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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Spring Branch. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Spring Branch to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Spring Branch, 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 Spring Branch (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 Spring Branch. 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 Spring Branch ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Spring Branch: Spring Br. (or less commonly used: Spring Brnch.)

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Spring Branch. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Spring Branch.

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 northeast 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 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Spring Branch is historic, it would have been located within present day Aiken 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 Aiken County: Burke (GA), Richmond (GA), Barnwell, Edgefield, Lexington, Orangeburg & Saluda.

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

  • Aiken County     (The home county of Spring Branch)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Spring Branch, with the one closest to Spring Branch listed first.
    • Windsor
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Kitchings Mill
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Kitchings Mill is located in Aiken County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitchings Mill
      • Kitchings Mill has also been known as:
      • Kinchens Mill
    • Oakwood
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Oakwood is located in Aiken County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
    • Salley
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Montmorenci
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Camp Rawls
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Camp Rawls is located in Aiken County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Rawls
    • Perry
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Wagener
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Nicholson Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Nicholson Village is located in Aiken County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholson Village
    • Roseland
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Roseland is located in Aiken County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
    • New Ellenton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Talatha
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Talatha is located in Aiken County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talatha
    • Aiken
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Allendale County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Spring Branch, with the one closest to Spring Branch listed first.
    • Martin
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Ulmer
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Bamberg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Spring Branch, with the one closest to Spring Branch listed first.
    • Denmark
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Govan
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Govan is located in Bamberg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Govan
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
    • Olar
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • 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 <2>
    • Bamberg
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Barnwell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Spring Branch, with the one closest to Spring Branch listed first.
    • Williston
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Elko
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Elko is located in Barnwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elko
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elko <2>
    • Whaley
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Whaley is located in Barnwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaley
    • Reynold
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Reynold is located in Barnwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynold
    • Blackville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Snelling
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Snelling is located in Barnwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snelling
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
    • Barnwell
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Hilda
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Kline
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Hattieville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Hattieville is located in Barnwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattieville
  • Edgefield County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Spring Branch, with the one closest to Spring Branch listed first.
    • Trenton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Murphys Estates
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Murphys Estates is located in Edgefield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphys Estates
  • Lexington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Spring Branch, with the one closest to Spring Branch listed first.
    • Pelion
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Swansea
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Orangeburg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Spring Branch, with the one closest to Spring Branch listed first.
    • Springfield
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Norway
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Livingston
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Livingston is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 124 people
    • Neeses
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Boiling Spring ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Boiling Spring is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Spring
    • North
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • North is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 699 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North <2>
    • Woodford
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Woodford is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 169 people
    • Bolen Town
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Bolen Town is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolen Town
    • Cope
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Cope is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cope
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cope <2>
    • Cordova
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Saluda County
    • Ridge Spring
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Richmond County (GA)
    • Nixon ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Nixon is located in Richmond County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon

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

Cemeteries Near Spring Branch ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Spring Branch.

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 Spring Branch - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • White Pond Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Sand Hill Gardens
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Bates Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Hair Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Frost Branch Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Dean Swamp Baptist Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Cedar Branch Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Old Field Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Goss Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Woods Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Jowers Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Brodie Family Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (209 more) ...
    • Darien Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Dorch Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Springfield Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)

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.

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

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

  • White Pond
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • White Pond is located in Aiken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Pond
  • Williston
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Windsor
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Elko
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Elko is located in Barnwell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elko
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elko <2>
  • Kitchings Mill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Kitchings Mill is located in Aiken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitchings Mill
    • Kitchings Mill has also been known as:
    • Kinchens Mill
  • Reynold
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Reynold is located in Barnwell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynold
  • Walker
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Walker is located in Barnwell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
  • Whaley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Whaley is located in Barnwell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaley
  • Springfield
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Oakwood
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Oakwood is located in Aiken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
  • Salley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Blackville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Ashleigh
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Ashleigh is located in Barnwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashleigh
    • Montmorenci
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Perry
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Spring Branch ...

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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Spring Branch.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Spring Branch, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Spring Branch.

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 websites either 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 Spring Branch:

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 Spring Branch, 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>To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Windsor and Williston. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location.
<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 drawn from Point A (ie- Spring Branch) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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.