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Welcome to Barriers Mill ...

Barriers Mill is located in Cabarrus County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Barriers Mill: Barriers Ml. (or less commonly used: Barriers Mll.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Barriers Mill for more information about variations on the name of Barriers Mill.

Barriers Mill is 570 feet [174 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Barriers Mill lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Barriers Mill: 704 & 980<3>

Communities near Barriers Mill ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Barriers Mill.

  • Concord
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Kannapolis
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Mint Hill
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Harrisburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Albemarle
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • China Grove
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • 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
  • Midland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Locust
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Landis
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Barriers Mill. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Barriers Mill.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Barriers Mill. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Barriers Mill.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Barriers Mill. See our Newspapers Page for Barriers Mill.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Barriers Mill ...

Looking for more information about Barriers Mill? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Barriers Mill, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Barriers Mill.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Cabarrus, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Barriers Mill - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 704 code has been Overlayed with the 980 area code. New phone numbers in the Barriers Mill area will be assigned with one of these codes: 704 or 980. As a result, placing a call in the Barriers Mill area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.