Dongola
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dongola have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dongola
    • Dongola is located in Horry County
  • Petersfield
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Petersfield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersfield
    • Petersfield is located in Georgetown County
  • Forney
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forney have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forney
    • Forney is located in Horry County
  • Plantersville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plantersville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantersville
    • Plantersville is located in Georgetown County
  • Nixonville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Nixonville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixonville
    • Nixonville is located in Horry County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Vaught
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vaught have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaught
      • Vaught is located in Horry County
    • Waverly Mills
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waverly Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly Mills
      • Waverly Mills is located in Georgetown County
    • Hand
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hand. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hand
      • Hand is located in Horry County

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

Newspapers Published in Peachtree Landing ...

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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around Peachtree Landing.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Peachtree Landing, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Peachtree Landing.

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 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 Peachtree Landing:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Peachtree Landing. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Horry County: www.horrycounty.org/

The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/

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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Peachtree Landing) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Peachtree Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6946, Longitude: -79.0484       In this case, the coordinates for Peachtree Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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 Peachtree Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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