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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Rocky River. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Rocky River to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Rocky River, 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 Rocky River (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 Rocky River. 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 Rocky River ...
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 Rocky River: Rocky Riv.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Rocky River. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rocky River.
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 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 Rocky River is historic, it would have been located within present day Abbeville 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 Abbeville County: Elbert (GA), Anderson, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens & McCormick.
Below are the counties that are near Rocky River. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rocky River:
- Abbeville County (The home county of Rocky River)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rocky River, with the one closest to Rocky River listed first.
- Lowndesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Latimer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Latimer is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimer
- Monterey ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Monterey is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Calhoun Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lake Secession
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lake Secession is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Secession
- Antreville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Antreville is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antreville
- Level Land
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Level Land is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Land
- Abbeville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Due West
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cana ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Cana is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cana
- Donalds
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Honea Path
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rocky River, with the one closest to Rocky River listed first.
- Iva
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Iva is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iva
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,341 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iva <2>
- Starr
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Deans
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Deans is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans
- Holland Store
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Holland Store is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Store
- Holland Store has also been known as:
- Hollands
- Homeland Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Homeland Park is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland Park
- Caldwell Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Caldwell Village is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caldwell Village
- Anderson
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Andersonville ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Andersonville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Belton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Centerville Terrace Estates
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Centerville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Centerville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Price ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Price is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Greenwood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rocky River, with the one closest to Rocky River listed first.
- Verdery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Verdery is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdery
- Promised Land
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Promised Land is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promised Land
- Troy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bradley
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hodges
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Cokesbury
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cokesbury is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury
- Greenwood Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Greenwood Village is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Village
- Greenwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Grendel Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Grendel Village is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grendel Village
- Mathews Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Mathews Village is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mathews Village
- Panola Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Panola Village is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola Village
- Fairforest
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Fairforest is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairforest
- Laurens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rocky River, with the one closest to Rocky River listed first.
- Mount Gallagher
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Gallagher is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gallagher
- Princeton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Princeton is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
- Collins Lakeside Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- McCormick County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rocky River, with the one closest to Rocky River listed first.
- Mount Carmel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Willington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Willington is located in McCormick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willington
- McCormick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Plum Branch
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Elbert County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rocky River, with the one closest to Rocky River listed first.
- Bowman Ferry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bowman Ferry is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 808 people
- Edinburg ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Edinburg is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,396 people
- Harmony
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Harmony is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Silk Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Silk Mills is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silk Mills
- Estimated population in 2019: 277 people
- Elberton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Centerville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Centerville is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Goss
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Goss is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss
- Dewy Rose
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Harper
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Harper is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Bowman
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Franklin County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rocky River, with the one closest to Rocky River listed first.
- Royston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Canon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hart County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rocky River, with the one closest to Rocky River listed first.
- Dooleys Ferry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dooleys Ferry is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooleys Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 136 people
- Cooleys Ferry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cooleys Ferry is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooleys Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 529 people
- Hartwell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Crawfords Ferry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Crawfords Ferry is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawfords Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 473 people
- Flat Shoals
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Shoals is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Shoals
- Reed Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Reed Creek is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Creek
- Maretts
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Maretts is located in Hart County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maretts
- Bowersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lincoln County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rocky River, with the one closest to Rocky River listed first.
- Lisbon ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Lisbon is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Hesters Ferry
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hesters Ferry is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesters Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 911 people
- Midway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Midway is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Goshen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Goshen is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Lincolnton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Madison County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rocky River, with the one closest to Rocky River listed first.
- Carlton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Harrison
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Harrison is located in Madison County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Estimated population in 2019: 442 people
- Comer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Comer is located in Madison County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,302 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Comer <2>
- Oglethorpe County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rocky River, with the one closest to Rocky River listed first.
- Palmetto
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Palmetto is located in Oglethorpe County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Veribest
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Veribest is located in Oglethorpe County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veribest
- Estimated population in 2019: 124 people
- Wilkes County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rocky River, with the one closest to Rocky River listed first.
- Tignall
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- New Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Town is located in Wilkes County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Washington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Centerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville is located in Wilkes County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Rayle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rocky River, see our County-by-County Page for Rocky River.
Cemeteries Near Rocky River ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rocky River.
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 Rocky River - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rocky River covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rocky River, with the one closest to Rocky River listed first.
- St. Johns Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Old McCalla Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Salem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Old Rocky River Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Providence Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tucker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Smyrna Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Powers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Smyrna Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Daniels Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bethel Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (322 more) ...
- Gods Acre Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky River Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Harpers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.
While we didn't find Rocky River in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rocky River.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rocky River, with the one closest to Rocky River listed first.
- Latimer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Latimer is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimer
- Lowndesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Monterey ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Monterey is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Heardmont
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Heardmont is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heardmont
- Calhoun Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hester is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
- Watts
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Watts is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watts
- Concordia ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Concordia is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concordia
- Middleton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Middleton is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Iva
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Iva is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iva
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,341 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iva <2>
- Stansell ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stansell is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stansell
- Dover ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dover is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Moffitsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Moffitsville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitsville
- Ruckersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ruckersville is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruckersville
- Antreville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Antreville is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antreville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rocky River. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rocky River.
Newspapers Published in Rocky River ...
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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rocky River.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rocky River, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rocky River.
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 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 Rocky River:
- Websites specific to South Carolina
- Pages specific to Abbeville County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Greenwood County
- Laurens County
- McCormick County
- Elbert County
- Franklin County
- Hart County
- Lincoln County
- Madison County
- Oglethorpe County
- Wilkes County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for South Carolina
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 Rocky River, 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 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> | 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- Rocky River) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |