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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Tabernacle. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Tabernacle to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Tabernacle, 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 Tabernacle (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 Tabernacle. 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Tabernacle is historic, it would have been located within present day Chesterfield 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 Chesterfield County: Anson (NC), Richmond (NC), Union (NC), Darlington, Kershaw, Lancaster & Marlboro.
Below are the counties that are near Tabernacle. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tabernacle:
- Chesterfield County (The home county of Tabernacle)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tabernacle, with the one closest to Tabernacle listed first.
- McBee
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Patrick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Angelus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Angelus is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelus
- Jefferson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Chesterfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Ruby
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Ruby is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ruby <2>
- Mount Croghan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- White Plains
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- White Plains is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Cheraw
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Pageland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Darlington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tabernacle, with the one closest to Tabernacle listed first.
- Pine Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pine Ridge is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- North Hartsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Hartsville is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hartsville
- Prestwood Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Prestwood Village is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prestwood Village
- Hartsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lydia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Greenplains ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Greenplains is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenplains
- Dovesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Dovesville is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dovesville
- Philadelphia ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Philadelphia is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Society Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Syracuse
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Syracuse is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syracuse
- Lamar
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Darlington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Florence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tabernacle, with the one closest to Tabernacle listed first.
- Cartersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Cartersville is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartersville
- Ebenezer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ebenezer is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
- Timmonsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Florence
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Quinby
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sardis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sardis is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis
- Siesta Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Siesta Village is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siesta Village
- Kershaw County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tabernacle, with the one closest to Tabernacle listed first.
- Bethune
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pine Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pine Village is located in Kershaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Village
- Cassatt
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Shepard
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Shepard is located in Kershaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepard
- Kershaw
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Westville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lafayette Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lafayette Village is located in Kershaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette Village
- Log Town ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Log Town is located in Kershaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Town
- Camden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lancaster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tabernacle, with the one closest to Tabernacle listed first.
- Oakhurst
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Oakhurst is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhurst
- Heath Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tabernacle, with the one closest to Tabernacle listed first.
- Alcot
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Alcot is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcot
- Bishopville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Manville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Manville is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manville
- Elliott
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lynchburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Atkins
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Atkins is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins
- Marlboro County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tabernacle, with the one closest to Tabernacle listed first.
- Wallace
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Drake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Drake is located in Marlboro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
- Blenheim
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Bennettsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sumter County
- Oswego
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Oswego is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oswego
- Anson County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tabernacle, with the one closest to Tabernacle listed first.
- McFarlan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- McFarlan is located in Anson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFarlan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Jones Creek ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Jones Creek is located in Anson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Creek
- Morven
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Morven is located in Anson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morven
- Population from the 2020 Census: 465 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Tabernacle, see our County-by-County Page for Tabernacle.
Cemeteries Near Tabernacle ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tabernacle.
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 Tabernacle - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Tabernacle covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tabernacle, with the one closest to Tabernacle listed first.
- Gainey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Antioch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- McLean Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Chapel Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Kellytown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Westview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Magnolia Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Green Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Liberty Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (196 more) ...
- Grantham Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Damascus Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- New Providence Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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 Tabernacle in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Tabernacle.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Tabernacle, with the one closest to Tabernacle listed first.
- Clyde
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Clyde is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Hartsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tillers Ferry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tillers Ferry is located in Kershaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillers Ferry
- Lydia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Greenplains ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Greenplains is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenplains
- Bay Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bay Springs is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Springs
- Oats
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oats is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oats
- Catarrh
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Catarrh is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catarrh
- Dovesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Dovesville is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dovesville
- Bishopville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Floyd
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Floyd is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
- Philadelphia ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Philadelphia is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Syracuse
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Syracuse is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syracuse
- Society Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lamar
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Tabernacle. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tabernacle.
Newspapers Published in Tabernacle ...
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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tabernacle.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tabernacle, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tabernacle.
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 helpful 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 Tabernacle:
- Websites specific to South Carolina
- Pages specific to Chesterfield County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Darlington County
- Florence County
- Kershaw County
- Lancaster County
- Lee County
- Marlboro County
- Sumter County
- Anson 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 Tabernacle, 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> | 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Tabernacle) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |