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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 Pebble Beach (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 Pebble Beach. 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 Pebble Beach ...

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 occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Pebble Beach: Pebble Bch.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Pebble Beach. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pebble Beach.

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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Pebble Beach is located in Horry 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 Horry County: Brunswick (NC), Columbus (NC), Dillon, Georgetown & Marion.

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

  • Horry County     (The home county of Pebble Beach)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pebble Beach, with the one closest to Pebble Beach listed first.
    • Myrtle Beach
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Socastee
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Surfside Beach
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Forestbrook
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Oceanside Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Oceanside Village is located in Horry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceanside Village
    • Garden City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Garden City Beach
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Windjammer Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Windjammer Village is located in Horry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windjammer Village
    • Bucksport
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Bucksport is located in Horry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucksport
    • Arcadian Shores
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Eddy Lake ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Eddy Lake is located in Horry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddy Lake
    • Port Harrelson ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Port Harrelson is located in Horry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Harrelson
  • Georgetown County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pebble Beach, with the one closest to Pebble Beach listed first.
    • Murrells Inlet
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Inlet Oaks Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Inlet Oaks Village is located in Georgetown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inlet Oaks Village
    • Litchfield Beach
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Waverly Mills
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Waverly Mills is located in Georgetown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly Mills
    • Jackson
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jackson is located in Georgetown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
    • Pawleys Island
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Carters Crossroads
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Carters Crossroads is located in Georgetown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Crossroads
    • Campfield
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Campfield is located in Georgetown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campfield
    • Allentown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Allentown is located in Georgetown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allentown
    • Georgetown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Steele Town
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Steele Town is located in Georgetown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steele Town
    • Willie Towne
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Willie Towne is located in Georgetown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willie Towne
  • Williamsburg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pebble Beach, with the one closest to Pebble Beach listed first.
    • Rome
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Rome is located in Williamsburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
    • Hemingway
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Brunswick County (NC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pebble Beach, with the one closest to Pebble Beach listed first.
    • Calabash
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Calabash is located in Brunswick County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calabash
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,360 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calabash <1>
    • Carolina Shores
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Carolina Shores is located in Brunswick County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina Shores
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,802 people
    • Sunset Beach
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Columbus County (NC)
    • Pireway
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Pireway is located in Columbus County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pireway

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

Cemeteries Near Pebble Beach ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pebble Beach.

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 Pebble Beach - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Ocean Woods Memorial Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for 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 <2>
  • Withers Memorial Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Community Memorial Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Belin Memorial Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Buck Graveyard
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Hillcrest Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Thompkins Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Alston Family Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alston Family Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Alston Family Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the north of Pawleys Island.
    • The Alston Family Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Alston Cemetery
    • Oaks Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2298753 <2>
  • Reaves Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Graham Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Kingston Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Southeastern Memorial Gardens
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (84 more) ...

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

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

  • Socastee
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Bucksville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Bucksville is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucksville
  • Bucksport
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Bucksport is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucksport
  • Vaught
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Vaught is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaught
  • Toddville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Toddville is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toddville
  • Port Harrelson ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Port Harrelson is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Harrelson
  • Nixonville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Nixonville is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixonville
  • Conway
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Hand
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Hand is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hand
  • Yauhannah
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Yauhannah is located in Georgetown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yauhannah
  • Dongola
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Dongola is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dongola
  • Wampee
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Wampee is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wampee
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Hammond
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Hammond is located in Horry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
    • Petersfield
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Petersfield is located in Georgetown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersfield
    • Plantersville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Plantersville is located in Georgetown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantersville

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

Newspapers Published in Pebble Beach ...

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 Pebble Beach.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pebble Beach, 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 Pebble Beach.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Pebble Beach:

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>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 from Point A (ie- Pebble Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Pebble Beach, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.