| Official Name: | South Mills, North Carolina |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Mapsize: | 260px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | North Carolina |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Camden |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 4.64 |
| Area Land Km2: | 4.64 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.79 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.79 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 362 |
| Population Density Km2: | 78.05 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 202.12 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 3 |
| Coordinates: | 36.4378°N -76.3308°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 27976 |
| Area Code: | 252 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 2628656 |
| Blank1 Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank1 Info: | 37-63340 |
South Mills is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Camden County, North Carolina, United States. Its population was 454 as of the 2010 census.[2] South Mills has a post office with ZIP code 27976, which opened on March 2, 1840.[3] [4] The community is located near U.S. Route 17, and U.S. Route 17 Business and North Carolina Highway 343, and future Interstate 87 (North Carolina) pass through the community.
The community derived its name from a watermill which operated near the original town site.[5]
The William Riley Abbott House, Dismal Swamp Canal, and Morgan House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
| Number | Percentage | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| White (non-Hispanic) | 281 | 77.62% | |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 50 | 13.81% | |
| Asian | 2 | 0.55% | |
| Other/Mixed | 25 | 6.91% | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 4 | 1.1% |