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Our Genealogy Helper

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 Ten Mile (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 Ten Mile. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

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 south 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.

Ten Mile is located in Charleston 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 Charleston County: Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester & Georgetown.

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

  • Charleston County     (The home county of Ten Mile)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ten Mile, with the one closest to Ten Mile listed first.
    • Isle-of-Palms
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Mount Pleasant
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Island-of-Palms
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Island-of-Palms is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island-of-Palms
    • The Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • The Village is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Village
    • Sullivan's Island
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Awendaw
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Charleston
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Pineland
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Pineland is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineland
    • Dorchester
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Dorchester is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
    • Grove Creek Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Grove Creek Village is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Creek Village
    • North Charleston
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Charles Towne Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Charles Towne Village is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charles Towne Village
    • Old Town
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Old Town is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
  • Berkeley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ten Mile, with the one closest to Ten Mile listed first.
    • Wando
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Huger
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Hanahan
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Goose Creek
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Cordesville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Camelot Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Camelot Village is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
    • Mount Holly
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Mount Holly is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
    • Tarry Town
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Tarry Town is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarry Town
    • Bethera
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Caromi Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Caromi Village is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caromi Village
    • Ladson
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Wrangle Town ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Wrangle Town is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrangle Town
    • Highland Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Highland Village is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
  • Dorchester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ten Mile, with the one closest to Ten Mile listed first.
    • Chandler Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Chandler Village is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler Village
    • Summerville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Brownsville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Brownsville is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
    • Flowertown Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Flowertown Village is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowertown Village

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

Cemeteries Near Ten Mile ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ten Mile.

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 Ten Mile - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Wappetow Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Wando Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • McDowell Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Nelliefield Creek Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Venning Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Thomas Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Simmons Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Collins Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Apple Old Field Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Fowler Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Confederate Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Ocean Grove Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (103 more) ...

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 Ten Mile in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ten Mile.

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

  • Wando
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Mount Pleasant
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Charleston
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Huger
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Belvedere
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Belvedere is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvedere
  • James Island
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • James Island is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Island
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,226 people
  • Otranto
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Otranto is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otranto
  • Mount Holly
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Holly is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
  • McClellanville
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Strawberry
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Strawberry is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
  • Bethera
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Ladson
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Honey Hill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Honey Hill is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Hill
    • Palmerville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Palmerville is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerville
    • Moncks Corner
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Ten Mile ...

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 213 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ten Mile.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ten Mile, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ten Mile.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Ten Mile:

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