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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 Prices 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 Prices 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 Prices 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.

  • A typical abbreviation for Prices Landing: Prices Lndg. (or less commonly used: Prices Lndng.)
  • While the name of this community is Prices Landing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Prices Landing may originally have been Price's Landing.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Prices Landing might be written as Price Landing.

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 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.

Prices Landing is located in Colleton 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 Colleton County: Allendale, Bamberg, Beaufort, Charleston, Dorchester, Hampton & Orangeburg.

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

  • Colleton County     (The home county of Prices Landing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prices Landing, with the one closest to Prices Landing listed first.
    • Cottageville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Round O
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Sidney
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sidney have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
      • Sidney is located in Colleton County
    • Drigger Crossroads
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drigger Crossroads
      • Drigger Crossroads is located in Colleton County
    • Canadys
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jacksonboro
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Walterboro
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Ritter
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ritter have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritter
      • Ritter is located in Colleton County
    • Green Pond
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Johnsville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsville
      • Johnsville is located in Colleton County
    • Ruffin
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Smoaks
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Berkeley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prices Landing, with the one closest to Prices Landing listed first.
    • Washington Town
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Washington Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Town
      • Washington Town is located in Berkeley County
    • Ladson
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Highland Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
      • Highland Village is located in Berkeley County
    • Caromi Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Caromi Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caromi Village
      • Caromi Village is located in Berkeley County
    • Sandridge
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandridge
      • Sandridge is located in Berkeley County
    • Camelot Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camelot Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
      • Camelot Village is located in Berkeley County
    • Goose Creek
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Hanahan
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Tarry Town
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tarry Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarry Town
      • Tarry Town is located in Berkeley County
    • Moncks Corner
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Cross
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Pinopolis
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Charleston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prices Landing, with the one closest to Prices Landing listed first.
    • Canady Landing ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canady Landing
      • Canady Landing is located in Charleston County
    • Lincolnville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
      • Lincolnville is located in Charleston County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,624 people
    • Ravenel
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Adams Run
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Hollywood
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Meggett
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Otranto
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Otranto have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otranto
      • Otranto is located in Charleston County
    • North Charleston
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Essex Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Essex Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Village
      • Essex Village is located in Charleston County
    • Wadmalaw Island
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Dorchester
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
      • Dorchester is located in Charleston County
    • Johns Island
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Dorchester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prices Landing, with the one closest to Prices Landing listed first.
    • Ridgeville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Flowertown Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flowertown Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowertown Village
      • Flowertown Village is located in Dorchester County
    • Dorchester
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Brownsville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
      • Brownsville is located in Dorchester County
    • Grover
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Summerville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Chandler Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chandler Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler Village
      • Chandler Village is located in Dorchester County
    • Harleyville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Saint George
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Reevesville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Orangeburg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prices Landing, with the one closest to Prices Landing listed first.
    • Holly Hill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Wells
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
      • Wells is located in Orangeburg County
    • Possum Town
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Possum Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Town
      • Possum Town is located in Orangeburg County
    • Eutawville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Green Town
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Town
      • Green Town is located in Orangeburg County
    • Bowman
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Branchville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Prices 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 16 newspapers that have been published in the area around Prices Landing.

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

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 Prices Landing:

Cemeteries Near Prices Landing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Prices 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 Prices Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Beech Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Beech Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beech Hill Cemetery
  • Ackerman Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ackerman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ackerman Cemetery
  • Williams Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Williams Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Williams Cemetery
  • Ferguson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ferguson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ferguson Cemetery
  • Adams Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Adams Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Adams Cemetery
  • Shepherd Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shepherd Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shepherd Grove Cemetery
  • Givhans Ferry Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Givhans Ferry Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Givhans Ferry Cemetery
  • Johnson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Johnson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Johnson Cemetery
  • Hughes Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hughes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hughes Cemetery
  • Macedonia Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Macedonia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Macedonia Cemetery
  • Reeves Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Reeves Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Reeves Cemetery
  • Muckenfuss Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Muckenfuss Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Muckenfuss Cemetery
  • Continue List   (222 more) ...
    • Magnolia Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Magnolia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Magnolia Cemetery
    • Church Hill Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Church Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Church Hill Cemetery
    • Round O Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Round O Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Round O Cemetery

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.<5>

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

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

  • Cottageville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Ridgeville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Drawdy
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Drawdy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drawdy
    • Drawdy is located in Colleton County
  • Jacksonboro
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Summerville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Walterboro
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Harleyville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Ritter
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ritter have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritter
    • Ritter is located in Colleton County
  • Ladson
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Ashepoo
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ashepoo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashepoo
    • Ashepoo is located in Colleton County
  • Long Ridge
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Ridge
    • Long Ridge is located in Berkeley County
  • Sandridge
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandridge
    • Sandridge is located in Berkeley County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Green Pond
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Reevesville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Hendersonville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hendersonville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendersonville
      • Hendersonville is located in Colleton County

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

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

The official website for Colleton County: www.colletoncounty.org/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Prices Landing) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Prices Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.9774, Longitude: -80.4179       In this case, the coordinates for Prices Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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 Prices Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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