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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 Stateburg (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 Stateburg. 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 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.

Stateburg is located in Sumter 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 Sumter County: Calhoun, Clarendon, Florence, Kershaw, Lee & Richland.

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

  • Sumter County     (The home county of Stateburg)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stateburg, with the one closest to Stateburg listed first.
    • Claremont
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Claremont is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claremont
    • Oakland
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Oakland is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
    • Cherryvale
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Cherryvale is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherryvale
    • Horatio
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Wedgefield
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Cane Savannah
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Cane Savannah is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Savannah
    • Dalzell
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Sumter Junction
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Sumter Junction is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumter Junction
    • Millwood
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Millwood is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
    • Rembert
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Ashley Creek Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Ashley Creek Village is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley Creek Village
    • Mulberry
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Mulberry is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
    • Privateer
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Privateer is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Privateer
  • Calhoun County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stateburg, with the one closest to Stateburg listed first.
    • Saint Matthews
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Creston
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Creston is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
    • Cameron
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Cameron is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
  • Clarendon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stateburg, with the one closest to Stateburg listed first.
    • Paxville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Panola
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Panola is located in Clarendon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola
    • Silver
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Silver is located in Clarendon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver
    • Alcolu
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Manning
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Gable
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Summerton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Sardinia
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • New Zion
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Turbeville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Davis Station
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jordan
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jordan is located in Clarendon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
  • Darlington County
    • Lamar
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Lamar is located in Darlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lamar <1>
  • Florence County
    • Cartersville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Cartersville is located in Florence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartersville
  • Kershaw County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stateburg, with the one closest to Stateburg listed first.
    • Spring Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Spring Village is located in Kershaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Village
    • Camden
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Elgin
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Elgin is located in Kershaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,585 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elgin <1>
    • Lugoff
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Log Town ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Log Town is located in Kershaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Town
    • Lafayette Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Lafayette Village is located in Kershaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette Village
    • Shepard
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Shepard is located in Kershaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepard
    • Cassatt
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Lee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stateburg, with the one closest to Stateburg listed first.
    • Manville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Manville is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manville
    • Elliott
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Atkins
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Atkins is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins
    • Bishopville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Lynchburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Alcot
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Alcot is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcot
  • Lexington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stateburg, with the one closest to Stateburg listed first.
    • Cayce
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Cayce is located in Lexington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayce
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,994 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cayce <1>
    • West Columbia
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Orangeburg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stateburg, with the one closest to Stateburg listed first.
    • Elloree
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Jamison
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jamison is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
  • Richland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Stateburg, with the one closest to Stateburg listed first.
    • Eastover
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Gadsden
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Bruner
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Bruner is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruner
    • Weston
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Weston is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
    • Pinewood
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Pinewood is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood
    • Hopkins
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Capitol View
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Capitol View is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitol View
    • Woodfield
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Woodfield is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodfield
    • Arcadia Lakes
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Arcadia Lakes is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia Lakes
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 874 people
    • Dentsville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Ravenwood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Ravenwood is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenwood
    • Valencia Heights
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Valencia Heights is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valencia Heights
    • Arthurtown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Arthurtown is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthurtown

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

Cemeteries Near Stateburg ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stateburg.

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

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

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

  • General Sumters Tomb
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Lukes Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Pitts Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Loring Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Willow Grove Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Greenhaven Preserve
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Pitts Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Williams Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Four Bridges Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Mt. Carmel Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Shiloh AME Church Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (191 more) ...
    • Singleton Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Coulter Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Dargon 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.<4>

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

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

  • Claremont
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Claremont is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claremont
  • Wedgefield
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Catchall
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Catchall is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catchall
  • Cane Savannah
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Cane Savannah is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Savannah
  • Hagood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Hagood is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagood
  • Rembert
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Boykin
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Boykin is located in Kershaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boykin
  • Privateer
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Privateer is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Privateer
  • Tindal
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Tindal is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tindal
  • Pisgah
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Pisgah is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
  • Stockton ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Stockton is located in Kershaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton
  • Oswego
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Oswego is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oswego
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Congaree
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Congaree is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congaree
    • Gadsden
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Weston
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Weston is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston

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

Newspapers Published in Stateburg ...

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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stateburg.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stateburg, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stateburg.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Stateburg:

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Stateburg) 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 Stateburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.