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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Sondleys. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Sondleys to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sondleys, 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 Sondleys (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 Sondleys. 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Sondleys is historic, it would have been located within present day Newberry 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 Newberry County: Fairfield, Greenwood, Laurens, Lexington, Richland, Saluda & Union.
Below are the counties that are near Sondleys. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sondleys:
- Newberry County (The home county of Sondleys)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sondleys, with the one closest to Sondleys listed first.
- Union
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Union is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Pomaria
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Glymphville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Glymphville is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glymphville
- Prosperity
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Slighs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Slighs is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slighs
- Newberry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Little Mountain
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Helena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Helena is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Peak
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stoney Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stoney Hill is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Hill
- Smyrna
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Whitmire
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Silverstreet
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Chester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sondleys, with the one closest to Sondleys listed first.
- Blackstock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cornwell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cornwell is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwell
- Gayle Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gayle Mill is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayle Mill
- Chester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sondleys, with the one closest to Sondleys listed first.
- Blair
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Monticello
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Monticello is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Jenkinsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Rock Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Rock Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
- Rion
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Adger
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Adger is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adger
- Winnsboro Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Winnsboro Mills is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnsboro Mills
- Winnsboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Woodward
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Woodward is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodward
- White Oak
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgeway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Smallwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Smallwood is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smallwood
- Laurens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sondleys, with the one closest to Sondleys listed first.
- Kinards
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Renno
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Renno is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renno
- Joanna
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Dover ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dover is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Clinton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Anglers Haven
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Anglers Haven is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anglers Haven
- Mountville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cross Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Tylersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tylersville is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tylersville
- Lisbon ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lisbon is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Lexington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sondleys, with the one closest to Sondleys listed first.
- Chapin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ella
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Ella is located in Lexington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
- Lake Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lake Village is located in Lexington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Village
- Irmo
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- 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 <2>
- Clubhouse Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Clubhouse Crossroads is located in Lexington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clubhouse Crossroads
- Fredonia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Fredonia is located in Lexington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Summit
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Summit is located in Lexington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- Lexington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Seven Oaks
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Batesburg - Leesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Batesburg - Leesville is located in Lexington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batesburg - Leesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,402 people
- Batesburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Gilbert
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Leesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sondleys, with the one closest to Sondleys listed first.
- White Rock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Murray of Richland
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Ballentine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Creek is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Dutch Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Dutch Village is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Village
- Saint Andrews
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Andrews is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrews
- Blythewood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Saluda County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sondleys, with the one closest to Sondleys listed first.
- Hickory Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Grove is located in Saluda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Saluda
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Spartanburg County
- Cross Anchor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sondleys, with the one closest to Sondleys listed first.
- Sartor Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Sartor Town is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sartor Town
- Tuckertown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Tuckertown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckertown
- Delta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Delta is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
- Carlisle
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Red Town ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Red Town is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Town
- Sedalia
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Sedalia is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
- Meador ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Meador is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meador
- Bishop Town ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bishop Town is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop Town
- Union
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Buffalo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sondleys, see our County-by-County Page for Sondleys.
Cemeteries Near Sondleys ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sondleys.
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 Sondleys - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sondleys covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sondleys, with the one closest to Sondleys listed first.
- Wicker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Clayton Memorial Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- St. Phillips Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stone Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Enoree Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cannons Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bachman Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Hebron Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pomaria Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (343 more) ...
- St. Matthews Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lebanon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mt. Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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.
Sondleys itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sondleys, with the one closest to Sondleys listed first.
- Reuben ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Reuben is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reuben
- Pomaria
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Walton ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Walton is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walton
- Dawkins
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Dawkins is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawkins
- Strother
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Strother is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strother
- Glymphville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Glymphville is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glymphville
- Prosperity
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Slighs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Slighs is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slighs
- Blair
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Maybinton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Maybinton is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybinton
- Helena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Helena is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Little Mountain
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Lylesford ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lylesford is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lylesford
- Peak
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Monticello
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Monticello is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sondleys. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sondleys.
Newspapers Published in Sondleys ...
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 57 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sondleys.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sondleys, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sondleys.
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 Sondleys:
- Websites specific to South Carolina
- Pages specific to Newberry County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chester County
- Fairfield County
- Laurens County
- Lexington County
- Richland County
- Saluda County
- Spartanburg County
- Union County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for South Carolina
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 Sondleys, 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Sondleys) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |