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 Greenville (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 Greenville. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Greenville is located in Outagamie County.
To see how the shape of Wisconsin's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Outagamie County: Brown, Calumet, Shawano, Waupaca & Winnebago.
Below are the counties that are near Greenville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Greenville:
- Outagamie County (The home county of Greenville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenville, with the one closest to Greenville listed first.
- Hortonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hortonville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
- Medina
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Medina is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina
- Appleton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Appleton is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74,058 people
- Former name for Appleton:
- Appleton Junction
- Apple Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Apple Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Creek
- Kimberly
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Kimberly is located in Outagamie County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,869 people
- Shiocton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Shiocton is located in Outagamie County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 914 people
- Combined Locks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Combined Locks is located in Outagamie County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,607 people
- Little Chute
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Little Chute is located in Outagamie County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,164 people
- Black Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Black Creek is located in Outagamie County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,309 people
- Freedom
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Freedom is located in Outagamie County
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- Chicago Corners
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chicago Corners is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicago Corners
- Seymour
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Seymour is located in Outagamie County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,457 people
- Bear Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bear Creek is located in Outagamie County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenville, with the one closest to Greenville listed first.
- Sniderville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Sniderville is located in Brown County
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- Wrightstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Wrightstown is located in Brown County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,631 people
- Askeaton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Askeaton is located in Brown County
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- Greenleaf
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Greenleaf is located in Brown County
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- Hobart
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hobart is located in Brown County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,495 people
- Oneida
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oneida is located in Brown County
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- Ashwaubenon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ashwaubenon is located in Brown County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,004 people
- De Pere
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- De Pere is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Pere
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,014 people
- Pittsfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pittsfield is located in Brown County
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- Morrison
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Morrison is located in Brown County
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- Allouez
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Allouez is located in Brown County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,784 people
- Duck Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Duck Creek is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek
- Green Bay
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Green Bay is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103,836 people
- Calumet County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenville, with the one closest to Greenville listed first.
- Kaukauna
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Kaukauna is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaukauna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,356 people
- Sherwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sherwood is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,040 people
- Harrison
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harrison is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Dundas
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Dundas is located in Calumet County
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- Saint John
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Saint John is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint John
- Stockbridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Stockbridge is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 619 people
- Forest Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Forest Junction is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Junction
- Hilbert
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hilbert is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilbert
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,081 people
- Brant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brant is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brant
- Quinney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Quinney is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinney
- Brillion
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Brillion is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brillion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,079 people
- Brothertown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Brothertown is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brothertown
- Potter
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Potter is located in Calumet County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 236 people
- Fond du Lac County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenville, with the one closest to Greenville listed first.
- Calumetville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Calumetville is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumetville
- Garnet
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Garnet is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garnet
- Green Lake County
- Berlin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Berlin is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,383 people
- Manitowoc County
- Reedsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Reedsville is located in Manitowoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,143 people
- Shawano County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenville, with the one closest to Greenville listed first.
- Briarton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Briarton is located in Shawano County
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- Rose Lawn
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Lawn is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Lawn
- Laney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Laney is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laney
- Frazer Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Frazer Corners is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazer Corners
- Lunds
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lunds is located in Shawano County
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- Belle Plaine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Belle Plaine is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Plaine
- Slab City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Slab City is located in Shawano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Bonduel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bonduel is located in Shawano County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,411 people
- Waupaca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenville, with the one closest to Greenville listed first.
- New London
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- New London is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,065 people
- Ostrander
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ostrander is located in Waupaca County
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- Fremont
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Fremont is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 647 people
- Gills Landing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Gills Landing is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gills Landing
- Little Wolf ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Little Wolf is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Wolf
- Weyauwega
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Weyauwega is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weyauwega
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,745 people
- Manawa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Manawa is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manawa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,269 people
- Baldwins Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Baldwins Mill is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwins Mill
- Clintonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Clintonville is located in Waupaca County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,353 people
- Embarrass
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Embarrass is located in Waupaca County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 375 people
- Ogdensburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ogdensburg is located in Waupaca County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Waupaca
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Waupaca is located in Waupaca County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,857 people
- King
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- King is located in Waupaca County
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- Waushara County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenville, with the one closest to Greenville listed first.
- West Bloomfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- West Bloomfield is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
- Poy Sippi
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Poy Sippi is located in Waushara County
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- Pine River
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Pine River is located in Waushara County
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- Saxeville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Saxeville is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxeville
- Winnebago County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenville, with the one closest to Greenville listed first.
- Fox Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fox Crossing is located in Winnebago County
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- Medina Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Medina Junction is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina Junction
- Menasha
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Menasha is located in Winnebago County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,796 people
- Neenah
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Neenah is located in Winnebago County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,363 people
- Adella Beach
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Adella Beach is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adella Beach
- Allenville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Allenville is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Zittau
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Zittau is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zittau
- Orihula
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Orihula is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orihula
- Winneconne
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Winneconne is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winneconne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
- Harbor Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Harbor Springs is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Springs
- Reighmoor
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Reighmoor is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reighmoor
- Oshkosh
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Oshkosh is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oshkosh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66,495 people
- Omro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Omro is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,592 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Greenville, see our County-by-County Page for Greenville.
Cemeteries Near Greenville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Greenville.
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 Greenville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Greenville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Greenville, with the one closest to Greenville listed first.
- Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Wanderers Rest Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Greenville Pioneer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ellington Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- South Medina Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Medina Cemetery
- The South Medina Cemetery has also been known as:
- Medina Cemetery
- Appleton Highland Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton Highland Memorial Park
- The Appleton Highland Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Appleton Cemetery
- Highland Memorial Cemetery
- Hortonville Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- St. Mary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (263 more) ...
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Grand Chute Pioneer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- St. Edwards 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Greenville had a population of 47 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Greenville, with the one closest to Greenville listed first.
- Medina
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Medina is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina
- Stephensville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Stephensville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephensville
- Hortonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hortonville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
- Medina Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Medina Junction is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina Junction
- Appleton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Appleton is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74,058 people
- Former name for Appleton:
- Appleton Junction
- Mackville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mackville is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackville
- Dale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Dale is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Menasha
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Menasha is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menasha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,796 people
- Larsen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Larsen is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larsen
- Neenah
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Neenah is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neenah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,363 people
- Apple Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Apple Creek is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Creek
- Kimberly
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Kimberly is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,869 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Binghamton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Binghamton is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binghamton
- Shiocton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Shiocton is located in Outagamie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiocton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 914 people
- Snells
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Snells is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snells
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Greenville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Greenville.
Newspapers Published in Greenville ...
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 100 newspapers that have been published in the area around Greenville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Greenville, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Greenville.
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 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 Greenville:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Outagamie County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Calumet County
- Fond du Lac County
- Green Lake County
- Manitowoc County
- Shawano County
- Waupaca County
- Waushara County
- Winnebago County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | 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 Greenville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Greenville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |