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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 Snowden (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 Snowden. 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 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.

Snowden is located in Charleston 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 Charleston County: Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester & Georgetown.

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

  • Charleston County     (The home county of Snowden)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Snowden, with the one closest to Snowden listed first.
    • Mount Pleasant
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • The Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • The Village is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Village
    • Sullivan's Island
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Island-of-Palms
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Island-of-Palms is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island-of-Palms
    • Isle-of-Palms
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Charleston
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Dorchester
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Dorchester is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
    • Grove Creek Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Grove Creek Village is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Creek Village
    • North Charleston
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Old Town
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Old Town is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
    • Charles Towne Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Charles Towne Village is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charles Towne Village
    • James Island
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • James Island is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Island
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,226 people
    • Essex Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Essex Village is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Village
  • Berkeley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Snowden, with the one closest to Snowden listed first.
    • Wando
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Hanahan
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Goose Creek
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Camelot Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Camelot Village is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
    • Huger
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Caromi Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Caromi Village is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caromi Village
    • Mount Holly
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Mount Holly is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
    • Ladson
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Tarry Town
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Tarry Town is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarry Town
    • Cordesville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Highland Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Highland Village is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
    • Bethera
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Moncks Corner
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Dorchester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Snowden, with the one closest to Snowden listed first.
    • Chandler Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Chandler Village is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler Village
    • Summerville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Brownsville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Brownsville is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
    • Flowertown Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Flowertown Village is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowertown Village

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

Cemeteries Near Snowden ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Snowden.

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

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

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

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.<4>

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

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

  • Mount Pleasant
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Charleston
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Wando
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • James Island
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • James Island is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Island
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,226 people
  • Belvedere
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Belvedere is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvedere
  • Otranto
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Otranto is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otranto
  • Huger
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Mount Holly
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Holly is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
  • Ladson
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Strawberry
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Strawberry is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
  • Summerville
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Bethera
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Moncks Corner
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • McClellanville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Long Ridge
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Long Ridge is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Ridge

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

Newspapers Published in Snowden ...

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 214 newspapers that have been published in the area around Snowden.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Snowden, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Snowden.

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 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 Snowden:

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