Welcome to Rowan Mills ...

So far, we found very little information about Rowan Mills. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Rowan Mills to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Rowan Mills, please Contact Us.

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Rowan Mills would have been located within present day Rowan County<2>.

The location of Rowan Mills has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

The pronunciation of Rowan Mills: roe-ANN<4>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rowan Mills, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1856.

A typical abbreviation for Rowan Mills: Rowan Mls. (or less commonly used: Rowan Mlls.)

While the community is gone, the present day location for Rowan Mills is 740 feet [226 m] above sea level.<5>.

Time Zone: The area where Rowan Mills was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The location where Rowan Mills once stood is in the (704) and (980)<6> area codes.

Websites for Rowan Mills ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.rowanchamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Rowan Mills, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Rowan Mills ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Rowan Mills - it's located in Ontario.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rowan Mills.

Communities near Rowan Mills ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rowan Mills.

• Concord
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
  • Concord is located in Cabarrus County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 98,500 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Concord <7>
• Kannapolis
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kannapolis have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kannapolis
  • Kannapolis is located in Rowan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 52,007 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kannapolis <7>
• Mooresville
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresville
  • Mooresville is located in Iredell County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,962 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mooresville <7>
• Lexington
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington
  • Lexington is located in Davidson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,141 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lexington <7>
• Mocksville
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mocksville
  • Mocksville is located in Davie County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,297 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mocksville <7>
• China Grove
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China Grove
  • China Grove is located in Rowan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,249 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for China Grove <7>
• Spencer
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer
  • Spencer is located in Rowan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,260 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spencer <7>
• Landis
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Landis have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landis
  • Landis is located in Rowan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,148 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Landis <7>
• Granite Quarry
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Quarry
  • Granite Quarry is located in Rowan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,002 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Granite Quarry <7>
• Mount Pleasant
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Mount Pleasant is located in Cabarrus County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,226 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Pleasant <7>

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 Rowan Mills. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rowan Mills.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rowan Mills. 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 Rowan Mills.

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

Adding Rowan Mills to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Rowan Mills in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Rowan Mills was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>

From that list, the Rowan Mills post office opened in 1856.

We also found Rowan Mills in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rowan Mills.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Rowan County: www.co.rowan.nc.us/

The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/