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Introduction ...

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

We've added Rogansville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Rogansville, 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 Rogansville (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 Rogansville. 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 northeast 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 north.

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 north 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 Rogansville is historic, it would have been located within present day Union 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 Union County: Cherokee, Chester, Fairfield, Laurens, Newberry, Spartanburg & York.

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

  • Union County     (The home county of Rogansville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rogansville, with the one closest to Rogansville listed first.
    • Buffalo
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Bonham
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Bonham is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonham
    • Jonesville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Colerain
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Colerain is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colerain
    • Union
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Kelly
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Kelly is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
    • Bishop Town ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Bishop Town is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop Town
    • Bailey Town ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Bailey Town is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
    • Sedalia
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Sedalia is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
    • Meador ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Meador is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meador
    • Red Town ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Red Town is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Town
    • Lockhart
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Cherokee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rogansville, with the one closest to Rogansville listed first.
    • Gaffney
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Macedonia
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Macedonia is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia
    • East Gaffney
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • East Gaffney is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gaffney
    • Kings Creek
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Chesnee
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Blacksburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Chester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rogansville, with the one closest to Rogansville listed first.
    • Cabal
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Cabal is located in Chester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabal
    • Gayle Mill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Gayle Mill is located in Chester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayle Mill
    • Lowrys
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Lowrys is located in Chester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowrys
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
    • Chester
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Eureka Mill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Eureka Mill is located in Chester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Mill
  • Fairfield County
    • Blair
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Greenville County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rogansville, with the one closest to Rogansville listed first.
    • Fountain Inn
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Five Forks
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Five Forks is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
    • Pelham
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Pelham is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham
    • Woodland Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Woodland Village is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Village
    • Greer
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Greer is located in Greenville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greer
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,316 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greer <2>
    • Simpsonville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Laurens County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rogansville, with the one closest to Rogansville listed first.
    • Tylersville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Tylersville is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tylersville
    • Renno
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Renno is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renno
    • Dover ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Dover is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
    • Clinton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Joanna
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Gray Court
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Laurens
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Kinards
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Lisbon ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Lisbon is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
    • Green Pond
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Green Pond is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Pond
    • Cold Point
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Cold Point is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Point
    • Simpson ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Simpson is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
  • Newberry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rogansville, with the one closest to Rogansville listed first.
    • Whitmire
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Glymphville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Glymphville is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glymphville
  • Spartanburg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rogansville, with the one closest to Rogansville listed first.
    • Pacolet
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Pacolet is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacolet
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,604 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pacolet <2>
    • Pauline
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Central Pacolet
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Central Pacolet is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Pacolet
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
    • Pacolet Mills
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • White Stone
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Cross Anchor
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Camp Croft
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Camp Croft is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Croft
    • Glendale
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Clifton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Roebuck
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Enoree
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Moore
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • York County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rogansville, with the one closest to Rogansville listed first.
    • Hopewell
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Hopewell is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
    • Blairsville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Blairsville is located in York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairsville
    • Hickory Grove
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Sharon
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Smyrna
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • McConnells
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Cleveland County (NC)
    • Erwinsville ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Erwinsville is located in Cleveland County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwinsville

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

Cemeteries Near Rogansville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rogansville.

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 Rogansville - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rogansville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Mayhew Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Bogansville Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Putnam Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Rice Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Buffalo Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Swink - Little Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • West Springs Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Fairforest Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Wallace Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Parks Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Upper Fairforest Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (391 more) ...
    • New Hope Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Ward Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Weber - Haile Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)

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 Rogansville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rogansville.

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

  • West Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • West Springs is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Springs
  • Bonham
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Bonham is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonham
  • Colerain
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Colerain is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colerain
  • Jonesville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Dutchman
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Dutchman is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchman
  • Union
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Glenn Springs
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Glenn Springs is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn Springs
  • Pacolet
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Pacolet is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacolet
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,604 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pacolet <2>
  • Cross Keys
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Cross Keys is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
  • Kelton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Kelton is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelton
  • Evinsville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Evinsville is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evinsville
  • Walnut Grove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Walnut Grove is located in Spartanburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Cross Anchor
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Sedalia
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Sedalia is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
    • Golightly
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Golightly is located in Spartanburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golightly

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

Newspapers Published in Rogansville ...

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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rogansville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rogansville, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rogansville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Rogansville:

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 Rogansville, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rogansville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.