The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Prior to European colonization a large Cherokee settlement existed within the borders of Mills River.
Mills River is among the oldest communities in Henderson County, with its first landholder receiving a deed from the state of North Carolina in 1788. It was once a thriving agricultural community, often called the "fertile crescent".
The Mills River Chapel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mills River’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Mills River, decade by decade
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1 historic place in Mills River
1 place in Mills River is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.