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 Wheeland (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 Wheeland. 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 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.
Wheeland is located in Newberry 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 Newberry County: Fairfield, Greenwood, Laurens, Lexington, Richland, Saluda & Union.
Below are the counties that are near Wheeland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wheeland:
- Newberry County (The home county of Wheeland)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wheeland, with the one closest to Wheeland listed first.
- Slighs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Slighs is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slighs
- Little Mountain
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Prosperity
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pomaria
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Stoney Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Stoney Hill is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Hill
- Peak
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Union
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Union is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Sondleys ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sondleys is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sondleys
- Newberry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Helena
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Helena is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Glymphville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Glymphville is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glymphville
- Silverstreet
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Smyrna
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Aiken County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wheeland, with the one closest to Wheeland listed first.
- Monetta
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Seivern
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Seivern is located in Aiken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seivern
- Edgefield County
- Johnston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wheeland, with the one closest to Wheeland listed first.
- Jenkinsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Hill is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
- Monticello
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Monticello is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Blair
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Rion
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Winnsboro Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Winnsboro Mills is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnsboro Mills
- Winnsboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Adger
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Adger is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adger
- White Oak
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgeway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Smallwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Smallwood is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smallwood
- Woodward
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Woodward is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodward
- Lancaster County
- Springdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Laurens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wheeland, with the one closest to Wheeland listed first.
- Kinards
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Joanna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Renno
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Renno is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renno
- Anglers Haven
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Anglers Haven is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anglers Haven
- Dover ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dover is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Lexington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wheeland, with the one closest to Wheeland listed first.
- Chapin
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ella
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ella is located in Lexington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
- Lake Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lake Village is located in Lexington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Village
- Clubhouse Crossroads
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Clubhouse Crossroads is located in Lexington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clubhouse Crossroads
- Irmo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Irmo is located in Lexington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irmo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,734 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Irmo <1>
- Fredonia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Fredonia is located in Lexington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Gilbert
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Summit
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Summit is located in Lexington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- Lexington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Batesburg - Leesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Batesburg - Leesville is located in Lexington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batesburg - Leesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,402 people
- Leesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Batesburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Seven Oaks
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wheeland, with the one closest to Wheeland listed first.
- White Rock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lake Murray of Richland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ballentine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Dutch Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Dutch Village is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Village
- Cedar Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cedar Creek is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Saint Andrews
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Saint Andrews is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrews
- Belmont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Columbia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Blythewood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hollywood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hollywood is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood
- Brickyard Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Brickyard Village is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickyard Village
- Forest Acres
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Forest Acres is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Acres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,269 people
- Arcadia Lakes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Arcadia Lakes is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 874 people
- Saluda County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wheeland, with the one closest to Wheeland listed first.
- Hickory Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hickory Grove is located in Saluda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Saluda
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ridge Spring
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ward
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wheeland, with the one closest to Wheeland listed first.
- Sartor Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Sartor Town is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sartor Town
- Tuckertown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Tuckertown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckertown
- Delta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Delta is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
- Carlisle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Red Town ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Red Town is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Town
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wheeland, see our County-by-County Page for Wheeland.
Cemeteries Near Wheeland ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wheeland.
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 Wheeland - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wheeland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wheeland, with the one closest to Wheeland listed first.
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Little Mountain.
- The Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Holy Trinity Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #70338 <2>
- Mt. Pilgrim Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- O'Neal Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Eargle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Prosperity Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (349 more) ...
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Hebron Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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>
While we didn't find Wheeland in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wheeland.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wheeland, with the one closest to Wheeland listed first.
- Slighs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Slighs is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slighs
- Little Mountain
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chapin
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ella
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ella is located in Lexington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
- Prosperity
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pomaria
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Peak
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- White Rock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Alston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Alston is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alston
- Sondleys ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sondleys is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sondleys
- Ballentine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Wallaceville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Wallaceville is located in Fairfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallaceville
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Jenkinsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Walton ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Walton is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walton
- Reuben ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Reuben is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reuben
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wheeland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wheeland.
Newspapers Published in Wheeland ...
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 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wheeland.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wheeland, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wheeland.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Wheeland:
- Websites specific to South Carolina
- Pages specific to Newberry County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Aiken County
- Edgefield County
- Fairfield County
- Lancaster County
- Laurens County
- Lexington County
- Richland County
- Saluda County
- Union 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 Wheeland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wheeland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |