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 Red Bank 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 Red Bank 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 Red Bank 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 occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Red Bank Landing: Red Bank Lndg. (or less commonly used: Red Bank 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 hospitals 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.
Red Bank Landing is located in Berkeley 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 Berkeley County: Charleston, Dorchester, Georgetown, Orangeburg & Williamsburg.
Below are the counties that are near Red Bank Landing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Red Bank Landing:
- Berkeley County (The home county of Red Bank Landing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Bank Landing, with the one closest to Red Bank Landing listed first.
- Hanahan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Wando
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Goose Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Camelot Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Camelot Village is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
- Mount Holly
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Holly is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
- Tarry Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Tarry Town is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarry Town
- Caromi Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Caromi Village is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caromi Village
- Ladson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Highland Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Highland Village is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Cordesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Huger
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Moncks Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Washington Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Washington Town is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Town
- Charleston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Bank Landing, with the one closest to Red Bank Landing listed first.
- Otranto
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Otranto is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otranto
- Dorchester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dorchester is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
- North Charleston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grove Creek Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Grove Creek Village is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Creek Village
- Old Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Old Town is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Mount Pleasant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Charles Towne Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Charles Towne Village is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charles Towne Village
- Charleston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- The Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Village is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Village
- Essex Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Essex Village is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Village
- Island-of-Palms
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Island-of-Palms is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island-of-Palms
- Sullivan's Island
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lincolnville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Lincolnville is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,624 people
- Dorchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Bank Landing, with the one closest to Red Bank Landing listed first.
- Chandler Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Chandler Village is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler Village
- Summerville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Brownsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Brownsville is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Flowertown Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Flowertown Village is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowertown Village
- Ridgeville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dorchester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Red Bank Landing, see our County-by-County Page for Red Bank Landing.
Cemeteries Near Red Bank Landing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Red Bank 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.
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 Red Bank Landing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Red Bank Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Red Bank Landing, with the one closest to Red Bank Landing listed first.
- Yeamans Hall Plantation Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Nelliefield Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Thomas Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Medway Plantation Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- McDowell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wando Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Carolina Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Simmons Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Parnassus Plantation Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- St. James Goose Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (141 more) ...
- Cypress Gardens Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sunset Memorial Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Johnson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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 Red Bank Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Red Bank Landing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Red Bank Landing, with the one closest to Red Bank Landing listed first.
- Belvedere
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Belvedere is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvedere
- Wando
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Otranto
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Otranto is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otranto
- Mount Holly
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Holly is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
- Mount Pleasant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ladson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Charleston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Strawberry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Strawberry is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
- Huger
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Summerville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- James Island
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- James Island is located in Charleston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,226 people
- Moncks Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Long Ridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Long Ridge is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Ridge
- Bethera
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Macbeth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Macbeth is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macbeth
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Red Bank Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Red Bank Landing.
Newspapers Published in Red Bank 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 7 newspapers that have been published in the area around Red Bank Landing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Red Bank Landing, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Red Bank Landing.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Red Bank Landing:
- Websites specific to South Carolina
- Pages specific to Berkeley County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Charleston County
- Dorchester 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Red Bank Landing) 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 Red Bank Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |