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Our Genealogy Helper

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 North Mullins (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 North Mullins. 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 North Mullins ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for North Mullins: N. Mullins

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 doctors and hospitals 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.

North Mullins is located in Marion 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 Marion County: Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry & Williamsburg.

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

  • Marion County     (The home county of North Mullins)
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Mullins, with the one closest to North Mullins listed first.
    • Mullins
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Mullins is also located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullins
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,139 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mullins <1>
    • Nichols
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Rains
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Marion
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Marion is also located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,200 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marion <1>
    • Laughlin
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Laughlin is also located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laughlin
    • Sellers
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Centenary
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Tabernacle
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Tabernacle is also located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
    • Gresham
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Dillon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Mullins, with the one closest to North Mullins listed first.
    • Fork
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Floydale
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake View
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Latta
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Dillon
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Hamer
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Little Rock
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Oakland Crossroads
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Oakland Crossroads is located in Dillon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Crossroads
    • Minturn
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Florence County
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Mullins, with the one closest to North Mullins listed first.
    • Jamestown
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Jamestown is located in Florence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
    • Mars Bluff
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Mars Bluff is located in Florence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Bluff
    • Pamplico
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Quinby
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Friendfield
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Friendfield is located in Florence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendfield
    • Park City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Park City is located in Florence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
    • Siesta Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Siesta Village is located in Florence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siesta Village
    • Tara Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Tara Village is located in Florence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tara Village
    • Johnsonville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Hannah
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Hannah is located in Florence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannah
    • Florence
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Danwood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Danwood is located in Florence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danwood
    • Effingham
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Horry County
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Mullins, with the one closest to North Mullins listed first.
    • Galivants Ferry
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Aynor
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Red Hill
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Red Hill is located in Horry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
    • Green Sea
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Finklea
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Finklea is located in Horry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finklea
    • Cool Spring
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Cool Spring is located in Horry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool Spring
    • Gurley
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Gurley is located in Horry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
    • Allen
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Allen is located in Horry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
    • Cebu ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Cebu was located in Horry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cebu
    • Loris
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Cochran Town
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Cochran Town is located in Horry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran Town
    • White Oak
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • White Oak is located in Horry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
    • Daisy
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Daisy is located in Horry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
  • Marlboro County
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Mullins, with the one closest to North Mullins listed first.
    • Brownsville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Brownsville is located in Marlboro County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
    • Clio
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • 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 <1>
    • Drake
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Drake is located in Marlboro County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
    • Blenheim
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Red Bluff
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Red Bluff is located in Marlboro County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff
  • Columbus County (NC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Mullins, with the one closest to North Mullins listed first.
    • Fair Bluff
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Fair Bluff is located in Columbus County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Bluff
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 879 people
    • Cedar Grove
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Cedar Grove is located in Columbus County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
    • Cerro Gordo
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Cerro Gordo is located in Columbus County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cerro Gordo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
    • Williamson Crossroads
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Williamson Crossroads is located in Columbus County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamson Crossroads
    • Emerson
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Emerson is located in Columbus County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson
    • Tabor City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Clarendon
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Clarendon is located in Columbus County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarendon
    • Grist
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Grist is located in Columbus County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grist
    • Boardman
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Boardman is located in Columbus County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boardman
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
    • Evergreen
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Evergreen is located in Columbus County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
    • Chadbourn
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Cribb Town
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Cribb Town is located in Columbus County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cribb Town
    • Ironhill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Ironhill is located in Columbus County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironhill
  • Robeson County (NC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Mullins, with the one closest to North Mullins listed first.
    • Marietta
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Marietta is located in Robeson County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
    • Barnesville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Barnesville is located in Robeson County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesville
    • Fairmont
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Fairmont is located in Robeson County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmont
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,580 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairmont <1>
    • Proctorville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Proctorville is located in Robeson County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctorville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
    • Rowland
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Rowland is located in Robeson County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 985 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rowland <1>
    • Orrum
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Orrum is located in Robeson County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrum
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
    • McDonald
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • McDonald is located in Robeson County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
    • Alfordsville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Alfordsville is located in Robeson County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfordsville
    • Raynham
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Raynham is located in Robeson County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynham
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
    • Elrod
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Elrod is located in Robeson County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elrod
    • Raemon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Raemon is located in Robeson County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raemon

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

Cemeteries Near North Mullins ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of North Mullins.

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 North Mullins - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from North Mullins, with the one closest to North Mullins 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.<3>

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

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

  • Mullins
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Mullins is also located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullins
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,139 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mullins <1>
  • Zion
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Zion is also located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
  • Fork
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Nichols
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Marion
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Marion is also located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,200 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marion <1>
  • Galivants Ferry
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Latta
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Laughlin
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Laughlin is also located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laughlin
  • Sellers
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Tabernacle
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Tabernacle is also located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
  • Centenary
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Fair Bluff
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Fair Bluff is located in Columbus County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Bluff
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 879 people
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Dillon
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Gaddysville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Gaddysville is located in Robeson County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaddysville
    • Eulonia
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Eulonia is also located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eulonia

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

Newspapers Published in North Mullins ...

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 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around North Mullins.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of North Mullins, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for North Mullins.

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 North Mullins:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>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.
<3>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 North Mullins, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- North Mullins) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.