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

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Parks Mill might be written as Park Mill.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Parks Mill. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Parks 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 southeast 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 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.

Parks Mill is located in McCormick 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 McCormick County: Columbia (GA), Elbert (GA), Lincoln (GA), Abbeville, Edgefield & Greenwood.

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

  • McCormick County     (The home county of Parks Mill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Parks Mill, with the one closest to Parks Mill listed first.
    • Plum Branch
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Parksville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Liberty Hill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Liberty Hill is located in McCormick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
    • McCormick
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Modoc
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Clarks Hill
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Willington
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Willington is located in McCormick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willington
    • Mount Carmel
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Abbeville County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Parks Mill, with the one closest to Parks Mill listed first.
    • Cana ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Cana is located in Abbeville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cana
    • Abbeville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Calhoun Falls
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Latimer
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Latimer is located in Abbeville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimer
    • Monterey ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Monterey is located in Abbeville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
  • Aiken County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Parks Mill, with the one closest to Parks Mill listed first.
    • Springdale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Springdale is located in Aiken County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
    • Belvedere
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Belvedere is located in Aiken County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvedere
    • Eureka
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Eureka is located in Aiken County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
    • North Augusta
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Vaucluse
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Edgefield County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Parks Mill, with the one closest to Parks Mill listed first.
    • Colliers
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Colliers is located in Edgefield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colliers
    • Edgefield
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Lenoir ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Lenoir is located in Edgefield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenoir
    • Trenton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Murphys Estates
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Murphys Estates is located in Edgefield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphys Estates
    • Johnston
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Greenwood County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Parks Mill, with the one closest to Parks Mill listed first.
    • Troy
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Troy is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 101 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <2>
    • Bradley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Verdery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Verdery is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdery
    • Promised Land
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Promised Land is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promised Land
    • Fairforest
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Fairforest is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairforest
    • Mathews Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Mathews Village is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mathews Village
    • Panola Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Panola Village is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola Village
    • Greenwood Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Greenwood Village is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Village
    • Greenwood
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Grendel Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Grendel Village is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grendel Village
    • Springdale
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Springdale is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
    • Ninety Six
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Coronaca
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Coronaca is located in Greenwood County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coronaca
  • Laurens County
    • Anglers Haven
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Anglers Haven is located in Laurens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anglers Haven
  • Newberry County
  • Saluda County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Parks Mill, with the one closest to Parks Mill listed first.
    • Saluda
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Ward
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Columbia County (GA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Parks Mill, with the one closest to Parks Mill listed first.
    • Kiokee
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Kiokee is located in Columbia County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiokee
    • Snead
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Snead is located in Columbia County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snead
      • Estimated population in 2019: 20,077 people
    • Appling
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Evans
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Maddox
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Maddox is located in Columbia County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maddox
    • Lamkin
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Lamkin is located in Columbia County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamkin
    • Lulaville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Lulaville is located in Columbia County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulaville
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,961 people
    • Martinez
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Memory Park
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Memory Park is located in Columbia County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memory Park
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 122 people
    • Arrow Head
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Arrow Head is located in Columbia County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrow Head
    • Grovetown
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Grovetown is located in Columbia County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovetown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,639 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grovetown <2>
    • Forrest ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Forrest is located in Columbia County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrest
    • Fort Gordon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Lincoln County (GA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Parks Mill, with the one closest to Parks Mill listed first.
    • Lincolnton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Loce
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Loce is located in Lincoln County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loce
    • Goshen
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Goshen is located in Lincoln County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
    • Midway
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Midway is located in Lincoln County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
    • Hesters Ferry
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Hesters Ferry is located in Lincoln County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesters Ferry
      • Estimated population in 2019: 911 people
    • Lisbon ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Lisbon is located in Lincoln County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
  • McDuffie County (GA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Parks Mill, with the one closest to Parks Mill listed first.
    • Columbia Mine ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Columbia Mine is located in McDuffie County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Mine
      • Estimated population in 2019: 195,769 people
    • Hamilton Crossroads
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Hamilton Crossroads is located in McDuffie County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Crossroads
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,117 people
    • Thomson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Thomson is located in McDuffie County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,463 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thomson <2>
  • Richmond County (GA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Parks Mill, with the one closest to Parks Mill listed first.
    • Bonair
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Bonair is located in Richmond County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonair
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 3,135 people
    • Waverly
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Waverly is located in Richmond County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
    • National Hills
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • National Hills is located in Richmond County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for National Hills
    • Belair
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Belair is located in Richmond County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belair
    • Rockbrook
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Rockbrook is located in Richmond County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockbrook
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 160 people
    • Forest Hills
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Barton Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Barton Village is located in Richmond County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton Village
    • Augusta
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Wilkes County (GA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Parks Mill, with the one closest to Parks Mill listed first.
    • Tignall
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Washington
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Parks Mill ...

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

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

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

  • New Hope Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Plum Branch Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Canfield Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Parksville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Rohoboth Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Old Rohoboth Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Overbrook Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Old Bethany Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Bethany Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • McCormick City Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Holmes Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (222 more) ...

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

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

  • Plum Branch
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • McCormick
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Modoc
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Leverett
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Leverett is located in Lincoln County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leverett
  • Double Branches
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Double Branches is located in Lincoln County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Branches
  • Troy
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Troy is located in Greenwood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 101 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <2>
  • Eubank ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Eubank is located in Columbia County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eubank
  • Agnes ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Agnes is located in Lincoln County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agnes
  • Colliers
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Colliers is located in Edgefield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colliers
  • Bradley
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Lincolnton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Pleasant Lane
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Pleasant Lane is located in Edgefield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Lane
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Leathersville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Leathersville is located in Lincoln County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leathersville
    • Goshen
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Goshen is located in Lincoln County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
    • Kiokee
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Kiokee is located in Columbia County (GA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiokee

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

Newspapers Published in Parks 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 13 newspapers that have been published in the area around Parks Mill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Parks Mill, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Parks Mill.

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 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 Parks 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 Parks 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Parks Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.