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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 Whaley (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 Whaley. 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.

Whaley is located in Barnwell County.

To see how the shape of South Carolina's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Barnwell County: Burke (GA), Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg & Orangeburg.

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

  • Barnwell County     (The home county of Whaley)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Whaley, with the one closest to Whaley listed first.
    • Blackville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Elko
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elko
      • Elko is located in Barnwell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elko <1>
    • Williston
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Hilda
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Barnwell
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Snelling
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Snelling have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snelling
      • Snelling is located in Barnwell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
    • Kline
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Hattieville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hattieville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattieville
      • Hattieville is located in Barnwell County
  • Aiken County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Whaley, with the one closest to Whaley listed first.
    • Salley
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Perry
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Windsor
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Kitchings Mill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kitchings Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitchings Mill
      • Kitchings Mill is located in Aiken County
      • Kitchings Mill has also been known as:
      • Kinchens Mill
    • Wagener
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Camp Rawls
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Rawls
      • Camp Rawls is located in Aiken County
    • Seivern
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seivern
      • Seivern is located in Aiken County
    • Montmorenci
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Nicholson Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nicholson Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholson Village
      • Nicholson Village is located in Aiken County
    • New Ellenton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Roseland
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roseland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
      • Roseland is located in Aiken County
    • Talatha
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talatha
      • Talatha is located in Aiken County
  • Allendale County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Whaley, with the one closest to Whaley listed first.
    • Ulmer
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Martin
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Sycamore
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Allendale
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Bamberg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Whaley, with the one closest to Whaley listed first.
    • Denmark
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Govan
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Govan
      • Govan is located in Bamberg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
    • Bamberg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Olar
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olar
      • Olar is located in Bamberg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olar <1>
    • Ehrhardt
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Lexington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Whaley, with the one closest to Whaley listed first.
    • Pelion
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Swansea
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Gaston
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaston
      • Gaston is located in Lexington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,712 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gaston <1>
  • Orangeburg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Whaley, with the one closest to Whaley listed first.
    • Springfield
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Norway
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Neeses
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Livingston
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Livingston have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
      • Livingston is located in Orangeburg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 124 people
    • Bolen Town
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bolen Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolen Town
      • Bolen Town is located in Orangeburg County
    • North
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North
      • North is located in Orangeburg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 699 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North <1>
    • Cope
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cope
      • Cope is located in Orangeburg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cope <1>
    • Woodford
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
      • Woodford is located in Orangeburg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 169 people
    • Cordova
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Edisto
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edisto have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edisto
      • Edisto is located in Orangeburg County
    • Orangeburg
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Brookdale
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookdale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookdale
      • Brookdale is located in Orangeburg County

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

Newspapers Published in Whaley ...

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 16 newspapers that have been published in the area around Whaley.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Whaley, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Whaley.

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 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 Whaley:

Cemeteries Near Whaley ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Whaley.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Frost Branch Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Frost Branch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Frost Branch Cemetery
  • Springfield Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Springfield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Springfield Cemetery
  • Brodie Family Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brodie Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brodie Family Cemetery
  • Dean Swamp Baptist Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Morgan Family Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Sand Hill Gardens
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sand Hill Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sand Hill Gardens
  • Jowers Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jowers Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jowers Cemetery
  • Rocky Swamp Southern Methodist Church Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Rocky Swamp Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rocky Swamp Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rocky Swamp Cemetery
  • Hair Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hair Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hair Cemetery
  • Jowers Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jowers Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jowers Cemetery
  • Gin Branch Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gin Branch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gin Branch Cemetery
  • Continue List   (189 more) ...
    • Jericho Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jericho Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jericho Cemetery
    • Willow Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Willow Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Willow Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery
    • Norway Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Norway Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Norway Cemetery

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Whaley had a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Walker
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walker have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
    • Walker is located in Barnwell County
  • Springfield
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Reynold
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reynold have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynold
    • Reynold is located in Barnwell County
  • Blackville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Elko
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elko
    • Elko is located in Barnwell County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elko <1>
  • Williston
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Salley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Ashleigh
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ashleigh have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashleigh
    • Ashleigh is located in Barnwell County
  • White Pond
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Pond have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Pond
    • White Pond is located in Aiken County
  • Sawyerdale
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sawyerdale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyerdale
    • Sawyerdale is located in Orangeburg County
  • Denmark
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Perry
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Windsor
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Boiling Spring ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boiling Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Spring
      • Boiling Spring is located in Orangeburg County
    • Kitchings Mill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kitchings Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitchings Mill
      • Kitchings Mill is located in Aiken County
      • Kitchings Mill has also been known as:
      • Kinchens Mill

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Whaley. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/

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 location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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- Whaley) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Whaley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4410, Longitude: -81.2984    
<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 Whaley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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