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Introduction ...

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

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

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 northwest 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 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 west 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Millville is historic, it would have been located within present day Spartanburg 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 Spartanburg County: Polk (NC), Rutherford (NC), Cherokee, Greenville, Laurens & Union.

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

  • Spartanburg County     (The home county of Millville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Millville, with the one closest to Millville listed first.
    • Moore
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Woodruff
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Pauline
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Roebuck
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Green Pond
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Pond
      • Green Pond is located in Spartanburg County
    • Enoree
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Crescent
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
      • Crescent is located in Spartanburg County
    • Camp Croft
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Croft
      • Camp Croft is located in Spartanburg County
    • Reidville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Cross Anchor
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Franklin Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Franklin Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Village
      • Franklin Village is located in Spartanburg County
    • Hub City Courts
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hub City Courts have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub City Courts
      • Hub City Courts is located in Spartanburg County
    • White Stone
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Abbeville County
    • Ware Shoals
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Anderson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Millville, with the one closest to Millville listed first.
    • Pelzer
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Piedmont
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Powderville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Powderville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powderville
      • Powderville is located in Anderson County
    • West Pelzer
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Pelzer have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pelzer
      • West Pelzer is located in Anderson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 953 people
  • Cherokee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Millville, with the one closest to Millville listed first.
    • Macedonia
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia
      • Macedonia is located in Cherokee County
    • Chesnee
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Gaffney
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • East Gaffney
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Gaffney have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gaffney
      • East Gaffney is located in Cherokee County
  • Chester County
    • Cabal
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabal
      • Cabal is located in Chester County
  • Greenville County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Millville, with the one closest to Millville listed first.
    • Fountain Inn
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Five Forks
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Forks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Forks
      • Five Forks is located in Greenville County
    • Pelham
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pelham have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham
      • Pelham is located in Greenville County
    • Woodland Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodland Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Village
      • Woodland Village is located in Greenville County
    • Simpsonville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Greer
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greer
      • Greer is located in Greenville County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,316 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greer <2>
    • East Gate Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Gate Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gate Village
      • East Gate Village is located in Greenville County
    • Mauldin
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauldin
      • Mauldin is located in Greenville County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,562 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mauldin <2>
    • Chick Springs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chick Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chick Springs
      • Chick Springs is located in Greenville County
    • Taylors
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Fork Shoals
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fork Shoals have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fork Shoals
      • Fork Shoals is located in Greenville County
    • Conestee
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Wade Hampton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wade Hampton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wade Hampton
      • Wade Hampton is located in Greenville County
  • Laurens County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Millville, with the one closest to Millville listed first.
    • Tylersville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tylersville
      • Tylersville is located in Laurens County
    • Gray Court
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Green Pond
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Pond
      • Green Pond is located in Laurens County
    • Laurens
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Clinton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Renno
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renno
      • Renno is located in Laurens County
    • Cold Point
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Point
      • Cold Point is located in Laurens County
    • Lisbon ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lisbon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
      • Lisbon is located in Laurens County
    • Joanna
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Ekom
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekom
      • Ekom is located in Laurens County
    • Princeton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Princeton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
      • Princeton is located in Laurens County
    • Mountville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Kinards
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Newberry County
    • Whitmire
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Union County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Millville, with the one closest to Millville listed first.
    • Colerain
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colerain have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colerain
      • Colerain is located in Union County
    • Buffalo
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Bishop Town ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bishop Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop Town
      • Bishop Town is located in Union County
    • Jonesville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Bonham
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bonham have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonham
      • Bonham is located in Union County
    • Union
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Bailey Town ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bailey Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
      • Bailey Town is located in Union County
    • Red Town ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Town
      • Red Town is located in Union County
    • Lockhart
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Sartor Town
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sartor Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sartor Town
      • Sartor Town is located in Union County
    • Carlisle
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • York County
    • Hopewell
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hopewell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
      • Hopewell is located in York County

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

Newspapers Published in Millville ...

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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Millville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Millville, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Millville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Millville:

Cemeteries Near Millville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Millville.

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 Millville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Unity Baptist Church Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Unity Baptist Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Unity Baptist Church Cemetery
  • Cathcart Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cathcart Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cathcart Cemetery
  • Trail Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trail Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trail Cemetery
  • Walnut Grove Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Walnut Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Walnut Grove Cemetery
  • Hebron United Methodist Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hebron United Methodist Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hebron United Methodist Cemetery
  • Crestview Memorial Gardens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Crestview Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Crestview Memorial Gardens
  • Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • New Bethel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Bethel Cemetery
  • Greenhaven Memorial Gardens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenhaven Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenhaven Memorial Gardens
  • Cedar Shoals Baptist Church Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Frye - Smith - Whiteside Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Frye - Smith - Whiteside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Frye - Smith - Whiteside Cemetery
  • Glen Springs Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Glen Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Glen Springs Cemetery
  • Continue List   (388 more) ...
    • Lancaster Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lancaster Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lancaster Cemetery
    • Fleming Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fleming Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fleming Cemetery
    • Green Pond Baptist Church Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)

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 Millville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Millville.

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

  • Walnut Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
    • Walnut Grove is located in Spartanburg County
  • Moore
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Switzer
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Switzer have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Switzer
    • Switzer is located in Spartanburg County
  • Woodruff
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Hobbyville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hobbyville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbyville
    • Hobbyville is located in Spartanburg County
  • Dutchman
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dutchman have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchman
    • Dutchman is located in Spartanburg County
  • Glenn Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glenn Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenn Springs
    • Glenn Springs is located in Spartanburg County
  • Golightly
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golightly have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golightly
    • Golightly is located in Spartanburg County
  • Hillsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hillsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsville
    • Hillsville is located in Spartanburg County
  • Evinsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evinsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evinsville
    • Evinsville is located in Spartanburg County
  • Enoree
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Colerain
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colerain have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colerain
    • Colerain is located in Union County
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • West Springs
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Springs
      • West Springs is located in Union County
    • Cross Anchor
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Reidville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)

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

The official website for Spartanburg County: www.co.spartanburg.sc.us/

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 Millville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 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.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Millville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Millville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7751, Longitude: -81.9540       In this case, the coordinates for Millville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.




 

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