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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Drys Mill. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Drys Mill to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Drys 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 Drys 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 Drys 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 Drys 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 Drys Mill: Drys Ml. (or less commonly used: Drys Mll.)
- While the name of this community is Drys Mill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<2>. So Drys Mill may originally have been Dry's Mill.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Drys Mill might be written as Dry 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Drys 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 Drys Mill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Drys Mill:
- Cabarrus County (The home county of Drys Mill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Drys Mill, with the one closest to Drys Mill listed first.
- Mount Pleasant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rimer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rimer is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Georgeville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Georgeville is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Bosts Mill ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bosts Mill is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosts Mill
- Concord
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Fisher Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Fisher Town is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Town
- Poplar Tent
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Poplar Tent is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Tent
- Midland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Harrisburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tulin ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Tulin is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulin
- Cannon Crossroads
(23 miles [37 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 Drys Mill, with the one closest to Drys Mill listed first.
- Roper ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Roper is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
- Burnsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Burnsville is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnsville
- Ansonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ansonville is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Sugar Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Sugar Town is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Town
- Davidson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Drys Mill, with the one closest to Drys Mill listed first.
- Southmont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Southmont is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southmont
- Handy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Handy is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handy
- Complex
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Complex is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Complex
- Denton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Hill is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hill
- Cotton Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Cotton Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Grove
- Lakeview
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lakeview is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Linwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Cedar Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Grove is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Silver Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Valley is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Valley
- Sapona
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Sapona is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sapona
- Tyro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Tyro is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyro
- Lexington
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Davie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Drys Mill, with the one closest to Drys Mill listed first.
- Clinton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Clinton is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Cooleemee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ephesus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ephesus is located in Davie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus
- Iredell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Drys Mill, with the one closest to Drys Mill listed first.
- Mazeppa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mazeppa is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazeppa
- Mooresville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Mount Mourne
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Mount Mourne is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Mourne
- Shepherds
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Shepherds is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherds
- Mecklenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Drys Mill, with the one closest to Drys Mill listed first.
- Allen
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Allen is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Newell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Newell is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Davidson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Mint Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Croft
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Croft is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croft
- Cornelius
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Huntersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Drys Mill, with the one closest to Drys Mill listed first.
- Blaine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Blaine is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Eldorado
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Eldorado is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Ophir
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Ophir is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Abner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Abner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abner
- Shiloh ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Shiloh is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
- Wadeville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wadeville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadeville
- Troy
(26 miles [41.8 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 <3>
- Mount Gilead
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Gilead is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gilead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,141 people
- Allreds
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Allreds is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allreds
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Drys Mill, with the one closest to Drys Mill listed first.
- Eleazer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Eleazer is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleazer
- Mechanic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mechanic is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanic
- Rowan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Drys Mill, with the one closest to Drys Mill listed first.
- Gold Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Garfield ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Garfield is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Liberty
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Liberty is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Rockwell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crescent
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Crescent is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Pooletown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pooletown is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pooletown
- Craven
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Craven is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craven
- Morgan Ford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Morgan Ford is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Ford
- Faith
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Shupings Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Shupings Mill is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shupings Mill
- Timbercreek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Timbercreek is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbercreek
- Granite Quarry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Correll Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Correll Park is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Correll Park
- Stanly County
- The following are listed by their distance from Drys Mill, with the one closest to Drys Mill listed first.
- Misenheimer
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Misenheimer is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misenheimer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 742 people
- Richfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Millingport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Millingport is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millingport
- New London
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Plyer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Plyer is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plyer
- Bloomington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bloomington is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Lambert
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lambert is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
- Albemarle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Palmerville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Palmerville is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerville
- Cedar Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Village is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Village
- Badin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Red Cross
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Red Cross is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Cross
- Population from the 2020 Census: 769 people
- Locust
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Drys Mill, with the one closest to Drys Mill listed first.
- Fairview
(25 miles [40.2 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Fairfield is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Unionville
(30 miles [48.3 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
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Drys Mill, see our County-by-County Page for Drys Mill.
Cemeteries Near Drys Mill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Drys 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 Drys Mill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Drys Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Drys Mill, with the one closest to Drys Mill listed first.
- Gold Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Morgan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Christiana Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Eudy Family Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Newsom Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Antioch Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- St. Peters Lutheran Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgecrest Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Canton Baptist Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Poplin Grove Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wittenberg Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (109 more) ...
- Shiloh Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- St. James Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Fairview Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
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.
Drys Mill itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 18 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Drys Mill, with the one closest to Drys Mill listed first.
- Gold Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pool ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pool is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pool
- Garfield ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Garfield is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Millerton ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Millerton is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
- Rockwell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Finger
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Finger is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finger
- New London
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Plyer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Plyer is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plyer
- Rimer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rimer is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Craven
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Craven is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craven
- Faith
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Bloomington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bloomington is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Granite Quarry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Albemarle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Drys Mill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Drys Mill.
Newspapers Published in Drys 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 68 newspapers that have been published in the area around Drys Mill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Drys 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 Drys Mill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Drys Mill:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Cabarrus County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anson County
- Davidson County
- Davie County
- Iredell County
- Mecklenburg County
- Montgomery County
- Randolph County
- Rowan County
- Stanly County
- Union 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 Drys 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 from Point A (ie- Drys Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |