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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 Sandy Run (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 Sandy Run. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.

Sandy Run is located in Orangeburg 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 Orangeburg County: Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Berkeley, Calhoun, Clarendon, Colleton, Dorchester & Lexington.

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

  • Orangeburg County     (The home county of Sandy Run)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Run, with the one closest to Sandy Run listed first.
    • Bowman
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Sixty Six
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Sixty Six is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixty Six
    • Rowesville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Branchville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Wells
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Wells is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
    • Brookdale
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Brookdale is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookdale
    • Cordova
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Edisto
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Edisto is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edisto
    • Orangeburg
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Wilkinson Heights
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Wilkinson Heights is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinson Heights
    • Wren Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Wren Village is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wren Village
    • Elloree
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Parler
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Parler is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parler
  • Bamberg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Run, with the one closest to Sandy Run listed first.
    • Bamberg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Ehrhardt
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Denmark
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Govan
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Govan is located in Bamberg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Govan
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
    • Olar
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Olar is located in Bamberg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olar
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olar <1>
  • Barnwell County
    • Hilda
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Berkeley County
    • Sandridge
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Sandridge is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandridge
  • Calhoun County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Run, with the one closest to Sandy Run listed first.
    • Cameron
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Cameron is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
    • Creston
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Creston is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
    • Saint Matthews
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Clarendon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Run, with the one closest to Sandy Run listed first.
    • Summerton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Panola
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Panola is located in Clarendon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola
  • Colleton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Run, with the one closest to Sandy Run listed first.
    • Johnsville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Johnsville is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsville
    • Smoaks
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Canadys
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Williams
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Ruffin
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Lodge
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Sidney
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Sidney is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
    • Ashton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Ashton is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
    • Drigger Crossroads
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Drigger Crossroads is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drigger Crossroads
    • Round O
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Walterboro
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Cottageville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Sniders Crossroads
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Sniders Crossroads is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sniders Crossroads
  • Dorchester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sandy Run, with the one closest to Sandy Run listed first.
    • Reevesville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Saint George
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Grover
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Harleyville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Dorchester
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Ridgeville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Sandy Run ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sandy Run.

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 Sandy Run - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Cattle Creek Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Summers Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Mt. Tabor Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Rigby Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Ebenezer Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • New Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Shiloh Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Pineville Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Sardis Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Thompson Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Canaan Baptist Church Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Walnut Grove Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (238 more) ...
    • New Hope Methodist Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Peter Bowman Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Byrd Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)

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.<2>

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

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

  • Bowman
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Sixty Six
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Sixty Six is located in Orangeburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixty Six
  • Fifty Eight ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Fifty Eight is located in Orangeburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fifty Eight
  • Branchville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Rowesville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Reevesville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Felder
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Felder is located in Orangeburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felder
  • Wells
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Wells is located in Orangeburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
  • Dantzler
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Dantzler is located in Orangeburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dantzler
  • Felderville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Felderville is located in Orangeburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felderville
  • Stilton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Stilton is located in Orangeburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilton
  • Parler
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Parler is located in Orangeburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parler
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Elloree
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Harleyville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Holly Hill
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Sandy Run ...

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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sandy Run.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sandy Run, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sandy Run.

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 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 Sandy Run:

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>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 Sandy Run, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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- Sandy Run) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.