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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 Yonges Island (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 Yonges Island. 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 Yonges Island ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

  • A typical abbreviation for Yonges Island: Yonges Is. (in Canada, 'Isld.' is the more common abbreviation.)
  • While the name of this community is Yonges Island, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Yonges Island may originally have been Yonge's Island.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Yonges Island might be written as Yonge Island.

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 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.

Yonges Island is located in Charleston 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 Charleston County: Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester & Georgetown.

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

  • Charleston County     (The home county of Yonges Island)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yonges Island, with the one closest to Yonges Island listed first.
    • Meggett
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Hollywood
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Wadmalaw Island
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Ravenel
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Rockville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Rockville is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
    • Adams Run
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Johns Island
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Edisto Island
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Kiawah Island
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Seabrook Island
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Essex Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Essex Village is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Village
    • Canady Landing ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Canady Landing is located in Charleston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canady Landing
  • Beaufort County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yonges Island, with the one closest to Yonges Island listed first.
    • Frogmore
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Frogmore is located in Beaufort County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogmore
    • Dale
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Fripp Island
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Berkeley County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yonges Island, with the one closest to Yonges Island listed first.
    • Ladson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Hanahan
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Caromi Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Caromi Village is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caromi Village
    • Goose Creek
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Camelot Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Camelot Village is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
    • Highland Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Highland Village is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
    • Mount Holly
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Mount Holly is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
    • Washington Town
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Washington Town is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Town
    • Wando
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Tarry Town
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Tarry Town is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarry Town
  • Colleton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yonges Island, with the one closest to Yonges Island listed first.
    • Edisto Beach
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Edisto Beach is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edisto Beach
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 402 people
    • Jacksonboro
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Cottageville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Green Pond
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Round O
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Ritter
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Ritter is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritter
    • Drawdy
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Drawdy is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drawdy
    • Drigger Crossroads
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Drigger Crossroads is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drigger Crossroads
    • White Hall
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • White Hall is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
    • Sidney
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Sidney is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
    • Walterboro
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Dorchester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yonges Island, with the one closest to Yonges Island listed first.
    • Chandler Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Chandler Village is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler Village
    • Flowertown Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Flowertown Village is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowertown Village
    • Brownsville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Brownsville is located in Dorchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
    • Summerville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Ridgeville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near Yonges Island ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Yonges Island.

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 Yonges Island - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Parker Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Chaplin Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Adams Run Baptist Church Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Prices Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Tomb of Colonel William Washington
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Trinity Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Hughes Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Bethlehem Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Gun Bluff Plantation Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • White Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Hopewell Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Live Oak Memorial Gardens
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (111 more) ...
    • Castle Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Community Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Brown Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 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.<4>

While we didn't find Yonges Island in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Yonges Island.

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

  • Jacksonboro
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • James Island
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • James Island is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Island
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,226 people
  • Charleston
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Ashepoo
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Ashepoo is located in Colleton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashepoo
  • Belvedere
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Belvedere is located in Berkeley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvedere
  • Otranto
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Otranto is located in Charleston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otranto
  • Ladson
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Cottageville
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Green Pond
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Summerville
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Ritter
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Ritter is located in Colleton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritter
  • Mount Pleasant
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Drawdy
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Drawdy is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drawdy
    • Mount Holly
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Mount Holly is located in Berkeley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
    • White Hall
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • White Hall is located in Colleton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall

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

Newspapers Published in Yonges Island ...

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 1 newspapers that have been published in the area around Yonges Island.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Yonges Island, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Yonges Island.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Yonges Island:

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<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>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 Yonges Island, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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- Yonges Island) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.