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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Region Town. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Region Town to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Region Town, please Contact Us.

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 Region Town (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 Region Town. 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 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Region Town is historic, it would have been located within present day Berkeley 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 Berkeley County: Charleston, Dorchester, Georgetown, Orangeburg & Williamsburg.

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

  • Berkeley County     (The home county of Region Town)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Region Town, with the one closest to Region Town listed first.
    • Pineville
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Judge Town
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Judge Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judge Town
      • Judge Town is located in Berkeley County
    • Russellville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Saint Stephen
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Harris Town
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harris Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Town
      • Harris Town is located in Berkeley County
    • Bonneau
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Cross
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Alvin
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alvin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvin
      • Alvin is located in Berkeley County
    • Pinopolis
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Moncks Corner
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Wrangle Town ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wrangle Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrangle Town
      • Wrangle Town is located in Berkeley County
    • Bethera
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Clarendon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Region Town, with the one closest to Region Town listed first.
    • Shad Moss village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shad Moss village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shad Moss village
      • Shad Moss village is located in Clarendon County
    • Jordan
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jordan have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
      • Jordan is located in Clarendon County
    • Davis Station
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Manning
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Summerton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Alcolu
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Union Crossroads
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Crossroads
      • Union Crossroads is located in Clarendon County
    • Silver
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver
      • Silver is located in Clarendon County
    • Gable
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Panola
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Panola have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola
      • Panola is located in Clarendon County
    • New Zion
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Paxville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Dorchester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Region Town, with the one closest to Region Town listed first.
    • Harleyville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Dorchester
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Ridgeville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Brownsville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
      • Brownsville is located in Dorchester County
    • Summerville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Georgetown County
    • Andrews
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Orangeburg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Region Town, with the one closest to Region Town listed first.
    • Ferguson ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson
      • Ferguson is located in Orangeburg County
    • Eutawville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Green Town
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • 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
    • Possum Town
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • 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
    • Vance
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance
      • Vance is located in Orangeburg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vance <2>
    • Holly Hill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Santee
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Wells
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
      • Wells is located in Orangeburg County
    • Parler
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parler
      • Parler is located in Orangeburg County
  • Williamsburg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Region Town, with the one closest to Region Town listed first.
    • Greeleyville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Lane
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
      • Lane is located in Williamsburg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lane <2>
    • Salters
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Kingstree
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Cades
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Terrell Crossroad
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrell Crossroad
      • Terrell Crossroad is located in Williamsburg County
    • Moore Crossroads
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Crossroads
      • Moore Crossroads is located in Williamsburg County

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

Newspapers Published in Region Town ...

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 Region Town.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Region Town, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Region Town.

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 helpful 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 Region Town:

Cemeteries Near Region Town ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Region Town.

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 Region Town covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Lifeland Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lifeland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lifeland Cemetery
  • Richmond Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Richmond Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Richmond Cemetery
  • Mahan Plantation Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mahan Plantation Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mahan Plantation Cemetery
  • Bluford Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bluford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bluford Cemetery
  • Oldfield Plantation Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oldfield Plantation Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oldfield Plantation Cemetery
  • Belle Isle Plantation Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Belle Isle Plantation Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Belle Isle Plantation Cemetery
  • Site of Francis Marion Tomb
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Site of Francis Marion Tomb have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Site of Francis Marion Tomb
  • Jefferson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jefferson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jefferson Cemetery
  • Russellville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Russellville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Russellville Cemetery
  • Mexico Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mexico Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mexico Cemetery
  • Richmond Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Richmond Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Richmond Cemetery
  • Thomas Walter Grave
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Thomas Walter Grave have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thomas Walter Grave
  • Continue List   (180 more) ...
    • St. Stephen Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Stephen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Stephen Cemetery
    • St. Stephens Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Stephens Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Stephens Cemetery
    • Sunset Memorial Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sunset Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunset Memorial 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.

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

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

  • Saint Stephen
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Eadytown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eadytown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eadytown
    • Eadytown is located in Berkeley County
  • Greeleyville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Bonneau
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Lane
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
    • Lane is located in Williamsburg County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lane <2>
  • Macbeth
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Macbeth have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macbeth
    • Macbeth is located in Berkeley County
  • Alvin
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alvin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvin
    • Alvin is located in Berkeley County
  • Foreston
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Foreston have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foreston
    • Foreston is located in Clarendon County
  • Salters Depot
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salters Depot have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salters Depot
    • Salters Depot is located in Williamsburg County
  • Salters
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jordan
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jordan have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
    • Jordan is located in Clarendon County
  • Suttons
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Suttons have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suttons
    • Suttons is located in Williamsburg County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Moncks Corner
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Davis Station
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Trio
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trio have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trio
      • Trio is located in Williamsburg County

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

The official website for Berkeley County: www.co.berkeley.sc.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Region Town, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Region Town) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Region Town. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4454, Longitude: -80.0298       In this case, the coordinates for Region Town have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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