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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 Toddville (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 Toddville. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.

Toddville is located in Horry 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 Horry County: Brunswick (NC), Columbus (NC), Dillon, Georgetown & Marion.

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

  • Horry County     (The home county of Toddville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Toddville, with the one closest to Toddville listed first.
    • Conway
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Brownway
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Brownway is located in Horry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownway
    • Port Harrelson ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Port Harrelson is located in Horry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Harrelson
    • Bucksport
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Bucksport is located in Horry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucksport
    • Socastee
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Forestbrook
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Cochran Town
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Cochran Town is located in Horry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran Town
    • White Oak
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • White Oak is located in Horry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
    • Eddy Lake ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Eddy Lake is located in Horry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddy Lake
    • Hickory Grove
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Hickory Grove is located in Horry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
    • Vina
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Vina is located in Horry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vina
    • Allen
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Allen is located in Horry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
  • Florence County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Toddville, with the one closest to Toddville listed first.
    • Johnsonville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Hannah
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Hannah is located in Florence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannah
  • Georgetown County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Toddville, with the one closest to Toddville listed first.
    • Murrells Inlet
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Inlet Oaks Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Inlet Oaks Village is located in Georgetown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inlet Oaks Village
    • Carters Crossroads
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Carters Crossroads is located in Georgetown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Crossroads
    • Allentown
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Allentown is located in Georgetown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allentown
    • Jackson
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Jackson is located in Georgetown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
    • Litchfield Beach
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Waverly Mills
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Waverly Mills is located in Georgetown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly Mills
    • Pawleys Island
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Campfield
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Campfield is located in Georgetown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campfield
    • Willie Towne
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Willie Towne is located in Georgetown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willie Towne
    • Georgetown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Steele Town
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Steele Town is located in Georgetown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steele Town
  • Marion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Toddville, with the one closest to Toddville listed first.
    • Gresham
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Centenary
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Rains
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Tabernacle
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Tabernacle is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
  • Williamsburg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Toddville, with the one closest to Toddville listed first.
    • Hemingway
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Rome
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Rome is located in Williamsburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
    • Stuckey
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Stuckey is located in Williamsburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuckey
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
    • Nesmith
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Snow Town
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Snow Town is located in Williamsburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Town
    • Indiantown
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Indiantown is located in Williamsburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiantown
  • Brunswick County (NC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Toddville, with the one closest to Toddville listed first.
    • Calabash
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Calabash is located in Brunswick County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calabash
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,360 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calabash <1>
    • Carolina Shores
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Carolina Shores is located in Brunswick County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina Shores
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,802 people
  • Columbus County (NC)
    • Tabor City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near Toddville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Toddville.

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

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

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

  • Buck Graveyard
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Hillcrest Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Kingston Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Hemingway Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Rose Hill Memorial Gardens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Westside Memorial Gardens
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Pauley Swamp Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Community Memorial Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Thompkins Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Yauhannah Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Paul MB Church Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Antioch UMC Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (171 more) ...
    • Old Antioch Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Ocean Woods Memorial Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Woods Memorial Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Ocean Woods Memorial Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Myrtle Beach.
      • The Ocean Woods Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Ocean Woods Memorial Park
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #70906 <2>
    • Withers Memorial Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Toddville had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Bucksville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Bucksville is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucksville
  • Port Harrelson ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Port Harrelson is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Harrelson
  • Conway
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Bucksport
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Bucksport is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucksport
  • Socastee
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Dongola
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Dongola is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dongola
  • Forney
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Forney is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forney
  • Petersfield
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Petersfield is located in Georgetown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersfield
  • Yauhannah
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Yauhannah is located in Georgetown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yauhannah
  • Nixonville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Nixonville is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixonville
  • Adrian
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Adrian is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adrian
  • Jordanville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jordanville is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordanville
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Cool Spring
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Cool Spring is located in Horry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool Spring
    • Gideon
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Gideon is located in Horry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gideon
    • Privetts
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Privetts is located in Horry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Privetts

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

Newspapers Published in Toddville ...

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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around Toddville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Toddville, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Toddville.

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 Toddville:

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>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.
<3>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- Toddville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Toddville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.