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Introduction ...

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

We've added Yellow House to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Yellow House, 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 Yellow House (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 Yellow House. 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 southeast 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 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Yellow House is historic, it would have been located within present day Berkeley 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 Berkeley County: Charleston, Dorchester, Georgetown, Orangeburg & Williamsburg.

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

  • Berkeley County     (The home county of Yellow House)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yellow House, with the one closest to Yellow House listed first.
    • Hanahan
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Wando
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Goose Creek
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Camelot Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Camelot Village is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
    • Caromi Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Caromi Village is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caromi Village
    • Mount Holly
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Mount Holly is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
    • Ladson
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Tarry Town
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Tarry Town is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarry Town
    • Highland Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Highland Village is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
    • Huger
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Cordesville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Washington Town
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Washington Town is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Town
  • Charleston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yellow House, with the one closest to Yellow House listed first.
    • Dorchester
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Dorchester is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
    • North Charleston
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Grove Creek Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Grove Creek Village is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Creek Village
    • Charleston
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Old Town
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Old Town is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
    • Mount Pleasant
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • The Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • The Village is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Village
    • Otranto
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Otranto is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otranto
    • Charles Towne Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Charles Towne Village is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charles Towne Village
    • Essex Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Essex Village is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Village
    • Island-of-Palms
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Island-of-Palms is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island-of-Palms
    • Sullivan's Island
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Dorchester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yellow House, with the one closest to Yellow House listed first.
    • Chandler Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Chandler Village is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler Village
    • Summerville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Brownsville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Brownsville is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
    • Flowertown Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Flowertown Village is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowertown Village
    • Ridgeville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Yellow House ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Yellow House.

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 Yellow House - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Simmons Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Yeamans Hall Plantation Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Riverview Memorial Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Nelliefield Creek Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Adverse Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adverse Cemetery
    • The Adverse Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery
    • Citadel Square Baptist Church Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #69384 <4>
  • Emanuel AME Church Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Greek Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greek Cemetery
    • The Greek Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Greek Orthodox Cemetery
  • Bethany Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Magnolia Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • St. Lawrence Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • McDowell Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (132 more) ...
    • Oak Grove Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Wando Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • St. Thomas Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)

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

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

  • Belvedere
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Belvedere is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvedere
  • Charleston
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Wando
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Mount Pleasant
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Otranto
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Otranto is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otranto
  • James Island
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • James Island is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Island
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,226 people
  • Mount Holly
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Holly is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
  • Ladson
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Strawberry
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Strawberry is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
  • Huger
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Summerville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Moncks Corner
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Bethera
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Long Ridge
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Long Ridge is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Ridge
    • Ridgeville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Yellow House ...

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 207 newspapers that have been published in the area around Yellow House.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Yellow House, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Yellow House.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Yellow House:

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 Yellow House, 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Yellow House) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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.