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 Trio (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 Trio. 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 hospitals and 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.
Trio is located in Williamsburg 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 Williamsburg County: Berkeley, Clarendon, Florence, Georgetown & Marion.
Below are the counties that are near Trio. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Trio:
- Williamsburg County (The home county of Trio)
- The following are listed by their distance from Trio, with the one closest to Trio listed first.
- Cedar Creek ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Creek is located in Williamsburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Lane
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lane is located in Williamsburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
- Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lane <1>
- Salters
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Snow Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Snow Town is located in Williamsburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Town
- Kingstree
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Nesmith
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Greeleyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Indiantown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Indiantown is located in Williamsburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiantown
- Rome
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rome is located in Williamsburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Stuckey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stuckey is located in Williamsburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuckey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Cades
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hemingway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Berkeley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Trio, with the one closest to Trio listed first.
- Alvin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Alvin is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvin
- Harris Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harris Town is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Town
- Jamestown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Saint Stephen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Russellville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Judge Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Judge Town is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judge Town
- Bonneau
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Pineville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Region Town ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Region Town is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Region Town
- Wrangle Town ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Wrangle Town is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrangle Town
- Bethera
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Eadytown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Eadytown is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eadytown
- Clarendon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Trio, with the one closest to Trio listed first.
- Union Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Union Crossroads is located in Clarendon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Crossroads
- Shad Moss village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Shad Moss village is located in Clarendon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shad Moss village
- Jordan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Jordan is located in Clarendon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- New Zion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Florence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Trio, with the one closest to Trio listed first.
- Wren Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Wren Village is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wren Village
- Lake City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Johnsonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hannah
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hannah is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannah
- Scranton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Georgetown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Trio, with the one closest to Trio listed first.
- Andrews
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Willie Towne
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Willie Towne is located in Georgetown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willie Towne
- Sampit
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sampit is located in Georgetown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sampit
- Allentown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Allentown is located in Georgetown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allentown
- Campfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Campfield is located in Georgetown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campfield
- Georgetown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Steele Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Steele Town is located in Georgetown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steele Town
- Carters Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Carters Crossroads is located in Georgetown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Crossroads
- Jackson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Jackson is located in Georgetown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Trio, see our County-by-County Page for Trio.
Cemeteries Near Trio ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Trio.
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 Trio - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Trio covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Trio, with the one closest to Trio listed first.
- Spring Gully Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sutton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harmony Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Oak Ridge Memorial Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge Memorial Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oak Ridge Memorial Cemetery is located
- The Oak Ridge Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bird Pond Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #69565 <2>
- Bloomingvale Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Lebanon Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Elim Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Elim United Methodist Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Union Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bethlehem Holiness Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Marion Memorial Garden Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Betaw Plantation Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (193 more) ...
- Edens Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- McClary Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Salters Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Trio had a population of 130 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Trio, with the one closest to Trio listed first.
- Earle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Earle is located in Williamsburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earle
- Suttons
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Suttons is located in Williamsburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suttons
- Bloomingvale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomingvale is located in Williamsburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingvale
- Cooper
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cooper is located in Williamsburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Lane
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lane is located in Williamsburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
- Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lane <1>
- Salters Depot
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Salters Depot is located in Williamsburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salters Depot
- Salters
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Alvin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Alvin is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvin
- Saint Stephen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bethel is located in Georgetown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Morrisville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Morrisville is located in Williamsburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
- Kingstree
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Fowler
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Fowler is located in Williamsburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- Palmerville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Palmerville is located in Berkeley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerville
- Greeleyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Trio. See our List of 1890's Communities around Trio.
Newspapers Published in Trio ...
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 10 newspapers that have been published in the area around Trio.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Trio, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Trio.
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 Trio:
- Websites specific to South Carolina
- Pages specific to Williamsburg County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Berkeley County
- Clarendon County
- Florence County
- Georgetown County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for South Carolina
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> | 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 Trio, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Trio) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |