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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 Brocks 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 Brocks 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 Brocks 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 Brocks Mill: Brocks Ml. (or less commonly used: Brocks Mll.)
  • While the name of this community is Brocks Mill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Brocks Mill may originally have been Brock's Mill.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Brocks Mill might be written as Brock 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.

Brocks Mill is located in Chesterfield County.

To see how the shape of South 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 Chesterfield County: Anson (NC), Richmond (NC), Union (NC), Darlington, Kershaw, Lancaster & Marlboro.

Below are the counties that are near Brocks Mill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brocks Mill:

  • Chesterfield County     (The home county of Brocks Mill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brocks Mill, with the one closest to Brocks Mill listed first.
    • Chesterfield
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Cheraw
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Cheraw is located in Chesterfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheraw
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,554 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cheraw <2>
    • Ruby
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Ruby is located in Chesterfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ruby <2>
    • Patrick
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Mount Croghan
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Angelus
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Angelus is located in Chesterfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelus
    • Pageland
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Jefferson
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • McBee
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • McBee is located in Chesterfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBee
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 838 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McBee <2>
    • White Plains
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • White Plains is located in Chesterfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
  • Darlington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brocks Mill, with the one closest to Brocks Mill listed first.
    • Society Hill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Greenplains ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Greenplains is located in Darlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenplains
    • Dovesville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Dovesville is located in Darlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dovesville
    • North Hartsville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • North Hartsville is located in Darlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hartsville
    • Hartsville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Mont Clare
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Mont Clare is located in Darlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mont Clare
    • Pine Ridge
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Pine Ridge is located in Darlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
    • Prestwood Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Prestwood Village is located in Darlington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prestwood Village
  • Marlboro County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brocks Mill, with the one closest to Brocks Mill listed first.
    • Wallace
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Newtonville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Newtonville is located in Marlboro County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtonville
    • Bennettsville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Tatum
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Blenheim
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • McColl
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Drake
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Drake is located in Marlboro County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
    • Clio
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Clio is located in Marlboro County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clio <2>
    • Red Bluff
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Red Bluff is located in Marlboro County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff
  • Anson County (NC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brocks Mill, with the one closest to Brocks Mill listed first.
    • McFarlan
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • McFarlan is located in Anson County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFarlan
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
    • Morven
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Morven is located in Anson County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morven
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 465 people
    • Jones Creek ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jones Creek is located in Anson County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Creek
    • Cairo
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Cairo is located in Anson County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
    • Lilesville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Wadesboro
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Mineral Springs
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Mineral Springs is located in Anson County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
    • Polkton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Polkton is located in Anson County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,288 people
    • Peachland
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Sugar Town
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Sugar Town is located in Anson County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Town
    • Ansonville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Ansonville is located in Anson County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansonville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
    • Burnsville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Burnsville is located in Anson County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnsville
  • Richmond County (NC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brocks Mill, with the one closest to Brocks Mill listed first.
    • Cordova
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Cordova is located in Richmond County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordova
    • Yates Hill
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Yates Hill is located in Richmond County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Hill
    • East Rockingham
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • East Rockingham is located in Richmond County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rockingham
    • Honey Town
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Honey Town is located in Richmond County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Town
    • New Town
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • New Town is located in Richmond County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
    • Rockingham
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Ghio Scholl Station
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Ghio Scholl Station is located in Richmond County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ghio Scholl Station
    • Dobbins Heights
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Dobbins Heights is located in Richmond County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Heights
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
    • Hamlet
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Hamlet is located in Richmond County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,356 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hamlet <2>
    • Steen Town
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Steen Town is located in Richmond County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steen Town
    • Mangum
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Mangum is located in Richmond County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mangum
    • Ellerbe
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Ellerbe is located in Richmond County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellerbe
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 968 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ellerbe <2>
  • Scotland County (NC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brocks Mill, with the one closest to Brocks Mill listed first.
    • Gibson
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Gibson is located in Scotland County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 497 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gibson <2>
    • Laurel Hill
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Richmond Mill
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Richmond Mill is located in Scotland County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Mill
    • Hasty
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Hasty is located in Scotland County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasty
    • Laurinburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Union County (NC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brocks Mill, with the one closest to Brocks Mill listed first.
    • Allens Crossroads
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Allens Crossroads is located in Union County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Crossroads
    • Marshville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Fairfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Fairfield is located in Union County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
    • Rock Rest
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Rock Rest is located in Union County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Rest
    • Wingate
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Wingate is located in Union County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingate
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,724 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wingate <2>

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brocks Mill, see our County-by-County Page for Brocks Mill.

Cemeteries Near Brocks Mill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brocks 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 Brocks Mill - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brocks Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brocks Mill, with the one closest to Brocks Mill listed first.

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>

While we didn't find Brocks Mill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Brocks Mill.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Brocks Mill, with the one closest to Brocks Mill listed first.

  • McFarlan
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • McFarlan is located in Anson County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFarlan
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
  • Cheraw
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Cheraw is located in Chesterfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheraw
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,554 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cheraw <2>
  • Morven
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Morven is located in Anson County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morven
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 465 people
  • Jones Creek ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jones Creek is located in Anson County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Creek
  • Cairo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Cairo is located in Anson County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
  • Ruby
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Ruby is located in Chesterfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ruby <2>
  • Cash
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Cash is located in Chesterfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash
  • Deep Creek
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Deep Creek is located in Anson County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Creek
  • Paris ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Paris is located in Anson County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
  • Bay Springs
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Bay Springs is located in Chesterfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Springs
  • Osborne
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Osborne is located in Richmond County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborne
  • Long Pine
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Long Pine is located in Anson County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Pine
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Mount Croghan
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Lilesville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Wadesboro
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Brocks Mill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brocks Mill.

Newspapers Published in Brocks 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 100 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brocks Mill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brocks Mill, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Brocks 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 Brocks Mill:

Footnotes ...

<1>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).
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<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 Brocks Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Brocks Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.