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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 occur.
- 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.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Millers Grove. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Millers 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 southeast 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 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 east 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 may 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.
- Cana ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Cana is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cana
- 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)
- Level Land is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Land
- Monterey ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Monterey is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Ware Shoals
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Antreville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Antreville is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antreville
- Calhoun Falls
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Latimer
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Latimer is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimer
- Lake Secession
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Secession is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Secession
- 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)
- Iva is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iva
- 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)
- Deans is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deans
- Homeland Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Homeland Park is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland Park
- 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)
- Promised Land is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promised Land
- Verdery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Verdery is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdery
- Greenwood Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Greenwood Village is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Village
- Greenwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Grendel Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Grendel Village is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grendel Village
- Mathews Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mathews Village is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mathews Village
- Panola Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Panola Village is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola Village
- 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)
- Fairforest is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairforest
- Cokesbury
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cokesbury is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury
- Coronaca
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Coronaca is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coronaca
- Troy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- 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)
- Mount Gallagher
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Mount Gallagher is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gallagher
- Waterloo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Anglers Haven
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Anglers Haven is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anglers Haven
- Ekom
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Ekom is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekom
- Cross Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cold Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cold Point is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Point
- Princeton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Princeton is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
- Simpson ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Simpson is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Mountville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lisbon ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lisbon is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- 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)
- Willington is located in McCormick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willington
- Liberty Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Liberty Hill is located in McCormick County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- 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)
- Mudlick
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Mudlick is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudlick
- Old Town Ferry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Old Town Ferry is located in Newberry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town Ferry
- 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)
- Bowman Ferry is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 808 people
- Edinburg ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Edinburg is located in Elbert County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- 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)
- Hesters Ferry is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesters Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 911 people
- Lisbon ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lisbon is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Goshen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Goshen is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Midway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Midway is located in Lincoln County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- 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.
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.
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 Millers Grove - one of the links might be able to help.
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)
- Little Adams Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Big Adams Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Ebeneezer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Salem Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Crossroads Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. John Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lyon - Lipford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Beaulah Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Aiken Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Morris Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (228 more) ...
- Hobson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Trinity Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
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)
- Cana is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cana
- Darraugh
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Darraugh is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darraugh
- 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)
- Dover ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Dover is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Watts
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Watts is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watts
- Due West
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Calhoun Mill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Calhoun Mill is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun Mill
- 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)
- Level Land is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level Land
- Monterey ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Monterey is located in Abbeville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Mount Gallagher
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Mount Gallagher is located in Laurens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gallagher
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.
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]<4>. 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 first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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:
- Websites specific to South Carolina
- Pages specific to Abbeville County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Greenwood County
- Laurens County
- McCormick County
- Newberry County
- Saluda County
- Elbert County
- Lincoln County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for South 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 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> | 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. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |