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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 Yacht Cove (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 Yacht Cove. 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 Yacht Cove ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Yacht Cove: Yacht Cv.

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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

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 south 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.

Yacht Cove is located in Lexington 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 Lexington County: Aiken, Calhoun, Newberry, Orangeburg, Richland & Saluda.

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

  • Lexington County     (The home county of Yacht Cove)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yacht Cove, with the one closest to Yacht Cove listed first.
    • Irmo
      (2 miles [3.2 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>
    • Seven Oaks
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Lexington
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Arthur
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Arthur is located in Lexington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
    • Oak Grove
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Oak Grove is located in Lexington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
    • Chapin
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Chapin is located in Lexington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,664 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chapin <1>
    • Red Bank
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Red Bank is located in Lexington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
    • Springdale
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Springdale is located in Lexington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,732 people
    • West Columbia
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Cayce
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Cayce is located in Lexington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayce
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,994 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cayce <1>
    • Ella
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Ella is located in Lexington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
    • Clubhouse Crossroads
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Clubhouse Crossroads is located in Lexington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clubhouse Crossroads
    • Lake Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Lake Village is located in Lexington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Village
  • Aiken County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yacht Cove, with the one closest to Yacht Cove listed first.
    • Seivern
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Seivern is located in Aiken County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seivern
    • Monetta
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Wagener
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Fairfield County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yacht Cove, with the one closest to Yacht Cove listed first.
    • Rock Hill
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Rock Hill is located in Fairfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
    • Jenkinsville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Rion
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Monticello
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Monticello is located in Fairfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
    • Winnsboro Mills
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Winnsboro Mills is located in Fairfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnsboro Mills
    • Smallwood
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Smallwood is located in Fairfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smallwood
    • Winnsboro
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Ridgeway
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Adger
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Adger is located in Fairfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adger
    • Blair
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • White Oak
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Kershaw County
    • Elgin
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Elgin is located in Kershaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,585 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elgin <1>
  • Lancaster County
  • Newberry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yacht Cove, with the one closest to Yacht Cove listed first.
    • Peak
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Peak is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peak
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Peak <1>
    • Little Mountain
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Slighs
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Slighs is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slighs
    • Pomaria
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Prosperity
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Stoney Hill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Stoney Hill is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Hill
    • Union
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Union is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
    • Sondleys ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Sondleys is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sondleys
    • Glymphville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Glymphville is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glymphville
    • Newberry
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Helena
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Helena is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
    • Silverstreet
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Smyrna
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Orangeburg County
    • Woodford
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Woodford is located in Orangeburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 169 people
  • Richland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yacht Cove, with the one closest to Yacht Cove listed first.
    • Ballentine
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Lake Murray of Richland
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Dutch Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Dutch Village is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Village
    • White Rock
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Saint Andrews
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Saint Andrews is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrews
    • Cedar Creek
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Cedar Creek is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
    • Belmont
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Columbia
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Hollywood
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Hollywood is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood
    • Brickyard Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Brickyard Village is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickyard Village
    • Forest Acres
      (14 miles [22.5 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
      (15 miles [24.1 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
    • Arthurtown
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Arthurtown is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthurtown
  • Saluda County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yacht Cove, with the one closest to Yacht Cove listed first.
    • Hickory Grove
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Hickory Grove is located in Saluda County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
    • Ridge Spring
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Yacht Cove ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Yacht Cove.

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 Yacht Cove - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Salem Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Bauknight Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Bush River Memorial Gardens
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Upper Pine Grove Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Golden Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Lindler Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Lower Pine Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • St. Paul Baptist Church Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • George Gross Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Woodridge Memorial Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodridge Memorial Park
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Woodridge Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located in Columbia.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1969374 <2>
  • Zion Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Hopewell Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (332 more) ...

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

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

  • Irmo
    (2 miles [3.2 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>
  • Ballentine
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Leaphart
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Leaphart is located in Lexington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaphart
  • White Rock
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Spring Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Spring Hill is located in Lexington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
  • Bookman
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Bookman is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bookman
  • Arthur
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Arthur is located in Lexington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
  • Chapin
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Chapin is located in Lexington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,664 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chapin <1>
  • Wallaceville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Wallaceville is located in Fairfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallaceville
  • Cayce
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Cayce is located in Lexington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayce
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,994 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cayce <1>
  • Lever ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Lever is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lever
  • Ella
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Ella is located in Lexington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Alston
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Alston is located in Fairfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alston
    • Peak
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Peak is located in Newberry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peak
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Peak <1>
    • Columbia
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Yacht Cove ...

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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Yacht Cove.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Yacht Cove, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Yacht Cove.

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 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 Yacht Cove:

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 Yacht Cove, 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 from Point A (ie- Yacht Cove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.