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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Welsh Neck. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Welsh Neck to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Welsh Neck, please Contact Us.
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 Welsh Neck (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 Welsh Neck. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Welsh Neck is historic, it would have been located within present day Marlboro 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 Marlboro County: Anson (NC), Richmond (NC), Robeson (NC), Scotland (NC), Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon & Florence.
Below are the counties that are near Welsh Neck. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Welsh Neck:
- Marlboro County (The home county of Welsh Neck)
- The following are listed by their distance from Welsh Neck, with the one closest to Welsh Neck listed first.
- Bennettsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Blenheim
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Drake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Drake is located in Marlboro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
- Wallace
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Tatum
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Clio
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Newtonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Newtonville is located in Marlboro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtonville
- McColl
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brownsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brownsville is located in Marlboro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Red Bluff
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Red Bluff is located in Marlboro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff
- Chesterfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Welsh Neck, with the one closest to Welsh Neck listed first.
- Cheraw
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Patrick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Chesterfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ruby
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ruby is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ruby <2>
- McBee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Mount Croghan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Angelus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Angelus is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelus
- Darlington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Welsh Neck, with the one closest to Welsh Neck listed first.
- Society Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mont Clare
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mont Clare is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mont Clare
- Greenplains ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greenplains is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenplains
- Dovesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dovesville is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dovesville
- Darlington
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- North Hartsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- North Hartsville is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hartsville
- Pine Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Pine Village is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Village
- Hartsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Prestwood Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Prestwood Village is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prestwood Village
- Palmetto
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Palmetto is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Pine Ridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Ridge is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Philadelphia ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Philadelphia is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Dillon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Welsh Neck, with the one closest to Welsh Neck listed first.
- Minturn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Little Rock
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Oakland Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Oakland Crossroads is located in Dillon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Crossroads
- Dillon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Latta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hamer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Florence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Welsh Neck, with the one closest to Welsh Neck listed first.
- Quinby
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Florence
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Ebenezer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ebenezer is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
- Mars Bluff
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Mars Bluff is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Bluff
- Jamestown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jamestown is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Siesta Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Siesta Village is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siesta Village
- Park City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Park City is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
- Tara Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Tara Village is located in Florence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tara Village
- Timmonsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lee County
- Alcot
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Alcot is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcot
- Marion County
- Sellers
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Anson County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Welsh Neck, with the one closest to Welsh Neck listed first.
- McFarlan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- McFarlan is located in Anson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFarlan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Cairo
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Cairo is located in Anson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Morven
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Morven is located in Anson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morven
- Population from the 2020 Census: 465 people
- Jones Creek ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jones Creek is located in Anson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Creek
- Lilesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Richmond County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Welsh Neck, with the one closest to Welsh Neck listed first.
- Ghio Scholl Station
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ghio Scholl Station is located in Richmond County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ghio Scholl Station
- New Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- New Town is located in Richmond County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Hamlet
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Steen Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Steen Town is located in Richmond County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steen Town
- Cordova
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Cordova is located in Richmond County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordova
- Dobbins Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Dobbins Heights is located in Richmond County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- East Rockingham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- East Rockingham is located in Richmond County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rockingham
- Yates Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Yates Hill is located in Richmond County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Hill
- Honey Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Honey Town is located in Richmond County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Town
- Rockingham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Robeson County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Welsh Neck, with the one closest to Welsh Neck listed first.
- Raemon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Raemon is located in Robeson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raemon
- Alfordsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Alfordsville is located in Robeson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfordsville
- Maxton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rowland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Alma
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Alma is located in Robeson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Scotland County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Welsh Neck, with the one closest to Welsh Neck listed first.
- Gibson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hasty
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hasty is located in Scotland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasty
- Laurel Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Richmond Mill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Richmond Mill is located in Scotland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Mill
- Laurinburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- East Laurinburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- East Laurinburg is located in Scotland County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Laurinburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 277 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Welsh Neck, see our County-by-County Page for Welsh Neck.
Cemeteries Near Welsh Neck ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Welsh Neck.
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 Welsh Neck - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Welsh Neck covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Welsh Neck, with the one closest to Welsh Neck listed first.
- Colonel Kolbs Tomb
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Trinity Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Welsh - Neck Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welsh - Neck Church Cemetery
- The Welsh - Neck Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Welsh - Neck Baptist Church Cemetery
- Welsh Neck Cemetery
- Governor Williams Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sunset Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Montrose Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- McCall Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Level Green Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- McQuage Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Gandy Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (283 more) ...
- Ideal Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Chatham Hill Memorial Gardens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Piney Grove 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.
While we didn't find Welsh Neck in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Welsh Neck.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Welsh Neck, with the one closest to Welsh Neck listed first.
- Society Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cash
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cash is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash
- Bennettsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Blenheim
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Drake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Drake is located in Marlboro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
- Parnassus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Parnassus is located in Marlboro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnassus
- Cheraw
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Greenplains ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greenplains is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenplains
- Mont Clare
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mont Clare is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mont Clare
- Dovesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dovesville is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dovesville
- Floyd
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Floyd is located in Darlington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
- Clio
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Newtonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Newtonville is located in Marlboro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtonville
- Brownsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brownsville is located in Marlboro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- McColl
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Welsh Neck. See our List of 1890's Communities around Welsh Neck.
Newspapers Published in Welsh Neck ...
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 71 newspapers that have been published in the area around Welsh Neck.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Welsh Neck, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Welsh Neck.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Welsh Neck:
- Websites specific to South Carolina
- Pages specific to Marlboro County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chesterfield County
- Darlington County
- Dillon County
- Florence County
- Lee County
- Marion County
- Anson County
- Richmond County
- Robeson County
- Scotland County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for South Carolina
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Welsh Neck, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Welsh Neck) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |