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 Sharpes Hill (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 Sharpes Hill. 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 Sharpes Hill ...
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 have occurred.
While the name of this community is Sharpes Hill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Sharpes Hill may originally have been Sharpe's Hill.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Sharpes Hill might be written as Sharpe Hill.
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 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.
Sharpes Hill is located in Lexington County.
To see how the shape of South Carolina's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lexington County: Aiken, Calhoun, Newberry, Orangeburg, Richland & Saluda.
Below are the counties that are near Sharpes Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sharpes Hill:
- Lexington County (The home county of Sharpes Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharpes Hill, with the one closest to Sharpes Hill listed first.
- Gaston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Glenn Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glenn Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn Village
- Glenn Village is located in Lexington County
- South Congaree
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Congaree have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Congaree
- South Congaree is located in Lexington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,485 people
- Styx ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Styx have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Styx
- Styx is located in Lexington County
- Swansea
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pelion
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pineridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineridge
- Pineridge is located in Lexington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,419 people
- Red Bank
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Bank have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Red Bank is located in Lexington County
- Arthur
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Arthur. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Arthur is located in Lexington County
- Oak Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Oak Grove is located in Lexington County
- Springdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Springdale is located in Lexington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,732 people
- Cayce
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lexington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Aiken County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharpes Hill, with the one closest to Sharpes Hill listed first.
- Perry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Seivern
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seivern
- Seivern is located in Aiken County
- Wagener
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Salley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Camp Rawls
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Rawls
- Camp Rawls is located in Aiken County
- Kitchings Mill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kitchings Mill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitchings Mill
- Kitchings Mill is located in Aiken County
- Kitchings Mill has also been known as:
- Kinchens Mill
- Monetta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Windsor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Barnwell County
- Whaley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaley
- Whaley is located in Barnwell County
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharpes Hill, with the one closest to Sharpes Hill listed first.
- Saint Matthews
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cameron
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cameron have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
- Cameron is located in Calhoun County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
- Fairfield County
- Rock Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
- Rock Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Lancaster County
- Springdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Newberry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharpes Hill, with the one closest to Sharpes Hill listed first.
- Peak
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Little Mountain
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Orangeburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharpes Hill, with the one closest to Sharpes Hill listed first.
- Woodford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Woodford. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
- Woodford is located in Orangeburg County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 169 people
- North
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Livingston
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Livingston have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
- Livingston is located in Orangeburg County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 124 people
- Boiling Spring ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boiling Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Spring
- Boiling Spring is located in Orangeburg County
- Neeses
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Springfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Bolen Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bolen Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolen Town
- Bolen Town is located in Orangeburg County
- Norway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Jamison
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
- Jamison is located in Orangeburg County
- Stilton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilton
- Stilton is located in Orangeburg County
- Edisto
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edisto have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edisto
- Edisto is located in Orangeburg County
- Brookdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookdale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookdale
- Brookdale is located in Orangeburg County
- Orangeburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharpes Hill, with the one closest to Sharpes Hill listed first.
- Arthurtown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthurtown
- Arthurtown is located in Richland County
- Columbia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hollywood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood
- Hollywood is located in Richland County
- Valencia Heights
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valencia Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valencia Heights
- Valencia Heights is located in Richland County
- Saint Andrews
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Andrews have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrews
- Saint Andrews is located in Richland County
- Capitol View
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitol View
- Capitol View is located in Richland County
- Forest Acres
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Acres
- Forest Acres is located in Richland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,269 people
- Hopkins
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Pinewood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood
- Pinewood is located in Richland County
- Belmont
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Brickyard Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brickyard Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickyard Village
- Brickyard Village is located in Richland County
- Ravenwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenwood
- Ravenwood is located in Richland County
- Arcadia Lakes
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arcadia Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia Lakes
- Arcadia Lakes is located in Richland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 874 people
- Saluda County
- Ridge Spring
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sharpes Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Sharpes Hill.
Cemeteries Near Sharpes Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sharpes Hill.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sharpes Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sharpes Hill, with the one closest to Sharpes Hill listed first.
- Reichter - Richter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Reichter - Richter Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Reichter - Richter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Larkin Glen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Larkin Glen Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Larkin Glen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Bachman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bachman Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bachman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Neese Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Neese Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Neese Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Bethany Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethany Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethany Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jeffcoat - Chaney Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jeffcoat - Chaney Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jeffcoat - Chaney Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Scofield Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Scofield Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Scofield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Leaird Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Leaird Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Leaird Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Pauls Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Pauls Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Baughman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Baughman Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Baughman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (317 more) ...
- Sightler Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sightler Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sightler Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Taylor Justice Graveyard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sardis Baptist Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
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.<7>
While we didn't find Sharpes Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sharpes Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sharpes Hill, with the one closest to Sharpes Hill listed first.
- Gaston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Swansea
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pineridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineridge
- Pineridge is located in Lexington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,419 people
- Woodford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Woodford. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
- Woodford is located in Orangeburg County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 169 people
- Arthur
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Arthur. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Arthur is located in Lexington County
- Cayce
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Spring Hill is located in Lexington County
- North
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Childs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Childs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childs
- Childs is located in Richland County
- Columbia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Perry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Leaphart
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leaphart have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaphart
- Leaphart is located in Lexington County
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Seivern
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seivern
- Seivern is located in Aiken County
- Wagener
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sawyerdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sawyerdale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyerdale
- Sawyerdale is located in Orangeburg County
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sharpes Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sharpes Hill.
Newspapers Published in Sharpes Hill ...
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 169 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sharpes Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sharpes Hill, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sharpes Hill.
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 Sharpes Hill:
- Websites specific to South Carolina
- Pages specific to Lexington County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Aiken County
- Barnwell County
- Calhoun County
- Fairfield County
- Lancaster County
- Newberry County
- Orangeburg County
- Richland County
- Saluda County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for South Carolina
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sharpes Hill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Lexington County: www.lex-co.com/
The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
<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 location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
<4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
<5> | 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. |
<6> | 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 from Point A (ie- Sharpes Hill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sharpes Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8157, Longitude: -81.1543 In this case, the coordinates for Sharpes Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
<7> | 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 Sharpes Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |