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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Wise. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Wise to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Wise, 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 Wise (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 Wise. 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 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 Wise is historic, it would have been located within present day Edgefield 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 Edgefield County: Columbia (GA), Richmond (GA), Aiken, Greenwood, McCormick & Saluda.

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

  • Edgefield County     (The home county of Wise)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wise, with the one closest to Wise listed first.
    • Trenton
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Edgefield
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Murphys Estates
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Murphys Estates is located in Edgefield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphys Estates
    • Lenoir ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Lenoir is located in Edgefield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenoir
    • Colliers
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Colliers is located in Edgefield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colliers
    • Johnston
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Aiken County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wise, with the one closest to Wise listed first.
    • Springdale
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Springdale is located in Aiken County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
    • Vaucluse
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Eureka
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Eureka is located in Aiken County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
    • Belvedere
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Belvedere is located in Aiken County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvedere
    • Graniteville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Warrenville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Burnettown
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Burnettown is located in Aiken County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnettown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,769 people
    • Langley
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Gloverville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Bath
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Clearwater
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • North Augusta
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Aiken
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Greenwood County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wise, with the one closest to Wise listed first.
    • Troy
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Troy is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 101 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <2>
    • Bradley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Lexington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wise, with the one closest to Wise listed first.
    • Batesburg - Leesville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Batesburg - Leesville is located in Lexington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batesburg - Leesville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,402 people
    • Batesburg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Leesville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • McCormick County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wise, with the one closest to Wise listed first.
    • Clarks Hill
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Modoc
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Parksville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Liberty Hill
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Liberty Hill is located in McCormick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
    • Plum Branch
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • McCormick
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Saluda County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wise, with the one closest to Wise listed first.
    • Ward
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Ridge Spring
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Saluda
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Hickory Grove
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Hickory Grove is located in Saluda County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
  • Columbia County (GA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wise, with the one closest to Wise listed first.
    • Lulaville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Lulaville is located in Columbia County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulaville
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,961 people
    • Martinez
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Memory Park
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Memory Park is located in Columbia County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memory Park
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 122 people
    • Snead
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Snead is located in Columbia County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snead
      • Estimated population in 2019: 20,077 people
    • Evans
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Lamkin
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Lamkin is located in Columbia County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamkin
    • Arrow Head
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Arrow Head is located in Columbia County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrow Head
    • Kiokee
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Kiokee is located in Columbia County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiokee
    • Fort Gordon
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Grovetown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Grovetown is located in Columbia County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovetown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,639 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grovetown <2>
    • Forrest ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Forrest is located in Columbia County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrest
    • Maddox
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Maddox is located in Columbia County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maddox
    • Appling
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Richmond County (GA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wise, with the one closest to Wise listed first.
    • Bonair
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Bonair is located in Richmond County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonair
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 3,135 people
    • National Hills
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • National Hills is located in Richmond County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for National Hills
    • Rockbrook
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Rockbrook is located in Richmond County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockbrook
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 160 people
    • Waverly
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Waverly is located in Richmond County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
    • Augusta
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Forest Hills
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Southgate Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Southgate Village is located in Richmond County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southgate Village
    • Fleming Heights
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Fleming Heights is located in Richmond County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming Heights
      • Estimated population in 2019: 717 people
    • Richmond Hills
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Richmond Hills is located in Richmond County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Hills
      • Estimated population in 2019: 13,839 people
    • Belair
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Belair is located in Richmond County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belair
    • Fairvale
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Fairvale is located in Richmond County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairvale
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 6,769 people
    • Barton Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Barton Village is located in Richmond County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton Village
    • Gracewood
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near Wise ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wise.

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 Wise - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Horne Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Nicholson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Wicker Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Young Macedonia Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Fields Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Marsh Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Marsh Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Frazier Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Sweetwater Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Edgefield Village Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Meeting Grove Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Green Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (277 more) ...
    • DeLoach Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Eastview Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Thurmond Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)

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 Wise in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wise.

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

  • Trenton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Lenoir ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Lenoir is located in Edgefield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenoir
  • Vaucluse
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Milledgeville ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Milledgeville is located in Aiken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
  • Colliers
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Colliers is located in Edgefield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colliers
  • Morgana
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Morgana is located in Edgefield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgana
  • Eureka
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Eureka is located in Aiken County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
  • Poverty Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Poverty Hill is located in Edgefield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poverty Hill
  • Graniteville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Langley
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Johnston
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Bath
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Croft
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Croft is located in Aiken County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croft
    • Martinez
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Hamburg
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Hamburg is located in Aiken County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg

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

Newspapers Published in Wise ...

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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wise.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wise, 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 Wise.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Wise:

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 Wise, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wise) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.