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 Weeks Landing (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 Weeks Landing. 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 Weeks Landing ...
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 Weeks Landing: Weeks Lndg. (or less commonly used: Weeks Lndng.)
- While the name of this community is Weeks Landing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Weeks Landing may originally have been Week's Landing.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Weeks Landing might be written as Week Landing.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Weeks Landing. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Weeks Landing.
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 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.
Weeks Landing is located in Calhoun 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 Calhoun County: Clarendon, Lexington, Orangeburg, Richland & Sumter.
Below are the counties that are near Weeks Landing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Weeks Landing:
- Calhoun County (The home county of Weeks Landing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Weeks Landing, with the one closest to Weeks Landing listed first.
- Creston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Creston is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
- Saint Matthews
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cameron
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cameron is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
- Clarendon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weeks Landing, with the one closest to Weeks Landing listed first.
- Panola
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Panola is located in Clarendon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola
- Silver
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Silver is located in Clarendon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver
- Paxville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Summerton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Davis Station
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Alcolu
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Manning
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Jordan
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Jordan is located in Clarendon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Shad Moss village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Shad Moss village is located in Clarendon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shad Moss village
- Gable
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lexington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weeks Landing, with the one closest to Weeks Landing listed first.
- Swansea
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Gaston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Orangeburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weeks Landing, with the one closest to Weeks Landing listed first.
- Elloree
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Parler
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Parler is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parler
- Jamison
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jamison is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
- Santee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wren Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wren Village is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wren Village
- Stilton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stilton is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilton
- Brookdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Brookdale is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookdale
- Wilkinson Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Wilkinson Heights is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinson Heights
- Vance
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Orangeburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wells
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Wells is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
- Edisto
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Edisto is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edisto
- Bowman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weeks Landing, with the one closest to Weeks Landing listed first.
- Eastover
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gadsden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Weston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Weston is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Pinewood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pinewood is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood
- Bruner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bruner is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruner
- Hopkins
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Capitol View
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Capitol View is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitol View
- Arthurtown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Arthurtown is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthurtown
- Valencia Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Valencia Heights is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valencia Heights
- Sumter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weeks Landing, with the one closest to Weeks Landing listed first.
- Pinewood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sumter Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Sumter Junction is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumter Junction
- Wedgefield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Privateer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Privateer is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Privateer
- Cane Savannah
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cane Savannah is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Savannah
- Lakewood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lakewood is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood
- Stateburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Stateburg is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stateburg
- Ashley Creek Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Ashley Creek Village is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley Creek Village
- Claremont
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Claremont is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claremont
- Millwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Millwood is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Cherryvale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cherryvale is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherryvale
- South Sumter
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- South Sumter is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sumter
- Oakland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Oakland is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Weeks Landing, see our County-by-County Page for Weeks Landing.
Cemeteries Near Weeks Landing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Weeks Landing.
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 Weeks Landing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Weeks Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Weeks Landing, with the one closest to Weeks Landing listed first.
- Bloom Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Goodin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Richardson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- St. Luke AME Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mt. Nebo Baptist Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Tom Seay Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Santee First Baptist Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bookhart Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Singleton Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singleton Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Singleton Cemetery is located 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the southwest of Sumter.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #71387 <4>
- Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- West End Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (200 more) ...
- St. Phillip AME Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Calvary & Zion Hill Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary & Zion Hill Cemetery
- The Calvary & Zion Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery
- Zion Hill Cemetery
- Reynolds Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
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 Weeks Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Weeks Landing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Weeks Landing, with the one closest to Weeks Landing listed first.
- Rimini
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rimini is located in Clarendon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimini
- Saint Matthews
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Elloree
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Panola
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Panola is located in Clarendon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola
- Silver
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Silver is located in Clarendon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver
- Jamison
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jamison is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
- Parler
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Parler is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parler
- Saint Paul
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Paul is located in Clarendon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Privateer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Privateer is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Privateer
- Wedgefield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Gadsden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Felderville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Felderville is located in Orangeburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felderville
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Summerton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Tindal
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tindal is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tindal
- Cane Savannah
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cane Savannah is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Savannah
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Weeks Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Weeks Landing.
Newspapers Published in Weeks Landing ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Weeks Landing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Weeks Landing, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Weeks Landing.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Weeks Landing:
- Websites specific to South Carolina
- Pages specific to Calhoun County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clarendon County
- Lexington County
- Orangeburg County
- Richland County
- Sumter 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Weeks Landing) 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 Weeks Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |