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 Rimini (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 Rimini. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.
Rimini is located in Clarendon 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 Clarendon County: Berkeley, Calhoun, Florence, Orangeburg, Sumter & Williamsburg.
Below are the counties that are near Rimini. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rimini:
- Clarendon County (The home county of Rimini)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rimini, with the one closest to Rimini listed first.
- Panola
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Panola is located in Clarendon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola
- Silver
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Silver is located in Clarendon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver
- Paxville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Summerton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Davis Station
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Manning
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Alcolu
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Jordan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Jordan is located in Clarendon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Shad Moss village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Shad Moss village is located in Clarendon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shad Moss village
- Gable
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sardinia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Zion
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Union Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Union Crossroads is located in Clarendon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Crossroads
- Berkeley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rimini, with the one closest to Rimini listed first.
- Eadytown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Eadytown is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eadytown
- Sandridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Sandridge is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandridge
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rimini, with the one closest to Rimini listed first.
- Creston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Creston is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
- Cameron
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cameron is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
- Saint Matthews
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Orangeburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rimini, with the one closest to Rimini listed first.
- Elloree
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Parler
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Parler is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parler
- Santee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Vance
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Jamison
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Jamison is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
- Wells
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Wells is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
- Eutawville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ferguson ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ferguson is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson
- Green Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Green Town is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Town
- Wren Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wren Village is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wren Village
- Possum Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Possum Town is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Town
- Brookdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brookdale is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookdale
- Stilton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stilton is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilton
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rimini, with the one closest to Rimini listed first.
- Eastover
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Gadsden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Weston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Weston is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Pinewood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pinewood is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood
- Bruner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bruner is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruner
- Hopkins
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sumter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rimini, with the one closest to Rimini listed first.
- Pinewood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sumter Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Sumter Junction is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumter Junction
- Privateer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Privateer is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Privateer
- Lakewood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lakewood is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood
- Wedgefield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Cane Savannah
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Cane Savannah is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Savannah
- Ashley Creek Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ashley Creek Village is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley Creek Village
- Millwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Millwood is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- South Sumter
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- South Sumter is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sumter
- Cherryvale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Cherryvale is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherryvale
- Sumter
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Stateburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Stateburg is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stateburg
- Claremont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Claremont is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claremont
- Williamsburg County
- Greeleyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rimini, see our County-by-County Page for Rimini.
Cemeteries Near Rimini ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rimini.
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 Rimini - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rimini covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rimini, with the one closest to Rimini listed first.
- Richardson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Brown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Calvary & Zion Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary & Zion Hill Cemetery
- The Calvary & Zion Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery
- Zion Hill Cemetery
- Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bloom Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Reynolds Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Santee First Baptist Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bookhart Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jerusalem Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (182 more) ...
- Singleton Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singleton Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Singleton Cemetery is located 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the southwest of Sumter.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #71387 <2>
- Home Branch Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Coulter Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Rimini had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rimini, with the one closest to Rimini listed first.
- Panola
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Panola is located in Clarendon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola
- Saint Paul
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Paul is located in Clarendon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Silver
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Silver is located in Clarendon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver
- Summerton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Elloree
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Parler
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Parler is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parler
- Privateer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Privateer is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Privateer
- Tindal
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Tindal is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tindal
- Felderville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Felderville is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felderville
- Davis Station
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Wedgefield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Saint Matthews
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Vance
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Manning
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Brogdon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brogdon is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brogdon
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rimini. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rimini.
Newspapers Published in Rimini ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rimini.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rimini, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rimini.
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 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 Rimini:
- Websites specific to South Carolina
- Pages specific to Clarendon County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Berkeley County
- Calhoun County
- Orangeburg County
- Richland County
- Sumter County
- Williamsburg 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> | 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 '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- Rimini) 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 Rimini, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |