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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 have occurred.

  • 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 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.

Yonges Island is located in Charleston County.

To see how the shape of South Carolina's counties 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
      • Rockville is located in Charleston County
      • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Essex Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex Village
      • Essex Village is located in Charleston County
    • Canady Landing ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canady Landing
      • Canady Landing is located in Charleston County
  • Beaufort County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yonges Island, with the one closest to Yonges Island listed first.
    • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Caromi Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caromi Village
      • Caromi Village is located in Berkeley County
    • Goose Creek
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Camelot Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camelot Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
      • Camelot Village is located in Berkeley County
    • Highland Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
      • Highland Village is located in Berkeley County
    • Mount Holly
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Holly have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
      • Mount Holly is located in Berkeley County
    • Washington Town
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Washington Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Town
      • Washington Town is located in Berkeley County
    • Wando
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Tarry Town
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tarry Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarry Town
      • Tarry Town is located in Berkeley County
  • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edisto Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edisto Beach
      • Edisto Beach is located in Colleton County
      • 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)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ritter. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritter
      • Ritter is located in Colleton County
    • Drawdy
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Drawdy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drawdy
      • Drawdy is located in Colleton County
    • Drigger Crossroads
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drigger Crossroads
      • Drigger Crossroads is located in Colleton County
    • White Hall
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for White Hall. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
      • White Hall is located in Colleton County
    • Sidney
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sidney. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
      • Sidney is located in Colleton County
    • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chandler Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler Village
      • Chandler Village is located in Dorchester County
    • Flowertown Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flowertown Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowertown Village
      • Flowertown Village is located in Dorchester County
    • Brownsville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
      • Brownsville is located in Dorchester County
    • 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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Parker Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Parker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Chaplin Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chaplin Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chaplin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Adams Run Baptist Church Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Prices Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Prices Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Prices Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Tomb of Colonel William Washington
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tomb of Colonel William Washington
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tomb of Colonel William Washington have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Trinity Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trinity Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hughes Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hughes Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hughes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bethlehem Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethlehem Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethlehem Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Gun Bluff Plantation Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gun Bluff Plantation Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Gun Bluff Plantation Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • The Gun Bluff Plantation Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Whitemarsh Seabrook Plantation Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2308181 <5>
  • White Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the White Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the White Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hopewell Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hopewell Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hopewell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • 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)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Castle Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Castle Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Community Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Community Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Community Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Brown Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brown Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<6>

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)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Island
    • James Island is located in Charleston County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,226 people
  • Charleston
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Ashepoo
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ashepoo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashepoo
    • Ashepoo is located in Colleton County
  • Belvedere
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belvedere have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvedere
    • Belvedere is located in Berkeley County
  • Otranto
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Otranto. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otranto
    • Otranto is located in Charleston County
  • 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)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ritter. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritter
    • Ritter is located in Colleton County
  • Mount Pleasant
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Drawdy
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Drawdy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drawdy
      • Drawdy is located in Colleton County
    • Mount Holly
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Holly have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
      • Mount Holly is located in Berkeley County
    • White Hall
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for White Hall. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
      • White Hall is located in Colleton County

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]<7>. 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 begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Yonges Island. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Charleston County: www.charlestoncounty.org/

The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/

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 location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>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.
<6>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.
<7>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Yonges Island) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Yonges Island. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6935, Longitude: -80.2307       In this case, the coordinates for Yonges Island have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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