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 Pioneer Mills (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 Pioneer Mills. 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 Pioneer Mills ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Pioneer Mills: Pioneer Mls. (or less commonly used: Pioneer Mlls.)
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Pioneer Mills 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 Pioneer Mills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pioneer Mills:
- Cabarrus County (The home county of Pioneer Mills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pioneer Mills, with the one closest to Pioneer Mills listed first.
- Midland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Harrisburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bosts Mill ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bosts Mill is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosts Mill
- Georgeville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Georgeville is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Concord
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Poplar Tent
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Poplar Tent is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Tent
- Mount Pleasant
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cannon Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tulin is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulin
- Fisher Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Fisher Town is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Town
- Rimer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Rimer is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Anson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pioneer Mills, with the one closest to Pioneer Mills listed first.
- Burnsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Burnsville is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnsville
- Roper ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Roper is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
- Peachland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Town is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Town
- 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
- Ansonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ansonville is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Mineral Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mineral Springs is located in Anson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Catawba County
- Lake Norman of Catawba
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gaston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pioneer Mills, with the one closest to Pioneer Mills listed first.
- Brown Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Brown Town is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Town
- Mount Holly
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Belmont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lucia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lucia is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucia
- Woodland ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Woodland is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Catawba ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Catawba is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Cramerton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- McAdenville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lowell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Spencer Mountain
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Spencer Mountain is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer Mountain
- Estimated population in 2016: 36 people
- Stanley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Begonia ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Begonia is located in Gaston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Begonia
- Iredell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pioneer Mills, with the one closest to Pioneer Mills listed first.
- Mount Mourne
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Mourne is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Mourne
- Mooresville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mayhew
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mayhew is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayhew
- Mazeppa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mazeppa is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazeppa
- Doolie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Doolie is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolie
- Shepherds
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shepherds is located in Iredell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherds
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pioneer Mills, with the one closest to Pioneer Mills listed first.
- Lowesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lowesville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowesville
- Westport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Westport is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Triangle ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Triangle is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triangle
- Machpelah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Machpelah is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Machpelah
- Mecklenburg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pioneer Mills, with the one closest to Pioneer Mills listed first.
- Allen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Allen is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Mint Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Newell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Newell is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Matthews
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Belmont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Belmont is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Chantilly
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Chantilly is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chantilly
- Charlotte
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Croft
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Croft is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croft
- Providence ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Providence is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Greenville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Greenville is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Biddleville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Biddleville is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biddleville
- Wilmore
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Wilmore is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmore
- Rowan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pioneer Mills, with the one closest to Pioneer Mills listed first.
- Kannapolis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- North Kannapolis
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- North Kannapolis is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kannapolis
- Enochville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Enochville is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enochville
- Landis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Corriher Heights
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Corriher Heights is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corriher Heights
- Shupings Mill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Shupings Mill is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shupings Mill
- China Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Five Forks
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Five Forks is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
- Five Points
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Five Points is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Harris Chapel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Harris Chapel is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Chapel
- Garfield ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Garfield is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Gold Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stanly County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pioneer Mills, with the one closest to Pioneer Mills listed first.
- Locust
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Stanfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Red Cross
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Red Cross is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Cross
- Population from the 2020 Census: 769 people
- Lambert
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lambert is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
- Oakboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Bloomington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Bloomington is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Millingport
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Millingport is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millingport
- Plyer
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Plyer is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plyer
- Cedar Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Cedar Village is located in Stanly County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Village
- Misenheimer
(22 miles [35.4 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Richfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pioneer Mills, with the one closest to Pioneer Mills listed first.
- Fairview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,984 people
- Hemby Bridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hemby Bridge is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemby Bridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,846 people
- Stallings
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lake Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- 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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Unionville
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Monroe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Fairfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfield is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Wesley Chapel
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- White Oak
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- White Oak is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Carmel Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Carmel Village is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel Village
- Wingate
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lancaster County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pioneer Mills, with the one closest to Pioneer Mills listed first.
- Colonial Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Colonial Village is located in Lancaster County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Camp Cox
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Camp Cox is located in Lancaster County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Cox
- Indian Land
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- York County (SC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pioneer Mills, with the one closest to Pioneer Mills listed first.
- Fort Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Wylie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Riverview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Riverview is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Tega Cay
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- India Hook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- India Hook is located in York County (SC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for India Hook
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pioneer Mills, see our County-by-County Page for Pioneer Mills.
Cemeteries Near Pioneer Mills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pioneer Mills.
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 Pioneer Mills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pioneer Mills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pioneer Mills, with the one closest to Pioneer Mills listed first.
- Ira V. Ferguson Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Charlotte Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Logan Chapel CME Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sunset Memory Gardens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rice Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Cemetery
- The Rice Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hartt Cemetery
- Rutherford Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Union Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Newell Baptist Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Plaza Road Baptist Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Emmanuel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (133 more) ...
- Community Baptist Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- St. Peters Lutheran Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Siloam Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Pioneer Mills had a population of 82 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pioneer Mills, with the one closest to Pioneer Mills listed first.
- Burdett ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Burdett is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdett
- Furrs ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Furrs is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furrs
- Harrisburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mint Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bosts Mill ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bosts Mill is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosts Mill
- Monteith ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Monteith is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monteith
- Georgeville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Georgeville is located in Cabarrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Newell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Newell is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Kingwood ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kingwood is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingwood
- Hoods ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hoods is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoods
- Concord
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Eastfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eastfield is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastfield
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Derita
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Derita is located in Mecklenburg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derita
- Matthews
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pleasant
(12 miles [19.3 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 Pioneer Mills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pioneer Mills.
Newspapers Published in Pioneer Mills ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pioneer Mills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pioneer Mills, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pioneer Mills.
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 Pioneer Mills:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Cabarrus County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anson County
- Catawba County
- Gaston County
- Iredell County
- Lincoln County
- Mecklenburg County
- Rowan County
- Stanly County
- Union County
- Lancaster County
- York County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Pioneer Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Pioneer Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |