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 Tidmans Place (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 Tidmans Place. 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 Tidmans Place ...
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 occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Tidmans Place: Tidmans Pl. (or less commonly used: Tidmans Plc.)
- While the name of this community is Tidmans Place, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Tidmans Place may originally have been Tidman's Place.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Tidmans Place might be written as Tidman Place.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Tidmans Place is located in Spartanburg 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 Spartanburg County: Polk (NC), Rutherford (NC), Cherokee, Greenville, Laurens & Union.
Below are the counties that are near Tidmans Place. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tidmans Place:
- Spartanburg County (The home county of Tidmans Place)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tidmans Place, with the one closest to Tidmans Place listed first.
- Fingerville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Inman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Gramling
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Campobello
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Inman Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Inman Mills is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inman Mills
- Boiling Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Landrum
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Brooklyn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Brooklyn is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Southern Shops
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Johnson City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Johnson City is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson City
- Arcadia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tidmans Place, with the one closest to Tidmans Place listed first.
- Chesnee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Macedonia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Macedonia is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia
- Gaffney
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- East Gaffney
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- East Gaffney is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gaffney
- Blacksburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Greenville County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tidmans Place, with the one closest to Tidmans Place listed first.
- Gowensville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Gowensville is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowensville
- O'Neal
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- O'Neal is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neal
- Highland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Highland is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Greer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Chick Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chick Springs is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chick Springs
- Tigerville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Taylors
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Pelham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pelham is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham
- Merrittsville ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Merrittsville is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrittsville
- East Gate Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- East Gate Village is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gate Village
- Wade Hampton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wade Hampton is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wade Hampton
- Paris
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Paris is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
- Pickens County
- Dacusville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dacusville is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dacusville
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tidmans Place, with the one closest to Tidmans Place listed first.
- Jonesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Colerain
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Colerain is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colerain
- Cleveland County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tidmans Place, with the one closest to Tidmans Place listed first.
- Cliffside
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Cliffside is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffside
- Byersville ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Byersville is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byersville
- Flint Hill ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Flint Hill is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Boiling Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mooresboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mooresboro is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 316 people
- Erwinsville ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Erwinsville is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwinsville
- Lattimore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lattimore is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Sharon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Sharon is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- New House
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- New House is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New House
- Brittain Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Brittain Village is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brittain Village
- Earl
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Earl is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Dover
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dover is located in Cleveland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Henderson County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tidmans Place, with the one closest to Tidmans Place listed first.
- Saluda
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Baxter
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Baxter is located in Henderson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
- Zirconia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Upward
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Upward is located in Henderson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upward
- Tuxedo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Claremont
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Claremont is located in Henderson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claremont
- Dana
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Dana is located in Henderson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
- East Flat Rock
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Rock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Olive
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Mount Olive is located in Henderson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Barker Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Barker Heights is located in Henderson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Heights
- Bat Cave
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- McDowell County (NC)
- Vein Mountain
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Vein Mountain is located in McDowell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vein Mountain
- Polk County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tidmans Place, with the one closest to Tidmans Place listed first.
- Tryon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Columbus
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lynn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lynn is located in Polk County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Mill Spring
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Melrose
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Melrose is located in Polk County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Rutherford County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tidmans Place, with the one closest to Tidmans Place listed first.
- Harris
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Harris is located in Rutherford County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Holly Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Holly Springs is located in Rutherford County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Shiloh
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh is located in Rutherford County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Alexander Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Alexander Mills is located in Rutherford County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander Mills
- Sandy Mush
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Mush is located in Rutherford County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Mush
- Rutherfordton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bakersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Bakersville is located in Rutherford County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakersville
- Caroleen
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Caroleen is located in Rutherford County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroleen
- Forest City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Henrietta
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Henrietta is located in Rutherford County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Spindale
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Ruth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Ruth is located in Rutherford County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 400 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Tidmans Place, see our County-by-County Page for Tidmans Place.
Cemeteries Near Tidmans Place ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tidmans Place.
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 Tidmans Place - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Tidmans Place covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tidmans Place, with the one closest to Tidmans Place listed first.
- Gramling UMC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Roselawn Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jackson Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Boiling Springs First Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mountain View Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Chapel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Carlisle Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ezell Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Trinity United Methodist Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- New Hope UMC Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (403 more) ...
- Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Casey Creek Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Gowansville Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
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.<5>
While we didn't find Tidmans Place in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Tidmans Place.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Tidmans Place, with the one closest to Tidmans Place listed first.
- New Prospect
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- New Prospect is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Prospect
- Fingerville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Inman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Campobello
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Campton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Campton is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campton
- Collinsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Collinsville is located in Polk County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
- Andover ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Andover is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
- Sandy Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Springs is located in Polk County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Springs
- Landrum
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Zion
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mount Zion is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Brooklyn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Brooklyn is located in Spartanburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Gowensville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Gowensville is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowensville
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Tyger ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Tyger is located in Greenville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyger
- Wellford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Fairforest
(11 miles [17.7 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 Tidmans Place. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tidmans Place.
Newspapers Published in Tidmans Place ...
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 11 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tidmans Place.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tidmans Place, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tidmans Place.
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 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 Tidmans Place:
- Websites specific to South Carolina
- Pages specific to Spartanburg County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cherokee County
- Greenville County
- Pickens County
- Union County
- Cleveland County
- Henderson County
- McDowell County
- Polk County
- Rutherford County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for South Carolina
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Tidmans Place) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Tidmans Place, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |