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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 Barriers Mill (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 Barriers Mill. 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 Barriers Mill ...

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 Barriers Mill: Barriers Ml. (or less commonly used: Barriers Mll.)
  • While the name of this community is Barriers Mill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Barriers Mill may originally have been Barrier's Mill.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Barriers Mill might be written as Barrier Mill.

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.

Barriers Mill is located in Cabarrus County.

To see how the shape of North 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 Cabarrus County: Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Stanly & Union.

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

  • Cabarrus County     (The home county of Barriers Mill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barriers Mill, with the one closest to Barriers Mill listed first.
    • Mount Pleasant
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Bosts Mill ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Bosts Mill is located in Cabarrus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosts Mill
    • Georgeville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Georgeville is located in Cabarrus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
    • Rimer
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Rimer is located in Cabarrus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
    • Concord
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Midland
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Harrisburg
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Poplar Tent
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Poplar Tent is located in Cabarrus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Tent
    • Fisher Town
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Fisher Town is located in Cabarrus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Town
    • Tulin ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Tulin is located in Cabarrus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulin
    • Cannon Crossroads
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Cannon Crossroads is located in Cabarrus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon Crossroads
      • Cannon Crossroads has also been known as:
      • Cannon Cross Roads
      • Cannon's Crossroads
      • Wallace Cross Roads
      • Wallace Crossroads
  • Anson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barriers Mill, with the one closest to Barriers Mill listed first.
    • Burnsville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Burnsville is located in Anson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnsville
    • Roper ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Roper is located in Anson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
    • Sugar Town
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Sugar Town is located in Anson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Town
    • Ansonville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Ansonville is located in Anson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansonville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
    • Peachland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Polkton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Polkton is located in Anson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,288 people
    • Mineral Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Mineral Springs is located in Anson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
  • Davidson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barriers Mill, with the one closest to Barriers Mill listed first.
    • Southmont
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Southmont is located in Davidson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southmont
    • Handy
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Handy is located in Davidson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handy
    • Complex
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Complex is located in Davidson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Complex
    • Lakeview
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Lakeview is located in Davidson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
    • Denton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cotton Grove
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Cotton Grove is located in Davidson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Grove
    • Silver Hill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Silver Hill is located in Davidson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hill
    • Linwood
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Cedar Grove
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Cedar Grove is located in Davidson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
  • Davie County
    • Clinton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Clinton is located in Davie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
  • Iredell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barriers Mill, with the one closest to Barriers Mill listed first.
    • Mooresville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Mourne
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Mount Mourne is located in Iredell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Mourne
    • Mazeppa
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Mazeppa is located in Iredell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazeppa
    • Shepherds
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Shepherds is located in Iredell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherds
    • Mayhew
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Mayhew is located in Iredell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayhew
  • Mecklenburg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barriers Mill, with the one closest to Barriers Mill listed first.
    • Allen
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Allen is located in Mecklenburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
    • Mint Hill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Newell
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Newell is located in Mecklenburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
    • Croft
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Croft is located in Mecklenburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croft
    • Chantilly
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Chantilly is located in Mecklenburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chantilly
    • Matthews
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Belmont
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Belmont is located in Mecklenburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
    • Charlotte
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Davidson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Greenville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Greenville is located in Mecklenburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
    • Spring Lake
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Spring Lake is located in Mecklenburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
    • Biddleville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Biddleville is located in Mecklenburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biddleville
  • Montgomery County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barriers Mill, with the one closest to Barriers Mill listed first.
    • Blaine
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Blaine is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
    • Eldorado
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Eldorado is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
    • Mount Gilead
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Mount Gilead is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gilead
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,141 people
    • Ophir
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Ophir is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
    • Wadeville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Wadeville is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadeville
    • Shiloh ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Shiloh is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
    • Abner
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Abner is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abner
    • Troy
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Troy is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,293 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <2>
  • Randolph County
    • Eleazer
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Eleazer is located in Randolph County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleazer
  • Richmond County
    • Mangum
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Mangum is located in Richmond County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mangum
  • Rowan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barriers Mill, with the one closest to Barriers Mill listed first.
    • Gold Hill
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Garfield ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Garfield is located in Rowan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
    • Rockwell
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Shupings Mill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Shupings Mill is located in Rowan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shupings Mill
    • Kannapolis
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Crescent
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Crescent is located in Rowan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
    • North Kannapolis
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • North Kannapolis is located in Rowan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kannapolis
    • Faith
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Liberty
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Liberty is located in Rowan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
    • Landis
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Correll Park
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Correll Park is located in Rowan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Correll Park
    • China Grove
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Stanly County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barriers Mill, with the one closest to Barriers Mill listed first.
    • Lambert
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Lambert is located in Stanly County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
    • Locust
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Bloomington
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Bloomington is located in Stanly County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
    • Millingport
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Millingport is located in Stanly County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millingport
    • Red Cross
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Red Cross is located in Stanly County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Cross
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 769 people
    • Plyer
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Plyer is located in Stanly County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plyer
    • Stanfield
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Oakboro
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Cedar Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Cedar Village is located in Stanly County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Village
    • Misenheimer
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Misenheimer is located in Stanly County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misenheimer
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 742 people
    • Albemarle
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Richfield
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Union County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barriers Mill, with the one closest to Barriers Mill listed first.
    • Fairview
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Fairview is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,984 people
    • Fairfield
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Fairfield is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
    • Unionville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Unionville is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,344 people
    • Hemby Bridge
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Hemby Bridge is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemby Bridge
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,846 people
    • Stallings
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Lake Park
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Lake Park is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,999 people
    • Indian Trail
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Marshville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Monroe
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Wingate
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Rock Rest
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Rock Rest is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Rest
    • Carmel Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Carmel Village is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel Village

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

Cemeteries Near Barriers Mill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Barriers Mill.

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 Barriers Mill - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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.<5>

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

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

  • Mount Pleasant
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Bosts Mill ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Bosts Mill is located in Cabarrus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosts Mill
  • Georgeville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Georgeville is located in Cabarrus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
  • Finger
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Finger is located in Stanly County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finger
  • Furrs ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Furrs is located in Cabarrus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furrs
  • Bloomington
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Bloomington is located in Stanly County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
  • Rimer
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Rimer is located in Cabarrus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
  • Plyer
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Plyer is located in Stanly County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plyer
  • Concord
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Drys Mill ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Drys Mill is located in Cabarrus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drys Mill
  • Pioneer Mills
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Pioneer Mills is located in Cabarrus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Mills
  • Albemarle
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Gold Hill
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Harrisburg
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • New London
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Barriers Mill ...

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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Barriers Mill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Barriers Mill, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Barriers Mill.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Barriers Mill:

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>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Barriers Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<5>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 Barriers Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.