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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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

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

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 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 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)
      • 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.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitchings Mill
      • Kitchings Mill is located in Aiken County
      • Kitchings Mill has also been known as:
      • Kinchens Mill
    • 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)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Rawls
      • Camp Rawls is located in Aiken County
    • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nicholson Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholson Village
      • Nicholson Village is located in Aiken County
    • Roseland
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Roseland. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
      • Roseland is located in Aiken County
    • New Ellenton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Talatha
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talatha
      • Talatha is located in Aiken County
    • Aiken
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Hawthorne ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hawthorne have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorne
      • Hawthorne is located in Aiken County
  • 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)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Govan
      • Govan is located in Bamberg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
    • Olar
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olar
      • Olar is located in Bamberg County
      • 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)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elko
      • Elko is located in Barnwell County
      • 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)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaley
      • Whaley is located in Barnwell County
    • Reynold
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reynold have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynold
      • Reynold is located in Barnwell County
    • Blackville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Snelling
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snelling
      • Snelling is located in Barnwell County
      • 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)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hattieville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattieville
      • Hattieville is located in Barnwell County
  • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Murphys Estates have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphys Estates
      • Murphys Estates is located in Edgefield County
  • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Livingston have been provided by the GNIS.<4> 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
    • Neeses
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Boiling Spring ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boiling Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Spring
      • Boiling Spring is located in Orangeburg County
    • North
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North
      • North is located in Orangeburg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 699 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North <2>
    • Woodford
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • 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.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
      • Woodford is located in Orangeburg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 169 people
    • Bolen Town
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bolen Town have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolen Town
      • Bolen Town is located in Orangeburg County
    • Cope
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cope
      • Cope is located in Orangeburg County
      • 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)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
      • Nixon is located in Richmond County (GA)

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.

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 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)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sand Hill Gardens
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sand Hill Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bates Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bates Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bates Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hair Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hair Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hair Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Frost Branch Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Frost Branch Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Frost Branch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Dean Swamp Baptist Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Cedar Branch Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cedar Branch Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cedar Branch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Old Field Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Field Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Field Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Goss Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Goss Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Goss Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Woods Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woods Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woods Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jowers Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jowers Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jowers Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Brodie Family Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brodie Family Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brodie Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (207 more) ...
    • Darien Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Darien Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Darien Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Dorch Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dorch Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dorch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Springfield Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Springfield Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Springfield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Pond have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Pond
    • White Pond is located in Aiken County
  • 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)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elko
    • Elko is located in Barnwell County
    • 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)
    • 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.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitchings Mill
    • Kitchings Mill is located in Aiken County
    • Kitchings Mill has also been known as:
    • Kinchens Mill
  • Reynold
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reynold have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynold
    • Reynold is located in Barnwell County
  • Walker
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walker have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
    • Walker is located in Barnwell County
  • Whaley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaley
    • Whaley is located in Barnwell County
  • Springfield
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Oakwood
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakwood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
    • Oakwood is located in Aiken County
  • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ashleigh have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashleigh
      • Ashleigh is located in Barnwell County
    • 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]<6>. 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 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 Spring Branch:

The official website for Aiken County: www.aikencounty.net/

The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/

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>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.
<4>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.
<5>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.
<6>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- Spring Branch) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Spring Branch. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4557, Longitude: -81.4418       In this case, the coordinates for Spring Branch have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>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.




 

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