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Introduction ...

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

We've added Millers Grove to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Millers Grove, 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 Millers Grove (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 Millers Grove. 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 Millers Grove ...

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 have occurred.

  • A typical abbreviation for Millers Grove: Millers Grv.
  • While the name of this community is Millers Grove, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<2>. So Millers Grove may originally have been Miller's Grove.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Millers Grove might be written as Miller Grove.

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 southwest 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 south.

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 south 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 Millers Grove is historic, it would have been located within present day Abbeville County.

To see how the shape of South Carolina's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Abbeville County: Elbert (GA), Anderson, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens & McCormick.

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

  • Abbeville County     (The home county of Millers Grove)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Millers Grove, with the one closest to Millers Grove listed first.
    • Abbeville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Due West
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Donalds
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Level Land
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Level Land have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Land
      • Level Land is located in Abbeville County
    • Ware Shoals
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Antreville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antreville
      • Antreville is located in Abbeville County
    • Calhoun Falls
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Latimer
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimer
      • Latimer is located in Abbeville County
    • Lake Secession
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Secession have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Secession
      • Lake Secession is located in Abbeville County
    • Honea Path
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Lowndesville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Anderson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Millers Grove, with the one closest to Millers Grove listed first.
    • Iva
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iva
      • Iva is located in Anderson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,341 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iva <3>
    • Belton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Starr
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Deans
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deans have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans
      • Deans is located in Anderson County
    • Homeland Park
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Homeland Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland Park
      • Homeland Park is located in Anderson County
  • Greenwood County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Millers Grove, with the one closest to Millers Grove listed first.
    • Promised Land
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Promised Land have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promised Land
      • Promised Land is located in Greenwood County
    • Verdery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Verdery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdery
      • Verdery is located in Greenwood County
    • Greenwood Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenwood Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Village
      • Greenwood Village is located in Greenwood County
    • Greenwood
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Grendel Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grendel Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grendel Village
      • Grendel Village is located in Greenwood County
    • Mathews Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mathews Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mathews Village
      • Mathews Village is located in Greenwood County
    • Panola Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Panola Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola Village
      • Panola Village is located in Greenwood County
    • Hodges
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Bradley
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Fairforest
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairforest
      • Fairforest is located in Greenwood County
    • Cokesbury
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cokesbury have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury
      • Cokesbury is located in Greenwood County
    • Coronaca
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coronaca have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coronaca
      • Coronaca is located in Greenwood County
  • Laurens County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Millers Grove, with the one closest to Millers Grove listed first.
    • Collins Lakeside Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Collins Lakeside Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins Lakeside Village
      • Collins Lakeside Village is located in Laurens County
    • Mount Gallagher
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Gallagher have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gallagher
      • Mount Gallagher is located in Laurens County
    • Waterloo
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Anglers Haven
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anglers Haven
      • Anglers Haven is located in Laurens County
    • Ekom
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekom
      • Ekom is located in Laurens County
    • Cross Hill
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Cold Point
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Point
      • Cold Point is located in Laurens County
    • Princeton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Princeton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
      • Princeton is located in Laurens County
    • Mountville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Lisbon ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lisbon have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
      • Lisbon is located in Laurens County
    • Laurens
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Clinton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • McCormick County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Millers Grove, with the one closest to Millers Grove listed first.
    • McCormick
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Mount Carmel
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Willington
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willington have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willington
      • Willington is located in McCormick County
    • Liberty Hill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
      • Liberty Hill is located in McCormick County
    • Plum Branch
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Parksville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Modoc
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Newberry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Millers Grove, with the one closest to Millers Grove listed first.
    • Chappells
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Old Town Ferry
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Town Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town Ferry
      • Old Town Ferry is located in Newberry County
  • Saluda County
    • Saluda
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Elbert County (GA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Millers Grove, with the one closest to Millers Grove listed first.
    • Bowman Ferry
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bowman Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman Ferry
      • Bowman Ferry is located in Elbert County (GA)
      • Estimated population in 2019: 808 people
    • Edinburg ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edinburg have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
      • Edinburg is located in Elbert County (GA)
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,396 people
  • Lincoln County (GA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Millers Grove, with the one closest to Millers Grove listed first.
    • Hesters Ferry
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hesters Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesters Ferry
      • Hesters Ferry is located in Lincoln County (GA)
      • Estimated population in 2019: 911 people
    • Lisbon ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lisbon have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
      • Lisbon is located in Lincoln County (GA)
    • Goshen
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
      • Goshen is located in Lincoln County (GA)
    • Midway
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
      • Midway is located in Lincoln County (GA)
    • Lincolnton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Millers Grove ...

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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Millers Grove.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Millers Grove, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Millers Grove.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Millers Grove:

Cemeteries Near Millers Grove ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Millers Grove.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Tolbert Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tolbert Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tolbert Cemetery
  • Little Adams Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Little Adams Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Little Adams Cemetery
  • Big Adams Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Big Adams Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Big Adams Cemetery
  • Ebeneezer Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ebeneezer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ebeneezer Cemetery
  • Salem Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Salem Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Salem Cemetery
  • Crossroads Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Crossroads Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Crossroads Cemetery
  • St. John Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. John Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. John Cemetery
  • Lyon - Lipford Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lyon - Lipford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lyon - Lipford Cemetery
  • Hillcrest Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hillcrest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillcrest Cemetery
  • Beaulah Baptist Church Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Aiken Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Aiken Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Aiken Cemetery
  • Morris Hill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Morris Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Morris Hill Cemetery
  • Continue List   (226 more) ...
    • Hobson Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hobson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hobson Cemetery
    • Trinity Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trinity Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity Cemetery
    • Cedar Grove Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cedar Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cedar Grove Cemetery

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.

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

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

  • Cana ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cana have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cana
    • Cana is located in Abbeville County
  • Darraugh
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Darraugh have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darraugh
    • Darraugh is located in Abbeville County
  • Greenwood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Bradley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Hodges
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Troy
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
    • Troy is located in Greenwood County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 101 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <3>
  • Dover ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dover have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
    • Dover is located in Abbeville County
  • Watts
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Watts have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watts
    • Watts is located in Abbeville County
  • Due West
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Calhoun Mill
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Calhoun Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun Mill
    • Calhoun Mill is located in Abbeville County
  • Ninety Six
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Donalds
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Level Land
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Level Land have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Land
      • Level Land is located in Abbeville County
    • Monterey ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monterey have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
      • Monterey is located in Abbeville County
    • Mount Gallagher
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Gallagher have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gallagher
      • Mount Gallagher is located in Laurens County

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

The official website for Abbeville County: www.abbevillecountygovernment.org/

The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/

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 Millers Grove, 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 location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Millers Grove) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Millers Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1668, Longitude: -82.2765       In this case, the coordinates for Millers Grove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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