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 Saint Andrews (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 Saint Andrews. 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 Saint Andrews ...
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 Saint Andrews: St. Andrews
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Saint Andrews. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Saint Andrews.
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.
Saint Andrews is located in Richland 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 Richland County: Calhoun, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lexington, Newberry & Sumter.
Below are the counties that are near Saint Andrews. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Saint Andrews:
- Richland County (The home county of Saint Andrews)
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Andrews, with the one closest to Saint Andrews listed first.
- Belmont
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dutch Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Dutch Village is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Village
- Columbia
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Brickyard Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Brickyard Village is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickyard Village
- Forest Acres
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Forest Acres is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Acres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,269 people
- Hollywood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hollywood is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood
- Ravenwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ravenwood is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenwood
- Arcadia Lakes
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Arcadia Lakes is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 874 people
- Dentsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Arthurtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Arthurtown is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthurtown
- Valencia Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Valencia Heights is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valencia Heights
- Cedar Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cedar Creek is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Ballentine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Aiken County
- Seivern
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Seivern is located in Aiken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seivern
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Andrews, with the one closest to Saint Andrews listed first.
- Rock Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
- Rion
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Smallwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Smallwood is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smallwood
- Jenkinsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Ridgeway
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Winnsboro Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Winnsboro Mills is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnsboro Mills
- Winnsboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Monticello
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Monticello is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Adger
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Adger is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adger
- White Oak
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Blair
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kershaw County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Andrews, with the one closest to Saint Andrews listed first.
- Elgin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lugoff
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Village is located in Kershaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Village
- Lancaster County
- Springdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lexington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Andrews, with the one closest to Saint Andrews listed first.
- Seven Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- West Columbia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Irmo
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Irmo is located in Lexington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irmo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,734 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Irmo <1>
- Arthur
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Arthur is located in Lexington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Cayce
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Lexington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Springdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Springdale is located in Lexington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,732 people
- Lexington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pineridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pineridge is located in Lexington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,419 people
- South Congaree
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- South Congaree is located in Lexington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Congaree
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,485 people
- Styx ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Styx is located in Lexington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Styx
- Glenn Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Glenn Village is located in Lexington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn Village
- Red Bank
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Red Bank is located in Lexington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Newberry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Andrews, with the one closest to Saint Andrews listed first.
- Peak
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Little Mountain
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Slighs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Slighs is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slighs
- Pomaria
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Prosperity
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sondleys ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sondleys is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sondleys
- Union
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Union is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Stoney Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Stoney Hill is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Hill
- Glymphville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Glymphville is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glymphville
- Orangeburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Andrews, with the one closest to Saint Andrews listed first.
- Woodford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Woodford is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 169 people
- North
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sumter County
- Horatio
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Saint Andrews, see our County-by-County Page for Saint Andrews.
Cemeteries Near Saint Andrews ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Saint Andrews.
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 Saint Andrews - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Saint Andrews covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Saint Andrews, with the one closest to Saint Andrews listed first.
- St. Andrews Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Factory Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pine Grove AME Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lower Pine Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Woodridge Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodridge Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Woodridge Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located in Columbia.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1969374 <2>
- Mt. Hebron UMC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Hermon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Randolph Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- State Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood Cemetery
- The Elmwood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Elmwood Memorial Gardens
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #69943 <2>
- Douglas Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (302 more) ...
- Miller Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lincoln Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Gate of Heaven Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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.<3>
While we didn't find Saint Andrews in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Saint Andrews.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Saint Andrews, with the one closest to Saint Andrews listed first.
- Leaphart
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Leaphart is located in Lexington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaphart
- Spring Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Hill is located in Lexington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Arthur
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Arthur is located in Lexington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Cayce
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Columbia
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Irmo
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Irmo is located in Lexington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irmo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,734 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Irmo <1>
- Bookman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bookman is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bookman
- Pineridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pineridge is located in Lexington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,419 people
- Ballentine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Childs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Childs is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childs
- Lever ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lever is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lever
- Killian
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Killian is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killian
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Pleasant ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pleasant is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant
- White Rock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sharp
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sharp is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Saint Andrews. See our List of 1890's Communities around Saint Andrews.
Newspapers Published in Saint Andrews ...
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 170 newspapers that have been published in the area around Saint Andrews.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Saint Andrews, there are papers which were published within 5 miles [8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Saint Andrews.
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 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 Saint Andrews:
- Websites specific to South Carolina
- Pages specific to Richland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Aiken County
- Fairfield County
- Kershaw County
- Lancaster County
- Lexington County
- Newberry County
- Orangeburg County
- Sumter 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> | 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 Saint Andrews, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Saint Andrews) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |