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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Bosts Mill. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Bosts Mill to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Bosts Mill, please Contact Us.
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 Bosts 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 Bosts 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 Bosts 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 Bosts Mill: Bosts Ml. (or less commonly used: Bosts Mll.)
- While the name of this community is Bosts Mill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<2>. So Bosts Mill may originally have been Bost's Mill.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Bosts Mill might be written as Bost 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Bosts Mill is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Bosts Mill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bosts Mill:
- Cabarrus County (The home county of Bosts Mill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bosts Mill, with the one closest to Bosts Mill listed first.
- Georgeville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Georgeville is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Midland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pleasant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Concord
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Harrisburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Rimer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Rimer is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Poplar Tent
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- 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
- Cannon Crossroads
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- 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
- Tulin ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tulin is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulin
- Anson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bosts Mill, with the one closest to Bosts Mill listed first.
- Burnsville
(18 miles [29 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Town is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Town
- Ansonville
(24 miles [38.6 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Polkton
(25 miles [40.2 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- 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 Bosts Mill, with the one closest to Bosts Mill listed first.
- Southmont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Southmont is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southmont
- Handy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Handy is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handy
- Complex
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Complex is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Complex
- Lakeview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lakeview is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Denton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Hill is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hill
- Davie County
- Clinton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Clinton is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Gaston County
- Mount Holly
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Iredell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bosts Mill, with the one closest to Bosts 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
- Mayhew
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mayhew is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayhew
- Shepherds
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shepherds is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherds
- Mecklenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bosts Mill, with the one closest to Bosts Mill listed first.
- Allen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Allen is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Mint Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Newell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Newell is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Matthews
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Belmont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Belmont is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Chantilly
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Chantilly is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chantilly
- Croft
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Croft is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croft
- Charlotte
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Greenville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Greenville is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Providence ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Providence is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Biddleville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Biddleville is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biddleville
- Spring Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Spring Lake is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bosts Mill, with the one closest to Bosts Mill listed first.
- Blaine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Blaine is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Eldorado
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Eldorado is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Mount Gilead
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Wadeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wadeville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadeville
- Ophir
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ophir is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Richmond County
- Mangum
(30 miles [48.3 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 Bosts Mill, with the one closest to Bosts Mill listed first.
- Kannapolis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Garfield ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Garfield is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Rockwell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Shupings Mill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Shupings Mill is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shupings Mill
- Gold Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Kannapolis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Kannapolis is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kannapolis
- China Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Crescent
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Crescent is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Enochville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Enochville is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enochville
- Landis
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Faith
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Corriher Heights
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Corriher Heights is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corriher Heights
- Stanly County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bosts Mill, with the one closest to Bosts Mill listed first.
- Locust
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stanfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lambert
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lambert is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
- Red Cross
(6 miles [9.7 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
- Bloomington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bloomington is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Oakboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Millingport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Millingport is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millingport
- Plyer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Plyer is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plyer
- Cedar Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cedar Village is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Village
- Albemarle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Misenheimer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Misenheimer is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misenheimer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 742 people
- New London
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bosts Mill, with the one closest to Bosts Mill listed first.
- Fairview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Fairview is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,984 people
- Unionville
(16 miles [25.7 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
- Fairfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Fairfield is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Hemby Bridge
(17 miles [27.4 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
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Park
(18 miles [29 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Monroe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Wingate
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Marshville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Carmel Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Carmel Village is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel Village
- Rock Rest
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Rock Rest is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Rest
- Lancaster County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bosts Mill, with the one closest to Bosts Mill listed first.
- Camp Cox
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Camp Cox is located in Lancaster County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Cox
- Colonial Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Colonial Village is located in Lancaster County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Indian Land
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bosts Mill, see our County-by-County Page for Bosts Mill.
Cemeteries Near Bosts Mill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bosts 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 Bosts Mill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bosts Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bosts Mill, with the one closest to Bosts Mill listed first.
- Community Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- St. Peters Lutheran Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ridgecrest Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Eudy Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Oakboro Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rutherford Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Union Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- St. James Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Union Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ira V. Ferguson Memorial Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Canton Baptist Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (132 more) ...
- Barbees Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Old Freedom Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Carolina Memorial Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
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.
Bosts Mill itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 21 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bosts Mill, with the one closest to Bosts Mill listed first.
- Georgeville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Georgeville is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Furrs ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Furrs is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furrs
- Mount Pleasant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pioneer Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pioneer Mills is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Mills
- Finger
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Finger is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finger
- Bloomington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bloomington is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Concord
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Harrisburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Plyer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Plyer is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plyer
- Rimer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Rimer is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Burdett ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Burdett is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdett
- Monteith ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Monteith is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monteith
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Mint Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Drys Mill ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Drys Mill is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drys Mill
- Albemarle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bosts Mill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bosts Mill.
Newspapers Published in Bosts 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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bosts Mill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bosts Mill, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bosts Mill.
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 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 Bosts Mill:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Cabarrus County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anson County
- Davidson County
- Davie County
- Gaston County
- Iredell County
- Mecklenburg County
- Montgomery County
- Richmond County
- Rowan County
- Stanly County
- Union County
- Lancaster County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bosts Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | 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). |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Bosts Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |